Feb 9-15, 2011
Burlington Debates the Lockheed Deal; Front Porch Forum Goes Rural; An Aerophobe Tries Hypnosis
Vermont Eateries Get National Press
Last week, Travel + Leisure Magazine posted an online list of America’s most romantic restaurants just in time for Valentine’s Day. Though it may be too late to book a February 14 table this year, dinner à deux at Simon Pearce Restaurant in Quechee (pictured) is never a bad idea. Writer Sarah Storms is short…
Food Writer Ruth Reichl Defends Her Craft at Dartmouth
“Winter wonderland. Snow-dusted trees. Snow to my knees. Fluffy flapjacks in rivers of syrup, softly fried eggs, crisp bites of bacon. Juice.” So tweeted Ruth Reichl shortly after her recent arrival in the frosty college town of Hanover, New Hampshire. Since Gourmet magazine closed in 2009, (ex-editor-in-chief) Reichl has become an editor-at-large for Random House.…
Bill Would (Almost) End Anonymous Campaign Donations
*UPDATED BELOW WITH COMMENT FROM VPIRG’S PAUL BURNS* *UPDATE #2 BELOW WITH HIGHLIGHTS OF SEN. JEANETTE WHITE’S COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILL* Last fall, Seven Days told you about the flood of secret campaign donations collected by the candidates running for governor. Vermont law permits small-dollar donors — those contributing $100 or less to a candidate…
The Fix Is In
In contrast to many other congressmen, Matt Taibbi says Sanders is not a shit bird.
Up in Arms
Sanders and Lockheed Martin have a complicated relationship. Bernie helped bring Sandia to UVM, and supports locating the F-35 in Burlington, but he opposes their contracts generally.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After police investigating the shooting death of a convenience-store clerk in Pasadena, Texas, identified Michael Ray Morris, 29, as one of their two suspects, Morris returned to the crime scene to complain to a television reporter that he’d merely been a customer. The reporter jotted down Morris’ license plate number and passed…
The “Porch” Expands
Vermont’s online community builder recruits new neighbors — and experiences growing pains
Cat Tracks
At Sugarbush’s Allyn’s Lodge, getting to and from dinner is as exciting as the meal
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Before I loved you, nothing was my own,” wrote Pablo Neruda to his lover in one of his sonnets. “It all belonged to someone else — to no one.” Have you ever experienced a sense of being dispossessed like that, Aries? A sense of there being nowhere and nothing in the…
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VT State Snow Sculpting Competition [211]
2/4/11: This weekend was the 19th annual Burlington Winter Festival, and at the top of Church Street, four teams competed in the 16th annual VT State Snow Sculpting Competition. The winning team Vermont Snows will head to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in 2012 to compete at nationals. Music: The Vacant Lots, According To The Gospel, “Thief…
Layoffs at Burlington Telecom
Six people were effectively laid off today at Burlington Telecom, less than two weeks after city officials proclaimed that the muncipal utility was paying all of its bills and netting a positive cash flow — absent paying off the debt it owes to taxpayers. The six positions are slated for elimination as part of a…
Entergy CEO: Utility Wants Vermont Yankee to Keep Running
It was the first topic that Entergy CEO J Wayne Leonard tackled in the utility’s quarterly earnings call with investors and reporters: What is the future of Vermont Yankee? “We are committed to maintaining open and timely communications however great the challenge is for gaining public support and disproving a negative that the age of…
Hello My Name Is… Bill Would Require Statehouse Lobbyists to Wear ID Badges
State Rep. Jason Lorber (D-Burlington) wants to know the name of that lobbyist chatting up the governor — and who he works for. Under a bill introduced by Lorber (pictured doing his Moo-Jew stand-up comedy shtick) and two colleagues today, statehouse lobbyists would be required to wear name-tags identifying who they are and who they…
Video: My Little Cupcake
Who doesn’t love cupcakes? Though savory dishes are my greatest passion, I still go ape at the very idea of the 66-plus creative flavors of My Little Cupcakes. Last week my videographer, Elizabeth Rossano, and I stopped by the baker’s retail store in Essex for a crash course in cute. Watch and learn as owners…
Letters to the Editor
Eating Crow Just finished your article on the crows [“WTF,” February 2] and with the exception of one quote attributed to me that I didn’t make, it was a fairly decent one. I would like to point out that the “eruption” you refer to is actually an “irruption.” It is common among the finches we…
