2/14/13: The Valentine Phantom has been secretly papering downtown Montpelier with hearts every Valentine’s Day since 2002. Eva goes out early Thursday morning hoping to catch the bandit in action but things do not go as she planned. After the town has been transformed with hearts, a transformed-Eva talks to residents about what this unique event means to them.

This episode of Stuck in Vermont was brought to you by

Cabot Creamery Cooperative.

Music: Colin Clary, YOW, “Top Secret Secret Project”

Ryan Power, It Is Happening…, “Love Concentrate“

La Strada, New Home, “There’s Only Love”

This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2013.

Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received the Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy from the Vermont Arts Council in 2023. This map details her travels around the state; her 500th video was a musical. New episodes appear on the Seven Days website every other Thursday...