Apr 15-21, 2009
UVM and Champlain College Navigate 21st-Century Education; Fairmont Struggles to Keep Customers Connected; Capitol Pub Crawl – Where Legislatures Liquor Up
Probe Sought of State Regulator, VT Yankee Official
A leading citizens’ group opposed to the relicensure of Vermont Yankee is asking Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell to determine if the state’s top utility regulator’s “off-duty socializing” with a top official at Vermont Yankee is appropriate. In a 14-page letter, the New England Coalition wants Sorrell to investigate the actions of Department of Public…
Log Cabin GOP Thanks VT Reps
The national Log Cabin Republicans today announced it will award the 2009 Uncommon Courage Award to eight Vermont GOP legislators who voted for marriage equality. “Log Cabin Republicans congratulates our Republican colleagues who have courageously voted for marriage equality in the Vermont state legislature. We celebrate their commitment to the inherent conservative principles of limited…
Chocolate Rain
For some reason I found myself watching this video very, very early this morning and now I can’t get the song out of my head. Worst part is… I kinda like it.
VPIRG Brings Solar Truck to Vermont
The Vermont Public Interest Research Group has a soft spot for solar panels. Through April 29, the Montpelier-based nonprofit is bringing a “Rolling Sunlight” truck to 8 Vermont Towns. The solar-paneled truck is affiliated with Greenpeace’s Rolling Sunlight project, a nationwide tour designed to raise awareness around global warming. According to Andrea Stander of VPIRG,…
The Continuing Saga of Asher Roth
Though Asher Roth’s opening set for the St. Michael’s spring concert was canceled over a week ago now, the controversy over his invitation-and-subsequent-uninvitation rages on. First of all, the S.A programming folks announced Roth’s replacement. Local hip-hop group The Aztext will be opening for Lupe Fiasco tomorrow night. However, a sizable and vocal group of…
Happy Record Store Day!
This Saturday, April 18, marks the second annual celebration of Record Store Day, in which the culture of independent record stores is celebrated worldwide. Indie stores all over are celebrating with free giveaways, in-store performances, and tons of Record Store Day exclusives. During last year’s Record Store Day celebration, Burlington’s beloved Pure Pop Records even…
We Love Lake Champlain!
Tomorrow morning, I’m headed to ECHO on the Burlington Waterfront to talk about social media on the Mark Johnson show. Why? Because Mark is also talking about this awesome project called Voices from The Lake, an initiative that aims “to inspire Champlain Basin stewardship through conversations & connections enabled by social technologies like Facebook and…
FairPoint Followup
Right on the heels of our story in this issue about massive problems with telecommunications company FairPoint, we received a related email from Shaline Kirkpatrick, owner of Shaline Bridal in Montpelier. In January, Kirkpatrick canceled her Internet service, but FairPoint canceled her phone service instead. Oops. When she called to inquire as to why she…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating the theft of $400,000 worth of prescription drugs from a pharmacy in Upper Darby, Pa., had few leads until a man called to say he was concerned because he saw keys in the trunk of his neighbor’s car. The Philadelphia Daily News reported that officers responded, opened the trunk and…
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Sheep Shearing School [SIV124]
4/11/09: Once a year, professional sheep shearers gather atShelburne Farms to teach shearer wannabes the tricks of the trade. With 40 sheep being shorn by novices and pros alike, it is an exciting dayaround the barnyard and a symphony of bleats ensues from the 80 gamboling lambs and their parents. The song in the end credits…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for April 15 – 22, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): One of the casualties of the recession has been grooming and primping. Many people are devoting less time and money to maintaining their appearance at peak levels. Makeup sales are down, and I’ve…
Letters to the Editor
GREAT WAR, GREAT STORY I am one of the editors of the Wake Robin book, Our Great War. I wish to congratulate Elisabeth Crean for her splendid story on the book and her interesting interviews with some of the authors [“Talking ’Bout Their Generation”, March 25]. Also big thanks to designer Andrew Sawtell for his…
Picturing the Past
Art Review: “Silver Halides: New Photographs” by Diane Gabriel & Jordan Douglas, 215 College Artists’ Cooperative, Burlington. Through April 26.
Dying to Get In
Burlington author Eric Segalstad talks about life, death and rock ’n’ roll
Twitterers on Pirates
In case you haven’t heard: Sea Captain Richard Phillips of Underhill, Vermont, is flying home from Africa tomorrow. Phillips was freed by the US Navy on Sunday after being taken hostage the previous Wednesday by pirates in the Indian Ocean. For details, see the Burlington Free Press or the New York Times. Predictably, the micro-blogging…
Tuesday Vermont Blog Tour
Hope everyone is having a marvelous, sunny, warm Tuesday. Here are your links for the day: Care of Teen Blog@Brooks, Obama Hung Out in a Library For those of you in a metaphysical mood this afternoon, The Hyper Kitchen has these musings about god and electromagnetics. If you haven’t been yet privileged to learn of…
