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A Seven Days Editor Confesses his Oft-Taboo Passion
Originally published November 7, 2007 I must have been 8 or 9 years old when my father bought me my first Daisy BB gun.…
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Into the Woods
Why I'm teaching my son to hunt
He's seen the eyes staring down from under a crown of antlers. He's tasted meals made of fresh catches and kills — even reeled in…
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Arts + Culture
Fletcher Allen Restores 24-Hour Midwife Service
Local Matters
BURLINGTON - When Fletcher Allen Health Care announced in September that it would be axing the Claire M. Lintilhac Nurse Midwifery Services, the news took…
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News
Vermont's Presidential Primary May Mean Something This Year
Local Matters
VERMONT - Vermont's primary elections are usually an afterthought in terms of presidential politics. But with no clear frontrunner apparent in key early-primary states…
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Arts + Culture
Should the Smoking Ban Be Up to Voters?
Local Matters
BURLINGTON - If you thought the Church Street smoking ban debate was over, think again. One city councilor is floating the idea of putting the…
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Bloggers Bash 'Old Media' Take on Libel Suit
Local Matters
BRATTLEBORO - Small-town rumor mills have always churned out juicy gossip. But when these often-personal grumblings make their way into the local media, they…
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Challenging Customs
Truckers, at least, find wait times shorter at the border
With all the border bashing going on in Vermont lately, one might think there isn’t a single soul in the Green Mountains with something nice…
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Grease 'Er Up
Local Matters: Veggie oil filtering station ?coming soon
BURLINGTON - With gas prices, global temperatures and pump-and-run shoplifting on the rise, two local business owners have a plan to lower fuel costs,…
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