Dec 1-7, 2010
Vermont’s Dance Scene Takes a Big Leap; DJ Craig Celebrates 20 Years; Hipsters Congregate in New Church; Wylie Garcia Addresses…the Dress
Sanders, Welch Push Back Against Tax Cut Deal
* updated with comment from Sen. Patrick Leahy * * updated x2 below * In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show”, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) all but uttered the “f-word” when asked if he would stop the proposed deal to extend tax cuts to even the wealthiest U.S. citizens. By “f-word” I mean…
Leaked Cables List Hydro Quebec Dams as ‘Critical Infrastructure’
Vermonters certainly view Hydro Quebec’s dams as an asset, in terms of power production. On Sunday, we learned the U.S. State Department thinks the provincial utility’s dams, and the utility itself, are critical pieces of foreign infrastructure. Both the James Bay Power Project and Hydro Quebec were listed in a sweeping diplomatic cable released by…
Campbell Elected Senate President Pro Tem; Carris, Miller Picked for #2 and #3 Spots
Vermont Senate Democrats converged on the picturesque Three Stallion Inn in Randolph Sunday morning to select their 2011 leadership team. As expected, Sen. John Campbell (pictured standing), a lawyer from Quechee and the longtime majority leader, was unanimously chosen as the next Senate president pro tem, the top job in the Senate. Sen. Bill Carris…
Public Service Board Seeks Details on Telecom Lease
Burlington officials will update the Vermont Public Service Board about Burlington Telecom next Wednesday in Montpelier. The quasi-judicial board has asked the city to be prepared to answer questions about several key provisions of its now-terminated lease with CitiCapital. In a memo issued today to city officials, the PSB announced it’s holding a status conference…
BT Criminal and Financial Reviews Near Completion
Amidst the news that Burlington Telecom has broken off its lease agreement with CitiCapital comes word that a state-run, nine-month criminal review is now being reviewed by the feds. On Wednesday, the Burlington Free Press reported that Capt. Dave Covell, of the Vermont State Police, and Orleans County State’s Attorney Keith Flynn have asked federal…
The Art of Gingerbread Building
Ed. Note: Seven Days intern Lea McLellan contributed this post. Today’s the deadline for entries in the Vermont Folklife Center’s 12th annual Gingerbread Competition. Each year, the Middlebury-based nonprofit invites culinary artists to submit their edible creations. When a representative from the VFC contacted Seven Days to submit a call to artists, e-commerce coordinator Ashley…
Sen. Bernie Sanders is ‘Fed’ Up
The Federal Reserve yesterday released details regarding thousands of loans it doled out to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions during the height of the economic downturn. In sum, the nation’s central bank loaned out more than $12 trillion. The document dump was in response to legislation spearheaded by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)…
Derby Line Pharmacist Challenges Fine for Illegal Border Crossing
As promised, Roland “Buzzy” Roy has hired a lawyer to fight the $500 fine he got last February for illegally crossing the border from Derby Line into Canada to get a pizza. Roy, a pharmacist, recently hired the St. Johnsbury-based firm Sleigh & Williams to challenge the fine he received from U.S. Customs and Border…
Outside the Box
From “freak in a cage” to international renown, the Burlington deejay does it his way
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After Luis Del Castillo, 45, pushed Noemi Duchene, 44, in a wheelchair to a jewelry store in El Paso, Texas, security cameras caught Duchene outside the store getting out of the chair and pulling a large black trash bag with two eyeholes over her head and upper body. She went inside, showed…
Nordic Sweater
Vermont cross-country skier Liz Stephen trains for the big show in Oslo
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Physicist Stephen Hawking believes it would be dangerous to get in touch with extraterrestrial creatures. “If aliens visit us,” he says, “the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.” Those who’ve studied the teeming evidence for UFOs would say…
Letters to the Editor
Justice Is Blind This is ridiculous [“Charged With Felony for Growing Pot, Mother Can’t Tell Jury It Was ‘Medical,’” November 17]! I can’t believe the court system would intentionally blind themselves to any reason a criminal would commit a crime. After all, isn’t that what the justice system is designed for? Truth, honor and justice…
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Women’s Festival of Crafts [SIV202]
11/27/10: The 21st Annual Women’s Festival of Crafts was held at Burlington’s City Hall this weekend. About 63 vendors from all over the state of Vermont gathered to sell their wares to the holiday shopping public. Why should you buy local this holiday season? Watch and see… Music: Missy Bly, Missy Bly 3, “Handmade Love”
Bite Club TV: Crafting Candy Canes
We all enjoy the crooked confections each Christmas, but few of us know how a candy cane is made. I certainly didn’t. And I would never have guessed that it would involve pulling hot sugar on a meat hook until the candy makers’ arms gave out. That’s what I learned when I visited Laughing Moon…
Judge Orders Psych Evaluation For Vermonter Who Threatened to Kill Obama
You hear the one about the Vermont comedian who threatened to kill President Obama on Twitter? The Secret Service wasn’t laughing in August when 43-year-old Chris King of Bellows Falls tweeted a message to the White House that read, “I am dying inside. And I am plainly stating to you that I am going to…
