Jan 9-15, 2013
Why the King of Blueberry Hill Is Ready to Call It Quits; Vermonts Consider Gun Limits; Cross-Country Skiing Centers Go High-Tech; How Not to Get Lost Hiking in Winter
A Not-So-Serious Look at the Year to Come in Vermont Music
A new year is not unlike a new pair of shoes. Just out of the box, it is sparkly clean and smells of fresh leather. Or something. But much like new shoes need to be scuffed up and broken in before they feel right, a new year needs to be lived in a little before…
Gallery Profile: Office Hours Gallery
Pamela Fraser and her husband, Randall Szott, turned their apartment near Chicago into a part-time gallery while she was teaching studio art at the University of Illinois. “Apartment galleries are a big phenomenon there,” notes Fraser, who taught on the Chicago campus for six years before taking a faculty position at the University of Vermont…
Snowmaking Is a Survival Strategy for Vermont Cross-Country Ski Areas
It’s been a good year — so far — for Vermont’s cross-country ski areas, thanks to the biggest snowfall since March 2011. But a growing number of Nordic centers are betting such snows will soon be the exception, not the rule, in Vermont. And they’re betting big. In anticipation of climate change, a half dozen cross-country ski…
Why Blueberry Hill Inn — and a Handful of Other Vermont Hospitality Properties — are Up for Sale
Ask enough fans to describe Blueberry Hill Inn, and the word that comes up time and again is “magical.” Five miles down a remote Forest Service road in sleepy Goshen, with the round bulk of Hogback Mountain rising behind it, the bright-blue farmhouse is surrounded by 22,000 acres of the protected Moosalamoo National Recreation Area.…
Taste Test: Waterbury’s the Blue Stone Pizza Shop and Tavern
At least 44 toppings are on offer at the Blue Stone Pizza Shop and Tavern, Waterbury’s newest eatery. The first time I skimmed through them, my eyes sort of glazed over. The waitress kept checking back as I deliberated — over red sauce or pesto, herbs and mushrooms and olives, and unlikely morsels such as…
Preventing a Winter Hiking Nightmare
It seemed like a good idea at the time. On a sunny, mild, mid-February day, the earth sealed up in a thick crust of old snow, my husband and I set out for a hike up Camel’s Hump. We’re both generally late risers and slow decision makers — we prefer to think of ourselves as…
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A Photographer Duo Helps Animals Find Homes [295]
1/3/13: Sometimes a good photo can play a significant role in a shelter animal’s quest for a home. Kelly Schulze, the photographer behind Mountain Dog Photography, has been volunteering weekly at the Humane Society of Chittenden County since 2009 with her husband Ian, who is known as “The Cat Whisperer.” They have captured 1600+ animals’…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When a homeowner confronted a burglar who kicked in the door of his home in Arleta, Calif., around noon, the thief begged the resident not to call police and dashed to his car, which he’d parked in the driveway. It wouldn’t start. Police records stated the burglar returned to the house to…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Writing at io9.com, Charlie Jane Anders provides “10 Signs You Could Be the Chosen Savior.” Among the clues are the following: 1. “Give yourself one point for every time someone comes up to you on the street, points at you, gibbers something inarticulate, and runs away.” 2. “How many robot/clone duplicates…
Letters to the Editor
Fire Away A much needed article [Fair Game, “Guns ’n’ Poses,” December 19]. Hope the rest of Vermont’s media also faces the issues set forth here. Nicholas Clifford Middlebury Wrong Target Referring to your statement in [Fair Game, “Guns ’n’ Poses,” December 19] that 16-year-olds can purchase and carry concealed handguns: Federal law requires the…
Free Will Astrology
)ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 2013, I pledge to conspire with you to increase your mastery of the art of friendship. Together we will concentrate on making you an even stronger ally than you already are. We will upgrade your skill at expressing your feelings with openhearted clarity, and in ways that don’t make people…
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First Night Burlington [294]
12/31/12: First Night Burlington celebrates its 30th year with 95 groups, hundreds of performers, 15 venues and 11,000 attendees. Eva rings in the New Year with some resolutions. This episode of Stuck in Vermont was brought to you by Cabot Creamery Cooperative.
