Aug 19-25, 2009
Vermont Filmmaker Chronicles the Search for a “Female Viagra”; $40K College Consultant Gets You…Admitted; Celebrity Chef Spotlights Vermont Town
Rick Bornemann to Head Ethan Allen Institute
The Ethan Allen Institute, long associated with former news commentator and former legislator John McClaughry, has a new president and chief executive officer. RIck Bornemann, a former utilities executive and lobbyist, will take the helm of the 16-year-old free market think tank next month, according to a release from the institute this afternoon. Earlier this…
Putting Truth on Hold?
Today’s news that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether some prisoners may have been tortured by CIA personnel or contractors could put the kibosh on Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) call for a nonpartisan “Truth Commission.” Earlier this year, Leahy said only a nonpartisan commission could get to the…
Show Us Your Signs
On Tuesday, September 1, gay marriage will become legal in Vermont. To celebrate this historic occasion, infamous activist Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church are planning to travel to the Green Mountain State to picket the Statehouse in Montpelier. According to the schedule posted on their website, they’re also planning to picket…
Sanders Takes Back Anti-Alt Remark, Sort Of
Sure is great to live in a small state. Your senator calls you back personally when you complain. At least, if you’re a constituent who happens to co-own a local media outlet. Vermont’s junior senator, Bernie Sanders, recently got himself in a bit of hot water in unlikely quarters — the alt press. Specifically, the…
A Home for All Budgets — the City Hall Park Microhouse
Since I’m independently wealthy and don’t need to do actual work, I find myself with a lot of spare time on my hands. In fact, I am one of those ladies who lunches. These meals, generally taken with friends of my ilk, last hours, sometimes even days, and involve lots of sparkling convo and bubbly…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for August 19 – 26, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe you weren’t listened to very attentively as a child. Perhaps you were dressed in clothes you didn’t like, hugged only three times a year, and fed food you were allergic to. I…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police charged Brent Nathan Frick, 26, with stealing a safe containing $69,000 in gold coins from a home in Coopersburg, Pa., after a witness who knew Frick saw him bust open the safe in a nearby parking lot. Allentown’s Morning Call reported the witness noticed some of the papers in the safe…
Continental Divide
Art Review: “Expanding Horizons,” painting and photography of the American and Canadian landscape, 1860-1918. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Through September 27.
Letters to the Editor
‘DOGTOWN’ DOINGS In the opening paragraph to her story, “Some Like It Red Hot” [July 29], Alice Levitt refers to Plattsburgh as “the city known to many as Wiggletown.” Actually, the nickname Wiggletown is one used by locals to refer to another community in the area, not Plattsburgh. A more appropriate nickname for Plattsburgh would…
The Scavenger Hunt of the Summer
Getting By: How Vermonters Are Surviving the Recession
Nature and Nurture
At Plymouth’s Farm and Wilderness summer camps, it’s all about simplicity and stewardship
Frank Admissions
Parents pay a Weybridge consultant as much as $40K to help their kids get into college
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Missy Bly [SIV140]
8/1/09: Missy Bly makes funky soaps and music in Burlington Vermont. Take a sniff! Music: Missy Bly, Clean Bee, MB3, “Dracula,” “Wanda,” “Afraid to Fly,” “While You Are Gone”
Police Probe Flanagan Charges
State Sen. Ed Flanagan is under criminal investigation for allegedly masturbating in front of patrons in the Men’s Wellness Center at the Greater Burlington YMCA. “Fair Game” first reported the incident last month, when YMCA member Tiki Archambeau filed a complaint about Flanagan with Y officials. “Fair Game” also talked to other patrons who had…
Now We’re Cooking
Against expectations, 2009 has been a banner year for dining out in northern Vermont
Westboro Baptist Band of Crazies Coming to VT?
Friends, I cannot tell you how excited I am. OK, I’ll tell you. On Sept. 1, in the year of our lord two thousand niner, Fred Phelps, the hate-spewing sign-monger from Kansas, will be gracing us with his presence here in the Green Mountain State. Well, he’ll probably just be sending his minions, and by…
Yep, There’s an App for … Howard Dean?
Just in time to join the debate about keeping the so-called “public option” part of the national health care reform debate — an iPhone app. But, not just any old iPhone app. It’s a Howard Dean app that combines grassroots activism with an eBook. Former Vermont Gov. and DNC Chairman Howard Dean, whose 2004 presidential…
Best Bites: Saigon Bistro
Now that my affection for the latest Vietnamese addition has made it into the Boston Globe, I feel the need to share why I love Saigon Bistro so. My favorite starter is the off-menu ginger chicken dumplings. The steamed pockets are fine on their own, but the powerfully gingery dipping sauce is an addictive revelation.…
Went Phishin’
On Sunday night I had the pleasure of attending the final show of Phish’s 2009 comeback tour. They did not disappoint. The band was really in the groove, looking tight, sounding loud and just exuding a sense of celebration. I was really struck by the smiles on the faces of everyone in the band. They all…
