Home & Garden Issue
Three Homes, Three Styles; An App for Gardeners; Borderline Turbine Trouble
Burlington Couple Busted For Gardening Structures in Front Yard
Burlington homeowners Michael Rooney and Susan Dorn built greenhouse-style hoop houses in their front yard two years ago to extend the growing season. Instead of harvesting salad greens in May or June, the couple now picks knee-high Swiss chard, kale and red mustard in early March. “We want to control our own food as much…
Movies You Missed 38: Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
This week in movies you missed: A comedy Roger Ebert hated so much he pretty much just said, “Screw it” and stopped writing his review half way through. What You Missed Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are the creators/stars of the cult sketch-comedy show “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” (seen on the Cartoon…
T.J. Donovan Launches Campaign for Attorney General (VIDEO)
Calling himself the “underdog,” Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan formally launched his campaign to unseat 15-year incumbent Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell at the St. John’s Club in Burlington on Thursday. Donovan and Sorrell — each from different clans with deep roots in Queen City politics — will square off this August in a…
Rutland Treasurer to Challenge Pearce for Vermont’s Top Money Job
Updated below with new comments from Progressive candidate Don Schramm One of the more interesting and unpredictable races shaping up this campaign season is over who will control the state’s cash. On Monday, Rutland city treasurer and former state senator Wendy Wilton will formally announce her long-rumored campaign for state treasurer, pitting her against…
Side Dishes: Hot Dog Lady’s Last Hurrah & German Gospel Brunch
Thought you’d had your last frank from Church Street’s famous Hot Dog Lady? Not if you can make it to Burlington’s Starr Farm Nursing Center tomorrow between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thanks to donated hot dogs from McKenzie, Lois Bodoky will serve up her last dogs in Vermont before moving to California next week.…
Vermont Gets Its First State Craft Education Center
The big, red, Fairfax barn that houses Vermont Woodworking School was abuzz yesterday celebrating its new designation as Vermont’s first State Craft Education Center. VWS joins the ranks of the state’s other official craft centers, Frog Hollow in Burlington, Artisans Hand in Montpelier and Gallery at the Vault in Springfield. The designation is largely symbolic;…
Brock Solicited Money From Lobbyists During Session, Campaign Staffer Calls Mailing “Mistake”
Republican candidate for governor Randy Brock solicited campaign money from numerous registered lobbyists while the legislature was still in session, Seven Days has learned, in apparent violation of campaign-finance law. Three different registered lobbyists provided Seven Days with copies of a two-page fundraising solicitation dated April 18 that was addressed and mailed to their offices…
Less Is Moore
A local builder’s homes have a small footprint but make a big impression
WTF: What’s the story behind that “$10,000 Reward” sign in Essex Junction?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
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John Brickels’ Mad Scientist Workshop [267]
5/5/12: Clay, a late night, white coats, pancakes and inspiration – what more would you expect from a Mad Scientist Workshop? At 5am last Saturday morning in downtown Burlington, John Brickels’ Pine Street studio was alive with mad energy and creativity. Lab coat wearing participants were hard at work bringing their mounds of clay to…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police said Albert Murray, 48, took a taxi to a hospital in Arlington, Va., one afternoon and asked the driver to wait. Murray, who worked in the hospital cafeteria, went inside, pulled a knife on the cafeteria manager and demanded the combination to a safe. She denied knowing it, so he tied…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In one of your past lives, I think you must have periodically done something like stick your tongue out or thumb your nose at pretentious tyrants — and gotten away with it. At least that’s one explanation for how confident you often are about speaking up when everyone else seems unwilling…
Crumbs
Leftover food news: Burlington food truck; Accolades for VT foodies and breweries
Letters to the Editor
Bikeways and Means Thank you for bringing attention to the damage that was caused to our bikeway infrastructures [“Burlington-Area Bike Paths Are All They’re Cracked Up to Be,” April 25]. Yes, the spring flooding and Tropical Storm Irene caused major upheavals in Vermont’s transportation corridors. However, I agree, too, that not enough attention has been…
Living Spaces
Luxurious, minimalist, historic: Three interiors express Vermont’s design diversity
Keeping the Pace
Side Dishes: Healthy Living market loses a butcher; new steakhouse gains him
Is it really over? Thanks for the memories!
All of us at Seven Days would like to express our sincere appreciation to the restaurants, sponsors, individuals and local businesses who supported Vermont Restaurant Week 2012. Your enthusiasm, trust and good taste helped us showcase the best of Vermont food, and we are proud to have you involved. We’d like to extend a special…
