Apr 7-13, 2010
The Money Issue: Analyzing Jonathan Leopold; Wall Street the Vermont Way; Two Versions of Frugal Fare
Burlington’s City Council to Mull Ways to Oust Mayor, Themselves
Should Burlington residents be able to impeach or recall the mayor or city councilors? Burlington’s City Council will discuss those questions at tonight’s council meeting. The councilors will consider two resolutions: One would allow the council to impeach the mayor, as well as city councilors, while the other would allow voters to recall the city’s…
Are Vermont’s Pols Severing the Social Contract with Vermonters?
The left-leaning Public Assets Institute released a new report Wednesday claiming Gov. Jim Douglas and legislative leaders are going in the exact opposite direction than their predecessors during difficult times: Slashing, rather than strengthening, Vermont’s safety net. “We’re now making our commitment to saving money rather than serving people,” said Jack Hoffman, of PAI, and…
The 20/20 Challenge: Final Video
One Snowboarder’s Quest to Hit 20 Vermont Resorts in 20 Weeks
Vermont Yankee: Nine Half-Lives?
There’s been a flurry of activity in the past 24 hours related to Vermont Yankee, with Entergy and federal officials announcing a series of public meetings designed to placate the public’s concerns about the recent tritium leak at the aging reactor. As I noted in this week’s “Fair Game”, the Vermont Senate vote earlier this…
Summer Vacation Guide: Brattleboro Area
Brattleboro was Vermont’s first town. Colonists pushing north on the Connecticut River from more puritanical parts of New England must have recognized its potential as a progressive enclave. Over the years, the settlement has welcomed migrants of every stripe, including back-to-the-landers who established communes in open-minded Windham County. The hippies are still there, as evidenced…
Uncommon Cents
Work: John K. Martin Jr., Certified numismatist, Martin’s Coins & Jewelry, South Burlington
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police said Eugene Edward Palmer, 40, tried to rob a bank in Brunswick, Fla., but gave up after yanking futilely on the locked door, failing to realize the branch was drive-through only. Police Lt. Leon Tucker said Palmer was armed and wore a ski mask during the attempted robbery but took off…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for April 7 – 14, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21 – April 19): It would be a good week for you to perfect your ability to crow like a rooster, Aries. I also recommend that you practice your skill at leaping out of bed…
Rules of Caffeination
As tech turns cafés into potential offices, owners try to figure out the new etiquette
The 20/20 Challenge: Jay Peak (Week #20)
One Snowboarder’s Quest to Hit 20 Vermont Resorts in 20 Weeks
Taking Shapes
Art Review: “Shapes and Lines,” new abstract paintings by Sage Tucker-Ketcham, and “Meet the Cow.” Shelburne Art Center. Through April 30.
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A Lyric Showmance [SIV171]
4/6/10: Lyric Theatre’s La Cage aux Folles opens Thursday at the Flynn Center. Two married members of the cast, Don O’Connell and Serena Magnan O’Connell, are one of Lyric’s many showmances. They met as Mary Magdalene and Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar and were engaged by the time they played Rizzo and Kenickie in Grease.…
Letters to the Editor
Noisy Necessity To start, I live in the airport neighborhood and I am aware that the noise of the current F-16s stops all conversation when they take off [“Airport Fuels Resentment — and Activism — in South Burlington,” March 31]. Also, I am, at heart, a pacifist, and hesitate to support anything that promotes war.…
Why Vermont’s Tiniest Bank Attracts National Notice
Mark Young knows how to attract the positive attention of the nation’s biggest media outlets — do your job right. It’s a deceptively simple formula he’s followed for the past 31 years as president of the First National Bank of Orwell. As a result, the big boys from the New York Times, the Wall Street…
Thrift Alone Can’t Explain the Success of Vermont’s Secondhand Stores
Ryan Wolik knows the perception some people have of thrift stores: drab secondhand shops filled with nothing but Chuck Mangione records and ceramic bric-a-brac. The new Goodwill on Shelburne Road in South Burlington, where Wolik is manager, is not that kind of thrift store. Since it opened in December, the Goodwill has sold used kayaks…
