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Laurie Furch, a former bakery owner, has answered calls for the King Arthur Flour Baker’s Hotline for almost six years. Every shift, she handles dozens of questions from anxious bakers. She’s used to troubleshooting problems such as Why are my cookies taking an hour to bake? Or, Can I substitute all-purpose flour for bread flour?…
Lifelong learner and educator aimed to ‘leave the world a better place than she found it’
Shelburne woman was active in her community, church and local schools
A ski safety crusader was recognized for his advancements in snowsports
On June 23, 2020, at Porter Medical Center, Desiree Cary and Zachary Williams welcomed a girl, Leighla Mae Williams.
(Equal Eyes Records, digital) Tha Truth arrived in Vermont back in 2006, and the rapper has been an integral part of the local hip-hop scene ever since. Known to friends and family as Warren Stickney, he’s a genre superfan. Whether it’s a local lineup in some bar basement or a national act coming through Higher…
Dear Reverend, I’m a fan of breasts in all shapes and sizes, but the women I’ve been with have all happened to have small ones. I’m currently unattached, and I’m worried that I won’t know what to do should I encounter larger ones. Are they more or less sensitive? Bosom Bewildered (male, 37) Dear Bosom…
Seven Days writers can’t possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a prickle of porcupines. So this monthly feature is our way of introducing you to a handful of books by Vermont authors. To do that, we contextualize each book…
When Scott Pavek declared last spring that he was running for the Vermont House in Burlington’s two-seat South End district, he was prepared to challenge two longtime Democratic lawmakers. A year later, Pavek finds himself in a much different race than the one he expected. Mary Sullivan and Johannah “Joey” Leddy Donovan separately announced this…
When Martin Cohn heard the state was purchasing raw milk from struggling farmers to process into goods for the Vermont Foodbank, he pulled out his proverbial Rolodex to try to help. Cohn has amassed plenty of contacts in his 15 years as a member of the Brattleboro Rotary Club, including a one-year stint as club…
The Idries Shah Foundation, a UK charity devoted to advancing the work of the eponymous late Sufi writer and mystic, recently inaugurated its Gold Medal Awards for Human Achievement. The 2019 honorees included such luminaries as primatologist Jane Goodall, BBC broadcaster David Attenborough, Nobel laureate Herta Müller and writer Lisa Alther, a part-time Vermont resident.…
It should come as no surprise that Gabriella Netsch, a driver’s education instructor and the owner of Yankee Driving School in Wallingford, describes herself as a strict rule follower. Whenever her local school districts declare a snow day, she does, too. So when Gov. Phil Scott ordered all Vermont schools to cease in-person instruction no…
JAG Productions is a theater company in White River Junction that focuses on works by and about Black people. In early June, founder and producing artistic director Jarvis A. Green released a statement condemning the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Within eight days, JAG had received more than $10,000 in unsolicited donations. Over…
To Clarify… Kudos to Margaret Grayson for writing about the impact of the pandemic on chronically ill people [“High Stakes,” June 17]! Chronic illness frequently means invisibility, and fighting to be heard is hard — especially when you have very limited energy, as most of us do. Grayson did a great job of amplifying our…
The skies over the Winooski River and Lake Champlain normally teem with avian species this time of year. But anyone who was near the river or happened to be driving Interstate 89 through Burlington on the morning of Friday, June 12, may have noticed a pair of unusual “birds” migrating from Burlington International Airport to…
In mid-June, David Stromeyer stood under a large boulder that hung from the arm of a crane some 30 feet high. On the ground lay a pair of stacked steel plates, each 10 by 16 feet, atop a bed of gravel he had shoveled into place with painstaking precision. The world-renowned artist would be using…
Like postcards in any Vermont gift shop, Daniel DeMasi’s Instagram account features covered bridges, white steeples and sylvan homesteads, each captioned with brief historical notes. Lately, DeMasi has used his Southern Vermont Living page to showcase the stone arch bridges that have spanned the region’s streams for more than a century. But when he posted…
For multi-instrumentalist and composer Matthew Evan Taylor, only music could sufficiently express his reaction to the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery and the subsequent worldwide protests. The Middlebury College assistant professor of music decided to process his multitude of thoughts and feelings in a series of free jazz improvisations. Seven…
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant?” Author Diane Ackerman asks her readers that question, and now I pose the same inquiry to you — just in time for your Season of Transformation. “We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors,”…
Show and Tell Over the weekend, I did something I thought I wouldn’t do for a long time: I saw live music in person. With newly eased restrictions on large public gatherings and indoor spaces, Vermont saw the return of proper rock shows — “proper” being a relative term here. And as of this Friday,…
(Anti-Golf, digital) When the manager of one of the most successful music outfits Vermont has seen in years directs you to a new album from a completely unknown local, you pay attention. I came upon Bear, the debut EP from singer-songwriter Will Keeper, through Calhoun Rawlings, manager of the now Chicago-based rap group 99 Neighbors.…
It might take an apocalypse to stop new breweries from opening in Vermont. Even then, a few would likely make it through. As the COVID-19 pandemic emptied out tasting rooms and halted growler fills, the state’s breweries pivoted to curbside pickup and local delivery. Some even offered drive-through can and bottle sales — including the…
Maya Crowley, co-owner of Uncommon Coffee at the Essex Experience, will take a step toward opening the new coffee shop, roastery and restaurant on June 25 when she makes house-roasted coffee beans available for online ordering. Crowley, former manager of the now-closed Uncommon Grounds on Burlington’s Church Street, has been working since the fall to…
