Dec 5-11, 2012

Dec 5-11, 2012 / Vol. 18 / No. 14
As one Foster Child Relates Her Harrowing Journey, Vermont Struggles With the Loss of a Major Health Care Provider; Motel Rooms for the Homeless; Eating for the End Times

Cover Story

News Quirks

Curses, Foiled Again A British court convicted Emmanuel Jerome, 23, of burglary after police discovered a video recording of the break-in on his iPhone. Bradford Crown Court heard that Jerome thought he had switched on a flashlight app on the phone to find his way but instead activated the camera. (Britain’s Daily Mail) A cleaning…

Lines in the Sand

As the so-called fiscal cliff nears, Sanders vows to oppose raising Medicare’s eligibility age. Also, Bernie’s chief of staff, Huck Gutman, returns to teaching English at the University of Vermont.

Letters to the Editor

The Journalist and the Sex Offender A very interesting read [Fair Game, “Offender Bender,” November 28]. For me, the best part was the delicious irony of Peter Welch’s former communications director — who also covers politics, among other things, for Seven Days — calling out the Times Argus about what is, for all intents and purposes,…


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