Jun 17-23, 2009
Can Vermont Towns Tell Registered Sex Offenders Where to Live? Howard Dean’s New Book on Health-Care Reform; Still More Jazz in Montreal
#iranelection Protest Today
I came to the office early this morning to work on What’s Good, but now I’m captivated by coverage of the events unfolding in Iran. There was a protest scheduled for this morning (4 p.m. in Tehran), and apparently the government has deployed armed forces to confront the protesters. I’m following the situation on several…
Kudos for ‘Hometown Newspaper’
A story turned up on Alternet that made us feel good here at Seven Days–Ben Dangl, a freelancer who is also the editor of Burlington-based international-news online mag Toward Freedom, wrote “Next on the Endangered Species List: Your Hometown Newspaper.” Dangl notes that while he was reporting from Latin America in recent months, the 7D…
VT Archeology: Bitin’ the Dust?
New rules allowing all-terrain vehicles on some state lands aren’t the only ones the Douglas administration has in the works that are raising eyebrows. Vermont’s Division of Historic Preservation will soon launch a series of public meetings around the state to gather input on changes to rules governing the treatment of potential archaeological sites when…
Water Water Everywhere: VT Yankee Springs New Leak
Another week, another leak at Vermont’s lone nuclear power plant. This time the leak is in a pipe that draws in water from the Connecticut River and is funneled into Vermont Yankee’s “service water” system. A service water system in a nuke plant draws in water to keep its various pumps and physically hot equipment…
Last Chance to Ride Richmond Ferry
The ferry established to move passengers across the Winooski River while the Richmond Bridge was being repaired is about to, well, ferry its last. Yes, the bridge is reopening. But during the month-plus that it was under construction, the good folks at Local Motion facilitated a flotation device for pedestrians and bicyclists to get from…
Why Is a “Socialist” Trying to Save Capitalism?
Vermont’s junior Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) continues to make his presence known in the U.S. Senate. Earlier this year, he made national news when he told Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, “If an organization is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.” This week, Sanders was named by Newsweek as one of six…
Vermont Milk Company Weighing Bankruptcy
Plenty of fresh rumors floating around this week about the demise of the Vermont Milk Company, the dairy processor founded by a group of farmers and longtime activist Anthony Pollina. Pollina and one of the founding board members say it’s unclear whether the company will have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but a decision…
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Green Mountain Opera Festival [SIV133]
6/12/09: The Green Mountain Opera Festival is in its fourth year in the Mad River Valley. This year they bring Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro to the Barre Opera House. Location: Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, Vermont
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After robbing a bank in Cornwall Bridge, Conn., Jason Durant, 32, tumbled down a steep embankment behind the bank, crashing into a snowplow blade at the bottom and breaking his leg in several places. The Waterbury Republican-American reported he also lost his gun and the stolen money, leaving him with only $2.…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for June 17 – 24, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you secretly afraid of feeling secure? Do you equate stability with being bored and lazy? Do you suspect that your restless pioneer spirit makes you unfit for the slow, meticulous work of…
Letters to the Editor
FLANAGAN’S FINE Sen. Flanagan is a hardworking and dedicated legislator [“Continuing Ed,” May 20]. I worked closely with him since his earliest days in elected office, and had daily interaction with him in both Senate Government Operation and Health and Human Services committees. Sen. Flanagan was always respectful to those testifying and had good insight…
Three in One
Anne Russinof, Tony Saunders & Elise Whittemore-Hill, 215 College Artists’ Cooperative, Burlington. Through June 28.
Girlington Garage Gets its Engines Running
When plotting a career path a few years ago, Demeny Pollitt figured there were only two fields she could get into that would not put her to sleep: psychology and car repair. She loved the idea of working as a psychologist, helping people pick their way through the brambles of the mind. But that would…
Do You Take Discover?
Soundbites: Do You Take Discover?, Not Dead Yet, Floored, The Jazz Guys Say … Bonjour?, Bite Torrent
Vermont’s Native American Commission Feud Gets National Ink
The saga of the increasingly dysfunctional Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs is making national news. The national Native American newspaper Indian Country Today featured a front page article on the series of resignations and internal turmoil. Since last fall, four members have resigned from the commission, including two chairmen. The most recent resignation was…
Best Bites: Asian Cuisine
118 Pearl Street, Essex 288-9996 It used to be China King restaurant, but with a name likeAsian Cuisine, who knows what’s for dinner? Probably another cookie cutter sesame chicken andchow mein dive, right? Wrong. The vague name intrigued me, so I checked out this little box of a place, located in the Essex miracle mileof fast…
