Apr 6-12, 2011
The Money Issue: Champlain College Teaches Financial Lit; Why Some Employers Hate Single Payer; Can Investors Beat Bullion?
NRC: Watchdog or Lapdog?
Internal government watchdogs and outside experts alike say the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is too lenient on the industry it is charged with regulating, often making decisions based on the industry’s profit margins rather than safety. That’s the conclusion of a third report — and one that I authored — in an ongoing series regarding…
Vermonter Who Threatened on Twitter to Kill Obama Will Plead Guilty
Chris King, the stand-up comedian who was arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents after tweeting death threats to the White House, has agreed to plead guilty. According to filings in federal court in Burlington, King (pictured) will plead guilty on April 13 to a single count of threatening to kill the President of the United…
Prosecutor Discloses Complaints About State Health Lab to DUI Lawyers
This week’s issue of Seven Days includes a story about two state chemists employed in the breath-testing program at the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory who have dropped some bombshell allegations. Darcy Richardson (pictured) and Amanda Bolduc complained to their bosses more than a year ago about a coworker who they claim was inappropriately manipulating…
Who Pays for Health Care?
Vermont employers react to the state’s suggested single-payer scenario
Green Ink
Charlotte’s EatingWell is conquering the food media world, one recipe at a time
Luxy Libations
Drinking divinely for just a few extra bills – or your kid’s college fund
DUI Chemists Blow the Whistle on Vermont’s Breath-Testing Program
Buried in a run-of-the-mill drunk-driving case moving through Washington County Superior Court are some explosive allegations made by two chemists employed in the breath-testing program at the state Public Health Laboratory. In written complaints entered as evidence in the DUI case, state chemists Darcy Richardson and Amanda Bolduc claim that the lab technician responsible for…
Composer-in-Residence Rob Paterson Has VYO Chorus Tweeting Like Birds
Tweeting may be a silent act, but there’s something about the word itself that’s eminently singable. That’s what composer Rob Paterson and lyricist David Cote were thinking when they referenced the social-networking tool in their new choral work about gossip, commissioned by the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association. “It’s my favorite part,” says Christa Weaver, a…
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The Flynn’s Munchkins [218]
3/30/11: Twelve Flynn Center for the Performing Arts’ students followed the yellow brick road Wednesday night while playing munchkins and winkies to a full house in the Broadway National Tour of “The Wizard of Oz.” The young performers were chosen after a rigorous audition and rehearsed for 2 months for their once in a lifetime…
Asset Management
Champlain College’s new Center for Financial Literacy gets people talking about money
Letters to the Editor
Last week’s cover story generated lots of reader reaction. Titled “Classroom Divide,” it focused on the challenges facing some special-needs students in South Burlington. Specifically, one couple alleges their daughter was abused by a school worker; South Burlington, in turn, has issued a restraining order against the parents. Although the story focused on a few…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After Daniel Rahynes, 35, told tellers at a bank in Harrisburg, Pa., that he wanted to open an account, he gave the bank his information, then announced he was there to rob the bank. Police said he drove away with a small amount of cash but left behind the two forms of…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When he was 3 years old, actor Charlie Sheen got a hernia from yelling too much and too loud. I definitely don’t encourage you to be like that. However, I do think it’s an excellent time to tune in to the extravagant emotions that first made an appearance when you were…
Iron Chef Zen
A hunk of dark pink tuna in one hand. A curl of pork tenderloin in the other. One hour to make culinary magic, or at least something tasty enough to win over the judges. This was the challenge a trio of chef teams faced yesterday at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington,…
Back in Black
Side Dishes: Montpelier restaurateur closes one restaurant, opens another
Wealthy Vermonters Continue to Say, “Raise Our Taxes”
A group of wealthy Vermonters is pledging to keep up the heat on Gov. Peter Shumlin and legislative leaders in an effort for someone, anyone, to raise their taxes before session’s end as a way to close Vermont’s budget gap. Now, these folks aren’t up for shouldering the entire $176 million burden, but would be…
Rep. Peter Welch, Maple Crusader
If, like gravel-voiced songtress Bonnie Tyler, you’re holding out for a hero, well, wait no more, friends. Our hero has arrived and his name is Maple Man. By day, Maple Man is the mild-mannered, bespectacled and moderately balding United States Representative Peter Welch. But when trouble calls, and the Vermont maple industry is in danger,…
