Aug 6-12, 2008
A New Book on Vermont Country Stores Reveals Why They’re Still Here; The 6th Annual Daysies Winners in Section C!; Burlington’s New Americans Teams Up to Play Ball
Notes on Nuclear War
On Wednesday, August 6, sixty-three years after U.S. bombers devastated Hiroshima, Japan, with an atomic bomb, Burlington held its first-ever “Nuclear Disarmament Day.” At 8 a.m., peaceniks gathered at the corner of Prospect and Main Streets for a silent vigil. At noon, between 30 and 40 others gathered to hear a representative from Burlington Mayor…
Deceptively . . . Deceptive
OK: If Blurt had a budget for contests, I would offer a prize to anyone who could answer the following question: What does the word “deceptively” actually mean? Even after using it so many times in various contexts I am not quite certain. Case in point: If you were to say that a given something…
Eating at the Allbee’s
I had a rather unusual dinner on Monday. It wasn’t unusual because of the food, which was fresh and completely local (save the holy trinity of olive oil, salt and pepper), because that’s how I eat nearly every day. It was unusual because of where I was and with whom I was eating — in…
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Peter Freyne [SIV91]
8/3/08: Love him or hate him, Peter Freyne has been Vermont’s most renowned political journalist for over 20 years. Freynerecently retired his Seven Days column, “Inside Track” and Eva caughtup with him to have a look back at his legacy with some old friends. Related Stories
Wednesday Morning Open Thread
I’m too busy posting this week’s articles to the Seven Days website to blog, so I figured I’d post an open thread. Got something to say? The floor is yours.
Life After Jail: A former prisoner shares her tale of incarceration and redemption
June 2008, somewhere in central Vermont Bob answers his cellphone in the backseat. My wife, he mouths. “Yep, we’re going to jail,” he tells her, then snickers. I run a furtive sign of the cross over my face and chest. We are, in fact, going to jail on this lovely summer evening; the kind of…
It Takes a Village
A new book on Vermont country stores reveals why they’re here for the long haul
Scene@ Trinity And The Green Mountain Steppers
Maple Tree Place, Williston, Thursday, July 31, 6-8 P.M.
Women and Children First
Art Review: “Mary Cassatt: Friends and Family,” Webb Gallery, Shelburne Museum. Through October 26.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A surveillance video of an attempted drug-store robbery in Port Richey, Fla., shows the suspect handing a hold-up note to a clerk, only the note is blank. The St. Petersburg Times reported the suspect then verbally announced the robbery, but the clerk ignored him to call 911 and describe the robber, who…
