The business is a small-town Vermont clothing company whose handmade wool pants, shirts and hunting jackets have been passed down through generations. The buyer is a 63-year-old Burlington man with a mixed record running an urban airport, who grows queasy at the thought of a gutted deer. It’s an odd pairing, but after a few…
Flooding in Vermont was widespread but in many places not as severe as the last big flooding event in July, state officials said on Tuesday. Emergency responders used lessons from this summer’s flooding to prepare for the drenching rains that closed some roads and schools. The July event illustrated the need to keep stormwater collection systems…
Richford resident loved travel and adventure, working at Canadian Pacific Railroad in Montréal for more than 30 years
Updated at 6:47 p.m. Heavy rain and snowmelt were causing significant flooding throughout Vermont on Monday — including in cities and towns still reeling from catastrophic summer flooding — as rivers continued to rise into the evening. The ongoing flooding, expected to crest overnight and recede by daybreak on Tuesday, had closed stretches of 15…
Member of Silver Spokes group enjoyed meeting new people through her various bicycling adventures
Williston woman enjoyed life’s simple pleasures: family, friends, days at the beach, a good game of golf and making her delicious meat pies at Christmas
Some guys have all the luck. And then there’s me. On Friday, Seven Days reported that gazillion records-selling pop star Sir Rod Stewart and his wife, model Penny Lancaster, had been spotted in and around Addison County. That included several hours on Thursday afternoon in Vergennes, where he was said to have stopped for lunch…
Waterbury Center man spent 30 ‘bonus years’ focused on his children, grandchildren and outdoor adventures
The CVSD Early Education Program is now accepting applications for a random prekindergarten lottery drawing for the 2024-25 school year. This lottery is for an opportunity to enroll in one of our school-based classrooms which run 10 hours per week. Our school-based prekindergarten classrooms are 5 STARs, licensed early education programs that provide play-based, developmentally…
Pursuant to Title 24 VSA, Chapter 117, the Colchester Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 7 P.M. at the Colchester Town Offices, 781 Blakely Road, for the purpose of considering amendments to the Colchester Development Regulations. The proposed amendments are as follows: a. Modify temporary uses and structures…
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun died over 3,300 years ago. When his mournful entourage placed him in his tomb, the treasures they left included a pot of honey, which was meant to sweeten his travels in the afterlife. In the early 20th century, archaeologists excavated the ancient site. They dared to sample the…
Northstar Self Storage will be having a public and online sale/auction on December 21, 2023 at 9am EST at 615 Route 7, Danby, VT 05739 (Unit D115), 681 Rockingham Road, Rockingham, VT 05151 (Units R50, R67) and 1124 Charlestown Road, Springfield, VT 05156 (Units S65, S108) and online at www.storagetreasures.com at 9:00 am in accordance…
This week, walkers taking in Middlebury’s holiday festivities or doing some last-minute shopping can enjoy a cup of hot chocolate for just 25 cents. The Hot Chocolate Hut, run by the Better Middlebury Partnership, sells “hot cocoa with all the fixings” in December to support downtown projects. The one-room, red-and-white shack is stationed on Main…
Malletts Bay Self Storage, LLC 115 Heineberg Drive, Colchester, VT 05446. Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self- storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid. Name of Occupant Storage Unit Stacy Sykas # 237. Said sales will take place on 12/15/23, beginning at 10:00am at Malletts…
Rachel Schiffer is no stranger to the circus. Her grandmother trained as a clown, and her grandfather took her to her first Circus Smirkus show when she was just 7 years old. During the show, Smirkus founder Rob Mermin stepped into the circus ring to ask who else wanted to join. “I kind of latched…
Seven Days passed a milestone over the Thanksgiving holiday: On Thursday, November 23, creative director and associate publisher Don Eggert marked 25 years at this newspaper. For more than half of his life, the 47-year-old graphic designer and IT guy has kept Seven Days looking fresh. A self-taught MacGyver, he has led the company through…
Let’s face it: Burlington is just about the furthest thing from a “club city.” If you’ve lived in a place with a proper dance music culture, you know the signs; you’ve seen the people heading out to dance the night away. They’re often dressed a little nicer than the rock show set or the comedy…
When Keisha Luce invites nationally touring artists to perform at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, she’s sometimes met with bewilderment. “They’re like, ‘How far is that from New York?’ ‘How far is that from Boston?’ Yeah, it’s pretty far,” said Luce, the center’s executive director, of the rural Northeast Kingdom town with…
Nick Cassarino is returning for his now-annual tradition of throwing a rocking Christmas party in his home state. The Vermont native is a top-level shredder, a guitar maestro capable of moving in and out of styles effortlessly, who has played with everyone from John Mayer to Trey Anastasio to Big Daddy Kane. Suffice it to…
Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh is known for her willingness — eagerness, even — to explore the messier regions of the female psyche. Director William Oldroyd made his name with Lady Macbeth, a film about a woman who isn’t afraid to embrace chaos in a repressive era. So the two of them seem like the perfect team…
I’m waking to a sky dark as chocolate ganache swirled by the great baker, her sparkly spatula, her flourish of icing, between bright coconut- fluff layers of snow days she’s stacked up one by one, yesterday then today, and soon I remember the slice of cake sent home after last night’s party and I’m up…
When environmental activists recently gathered at the Statehouse to push for cleaner energy, they began with what has become commonplace at public events in Vermont — a land acknowledgment. Earl Hatley, a member of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, strode to a podium wearing a bear-claw necklace. “Kwai,” Hatley said, using the tribe’s traditional greeting.…
