Apr 28 – May 4, 2010
Vermont Small Airports Are Up in the Air; Slow Food Dining, Snout to Tail; Hiking With a Crash Hunter
Health Care Rally Draws Hundreds to Montpelier
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee is expected to vote out a compromise health care bill today, just two days after roughly 1000 people gathered on the Statehouse lawn calling on lawmakers to keep moving toward the creation of a universal health care system. Debate on the bill is scheduled in the Senate later today.…
Burlington Selected to Join Elite ‘Carbon War Room’
Burlington is among 15 cities from around the world that will take part in a 30-month challenge to develop new, market-driven solutions to combat climate change. The Carbon War Room, a non-profit organization founded by Virgin mogul Sir Richard Branson, made the announcement Wednesday. The thrust of the Carbon War Room, and the Green Capital…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Two men tried to rob a man coming out of a convenience store in Medford, Ore., but fled when their intended victim ran back inside the store to call police. Officers arrived and were investigating, when the would-be robbers returned in time for witnesses to point them out. Police arrested the two…
Letters to the Editor
Sap Suckers [Re: “Tap, Baby, Tap,” April 14]: Math, baby, math. Your numbers are way off! 1. You must have misquoted Don Bourdon — it’s a third of a gallon of syrup, not sap, that an average tree produces. 2. If Vermont currently produces roughly 1 million gallons of syrup, then that means roughly 3…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for April 28 – May 5, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… TAURUS (April 20-May20): A little knowledge can be dangerous. I constantly meet people who have boxed themselves into tight spots by misusing their smattering of astrological information. There’s no better example of this than the superstition…
Motion Pictures
Art Review: Nancy Taplin, new works on paper and canvas. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery at the Flynn Center, Burlington. Through June 26.
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Break Away at JSC [SIV174]
4/23/10: The Johnson State College Dance Ensemble entertained a rowdy crowd at Dibden Center for the Arts Friday night in Johnson. Some of the performers traveled all the way from the Bronx to perform in the show. In April, a small group of JSC students spent their Break Away volunteering at the Kips Bay Boys…
Vermont Daily Newspaper Circulation Continues to Fall
Circulation continues to plummet at Vermont’s daily newspapers, but not as badly as the record drops experienced last fall. Six of Vermont’s largest dailies reported numbers to the Audit Bureau of Circulations on Monday for the six-month period ending March 31. When compared against numbers from March 2009, Vermont’s dailies fared somewhat better than the…
