Dec 22-28, 2010
Winter Reading Issues: Tweeting With VT Authors; Browsing Indie Bookstores; Bill Schubert’s Weighty Words
The Jim Douglas-Jim Morrison Connection, and Other Google Doppelgangers
Ed. Note: During the last week of the year, we asked our writers to reflect on the highs and lows of 2010. As a reporter, one of the easiest ways to stay abreast of local newsmakers is using Google Alerts — where you sign up to get an email every time the name of someone,…
A Year in the Life of Burlington Telecom
Ed. Note: During the last week of the year, we asked our writers to reflect on the highs and lows of 2010. Woulda, coulda, shoulda. That could easily be Burlington Telecom’s motto. Or, its epitaph. BT remained one of the most politically charged and financially relevant stories of the year, which is saying something when…
Happy Holidays from Seven Days
The Seven Days office is now officially closed for our annual holiday break. Our bosses give us all a free week or so off at the end of the year to compensate for the other holidays we have to work (Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, etc.). I think it’s a great deal. We put…
Dead Bird Dancing
An artist friend once “told me, ‘Never contextualize your art,’” Lida Winfield declares, standing beside Ellen Smith Ahern before a packed audience at a recent showing of their work-in-progress, “The Woods Are Deep,” at the Firehouse Center for the Arts. Both dancers are dressed in oversized trench coats and holding bundles of sticks. “Your art…
On the Same Page
He writes dark and she writes light, but Jon and Wendy Clinch are each other’s best readers
BT’s Legal and Consulting Costs Top $625,000
* updated * The outside consultants hired by the city of Burlington to help it guide Burlington Telecom through an internal restructuring and external reviews by state regulators have cost the utility more than $625,000 since July 1, 2009. That’s according to a memo sent by City Hall officials to City Councilors Paul Decelles (R-Ward…
WTF: How Did Iranistan Road in Burlington’s Hill Section Get Its Name?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Federal authorities said two masked gunmen greeted the owners of a New York City pizzeria arriving home after closing the store and ordered one of the owners to hand over a bag they believed held the day’s earnings. Instead, Drug Enforcement Administration agent Kristie Osswald reported, it “contained pizza dough.” Even so,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “There’s always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in,” wrote novelist Graham Greene. I’ll add to that: There are at least three moments in adulthood when a new door opens and invites the rest of the future in. Judging by the astrological omens, I’m guessing…
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Santa Visits Mayfair Park [205]
12/18/10: For 5 years Santa Claus has been making a special trip to a South Burlington neighborhood. These Santa Parties are a family tradition that dates back to the 1980s and have evolved to include a backyard ice skating rink. Meet the Lowell/Poirier family and experience an old fashioned Christmas Party in a tight knit…
Letters to the Editor
Small Plates, Big Bill Lately I’ve noticed that the restaurant reviews have been a bit more critical, while still striving to be supportive of the local food scene. This is good; keep it up! Your review of Via Loma paralleled my experience [“Small Plates,” December 15]: warm place that I want to like, but exceedingly…
VT Mozart Fest Calls It Quits
Thirty-seven years is a respectable run for any arts organization, but tell that to the musicians, staff and board members of the Vermont Mozart Festival. Not to mention the thousands of fans of the grand performances held in gorgeous locations around the state each summer. For my money, a perfect summer evening looks like this:…
Google Delays Fiber Network Decision Until 2011
Burlington Telecom and the Vermont Telecommunications Authority can cross one item off their Christmas wish list: An announcement from Google about which community will be home to an experimental high-speed fiber internet in the United States. Google originally said it would make its decision by the end of the year, but last week the tech…