new in theaters WONKA: Did you ever think Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka needed an origin story? You’re in luck! Timothée Chalamet plays him as a young struggling chocolatier in this musical fantasy, directed by Paul King (Paddington). With Calah Lane and Keegan-Michael Key. (116 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Playhouse, Roxy, Star)…
A Request for Proposals (RFP) for Construction Management Services for a STEAM Center renovation at Champlain College is available now. Proposals from Small and Minority-Owned businesses encouraged. Proposals are due at Noon on Tuesday January 3rd, 2023. See details and RFP at champlain.edu/construction
‘$20 Per Second’ I was horrified to see this statistic that was tucked away in the Gift Guide [November 22]: “State data show that Vermonters spend $20 per second with Amazon.” That’s $20 per second! Imagine how many Vermont residents and businesses would thrive if all that money stayed in Vermont. Imagine how much air…
===== By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/ . The law requires an agency to hold…
Most people know Diane Huling as a pianist. With bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., Huling, 69, has performed internationally. In a parallel career, the Cabot resident — a Vermonter since age 16 — taught at Dartmouth, Lyndon State and Johnson State colleges, retiring in…
As 2023 draws to a close, music editor Chris Farnsworth is making his list and checking it twice — for albums from Vermont musicians that came out this year and almost fell through the cracks. Some hidden diamonds are always biding their time in the queue, so here are six records that might sneak into…
In July, floodwaters rose four feet throughout downtown Montpelier, laying waste to buildings along Main and State streets. Soon after, Vermonters were shocked to see images of debris piled high in the streets as shopkeepers mucked out their basements and tossed ruined inventories. Hundreds of local volunteers, as well as federal disaster-assistance teams, arrived to…
Overview The Town of Swanton is accepting proposals for grant writing services for the proposed multi-generational community center project. Scope of Work The contracted work is to include grant research and proposals/applications for grants relevant to building and operating a multi-generational community center and also possible future projects. The Town of Swanton is seeking a…
Sterling College’s new president, Scott Thomas, was preparing to move his family to campus in June when his predecessor got in touch: Would Thomas be needing any chickens? The president’s house, a former blacksmith shop, has a coop in the yard. “That wasn’t one of the questions I had been prepared to answer,” said Thomas,…
Dear Reverend, I’m single, childless by choice, and I don’t have family nearby — other than my two dogs and a cat. A good friend of mine has invited me to spend Christmas Day at her house. She’s married and has three young kids. I’ve been there for other occasions, and it’s usually complete chaos…
2020 was an inauspicious year to launch a theater company and education program. But what could have been a false start for Northfield-based Dirt Road Theater became an exercise in resourcefulness for cofounders Maren Langdon Spillane and Dominic Spillane. Both active in New York City’s theater scene before relocating to Vermont in 2014, the couple…
Notice of Appeal Now Come Neighbors Bradley Holt and Jason Pelletier of 1931 Hillview Road and David Kauck of 2212 Hillview Road (“Appellants”), by and through their counsel, MSK Attorneys, and hereby appeals, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4471 and 10 V.S.A. Ch. 220 to the Vermont Superior Court, Environmental Division, the Town of Richmond’s Development…
It launched in early 2023 with high hopes and $300,000 in state money: a program to help formerly incarcerated Vermont women make their way back into society by providing them a job, social services and a roof over their heads. Almost a year later, the pilot program, called Building Employment and Meaning, or BEAM, is…
In re ESTATE of Craig Chevrier NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Craig Chevrier late of Hinesburg, Vermont I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first publication of…
Lost: Buckturd Basin Ski Area. Last seen: 1990. Reward for finding: If you see it, ski it. Misplacing a ski area seems nearly impossible, given their typically lofty profile and the schussers and shredders dotting the landscape. But in the case of “Searching for Vermont’s Lost Ski Areas,” a new exhibit at the Vermont Ski…
For many holiday bakers, the first step in the festive process is a trip into the depths of a forgotten cupboard. Behind lidless Tupperware and single-use appliances, they’ll find a jumble of gingerbread people, stars and trees. And, if those cookie cutters are good ones, there’s a high likelihood they were made in Vermont. Inconspicuously…
Early signs that Parsons Dinner House is something special can be found on the Barton restaurant’s cocktail menu. In early December, the bevvies included a huckleberry cosmo ($13) with a touch of cranberry — the ruby liquid poured over crushed ice was artfully garnished with a Twizzler-style huckleberry twist candy and a slice of lime.…
The owners of Après, a cocktail lounge inside Mirror Mirror in Stowe, will host a grand opening for their new Montpelier bar and restaurant, Ondis, on Wednesday, December 27. Emma Sanford and Christopher Leighton, who live in Montpelier, took over the original Kismet spot at 207 Barre Street after that restaurant closed on July 30.…
Bristol’s newest breakfast and lunch biz, Smoke and Lola’s, opened bright and early on Saturday. The takeout spot co-owned by Abbey LaMay-West and chef Wayne Johnson serves coffee, breakfast sandwiches and other traditional café foods starting at 6:30 a.m. during the week and 7:30 a.m. on weekends. The space at 28 North Street — named…
In the Bleak Midwinter Friday 15-Sunday 17 After a five-year hiatus, beloved winter wonder Night Fires returns to Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Performers new and old mark the solstice and brighten up the longest nights of the year with an operatic pageant flush with music, dance, and the poetry of Lucille Clifton, Rumi and…
