Jul 10-16, 2013
Thirty-Six Hours in Newport, a City Waiting to Happen; Burlington Holds Bove’s Liquor License Hostage; Reviewing Ben Hewitt’s ‘Saved’; Waitsfield Gets a Butcher Shop; A Reunion Show Revisits the ’90s
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Thirty-six Hours in Newport, a City Waiting to Happen
Tell someone in Vermont that you’re headed to Newport for a few days and their reaction is likely to be something along the lines of “Newport … Vermont?” Yes, Newport, Vt. The state’s northernmost city, better known for its economic struggles than its leisurely pursuits, has been generating mostly positive news of late: about eager…
Obituary: Rita Ste. Marie
Rita Ste. Marie, of Lexington KY (formally a Vermonter) age 86, died on Friday, July 12th at Hospice of the Bluegrass of Alzheimer’s complications. Born in Magog, Canada, on May 15, 1927, of Arthur and Marianna LeBlanc. Rita and her husband Francis owned and operated a store and meat market in Vermont. She retired in…
Obituary: Beatrice Madeline Gagne
Mrs. Beatrice Madeline Gagne, age 97 years, died early Tuesday morning July16, 2013, in the Northwestern Medical Center with loving family at her side. Born at home in Highgate Center on May 29, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Edouard and Ozanna (Gagne) Laroche. She attended a one room school house in Highgate…
Obituary: Carlton “Cullie” Sturgeon
Carlton “Cullie” Sturgeon, age 89 years, died Friday morning July 12, 2013, at Our Lady of the Meadows in Richford where he has resided for the past four years. Born in Alburgh on August 3, 1923, he was the son of the late Nelson and Mable (Hunter) Sturgeon. He attended Alburgh schools and on March…
Obituary: Ronald Clee Whitesell
Ronald Clee Whitesell, 79, passed away Friday afternoon July 12, 2013, at his Alburgh Springs home. He was born on February 4, 1934, in Washington, DC, the son of the late Clee and Virginia (Davidson) Whitesell. Ron is survived by his wife of 40 years, the former Joan Tremblay of Alburgh Springs; his daughter and…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A woman was kneeling in prayer on the kitchen floor of her Seattle home when she felt someone grab her hair from behind. She later told police she thought it was her husband playing a joke on her, but when she turned around, she saw an unknown man. According to the police…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Space Needle is a tourist attraction in Seattle. It’s taller than the Washington Monument but shorter than the Eiffel Tower. Near the top of the structure is a circular restaurant that rotates slowly, making one complete turn every 47 minutes. The motor that moves this 125-ton mass is small: only…
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Obituary: Fernand Julian Dupere
Fernand Julian Dupere, age 91 years, a longtime Alburgh resident died Tuesday afternoon, July 9, 2013 in the Franklin County Rehab Center with loving family at his side. Born in Bromptonville, Quebec Canada on December 19, 1921, he was the son of the late Joseph and Esmeralda (Godbout) Dupere. On June 8, 1944, he married…
A New Butchery for the Mad River Valley
Years ago, Jeff Lynn met his destiny on a trip to Italy. The New England Culinary Institute-trained chef considered himself a fish specialist, but visiting a small salumeria in that country opened his mind. “It was just outside Tuscany, and it was a tiny, tiny place. I just remember the smell, the look of the…
First Bite: Griffin’s Publick House
Who can say for sure what “gastropub” means? Decades after the term first appeared — in England, used for pubs that were banishing boiled meat and getting creative in the kitchen — the word is still applied loosely. It’s commonly attached to what I used to call “pubs with decent food,” and by that measure,…
2013 Vermont Tech Jam Will Rock Out at Memorial Auditorium
Looking for a tech job in Vermont? Want to scope out the local start-up scene? Then mark your calendar for the 2013 Vermont Tech Jam, brought to you by Dealer.com and MyWebGrocer. This two-day job fair and tech expo will gather dozens of Vermont’s most innnovative companies and organizations all under one roof. It’s an…
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Governor’s Institute on the Arts [316]
6/29/13: This year The Vermont Governor’s Institute on the Arts celebrates 30 years of bringing art and community to about 130 high school students from across the state in a two week intensive program. A GIA alum, Eva traveled to the campus of Castleton State College in Castleton to soak up the creative energy. This…
Art Review: Roger Book
It’s a rare individual who decides, at age 43, to drop everything he’s doing and go back to school. Roger Book did just that, leaving a retail job in Iowa to attend Green Mountain College in Poultney. He earned a BFA there and went on to acquire a master’s in painting at the Rochester Institute…
Book Review: Saved: How I Quit Worrying About Money and Became the Richest Guy in the World
Is Ben Hewitt’s new book a manifesto disguised as a memoir, or a memoir disguised as a manifesto? The title, Saved: How I Quit Worrying About Money and Became the Richest Guy in the World, suggests a personal journey. Skip ahead to the book’s conclusion, a five-page “Conscious Economy Manifesto,” and you’ll get wind of…
1990s Burlington Band Guppyboy Resurface
Smart, prolific and methodically sloppy, Guppyboy helped epitomize the Burlington slacker-rock scene in the 1990s. Their catalog wanders through at least three different bands with innumerable lineups across more than 30 recordings, released in just about every format. Longtime townies and newcomers alike will have the chance to don their whitewashed jeans, pump up their…
Remembering the Garlic
For us cabdrivers, inclement weather both giveth and taketh away. On the one hand, fewer people venture out when it rains; on the other, those who do brave the weather take more cabs. Yes, I’m talking about another soggy weekend plying my trade in Burlington, and the punster in me would call it a wash.…
Theater Review: Tuesdays With Morrie
One thing a college student taking courses online will never have to endure is a professor who spits egg salad in his or her face. But that may be the student’s loss. Just ask the millions of readers who made Mitch Albom’s book Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Greatest…
Letters to the Editor
Name Blame I’m looking forward to the name game series this summer. I enjoyed the first story [“What’s in a Name? The Origins of ‘Burlington,’” July 3], but did want to mention that the author of Vermont Place Names is Esther Swift, not Smith, as stated in the article. Tom Kimball Ferrisburgh In ’Toon Congratulations…
Entry-Level Engineering at The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont
During the last week in June, more than 100 high school students filled the University of Vermont’s halls and classrooms for the Engineering Institute organized by the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont. At UVM, they got a taste of college life, while exploring sustainable energy systems, robotics and aerospace engineering. GIV runs 10 summer institutes that…
