Jeff Sharlet and I were sitting in his Toyota Camry, which he had parked on my street in Burlington for the purpose of doing a Zoom interview with a left-leaning podcast called “Some of My Best Friends Are.” He would be talking about his acclaimed new book, The Undertow: Scenes From a Slow Civil War,…
Dear Connie, Little did we ever expect that you would be gone so quickly. I didn’t appreciate you as I should have, but now I certainly feel the immense loss. We all do! A day never goes by that I don’t think of you, remember the rides, lunches and annual Ogunquit trips that we shared.…
Sometimes it pays to buy local. In early June, the Vermont Agency of Education announced that five school districts in the state had earned a Local Foods Incentive Grant by purchasing a sizable percentage of food used in their school cafeterias from Vermont farms during the 2021-22 school year. Windham Northeast Supervisory Union and Windsor…
Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday allowed H.165, which makes school breakfast and lunch free for all Vermont students, to become law without his signature. Vermont is now the sixth state that provides universal school meals to its K-12 students, along with California, Maine, Colorado, New Mexico and Minnesota. In a letter to the general assembly,…
Avid golfer and talented woodworker was known to those close to him as the”Great Dane”
State health and education officials took to the stage of Green Mountain Union High School in Chester last week to publicly discuss tests of the building’s airborne PCBs. The upshot: 34 of 45 rooms showed results that need to be addressed. And eight of the nine rooms on the third floor had higher levels requiring…
Waitsfield brewery Lawson’s Finest Liquids has hired Adeline Druart, the recent president of Vermont Creamery, as its new CEO. Brewery cofounders Sean and Karen Lawson said on Tuesday that they plan to take a small step back from day-to-day operations at their business, which employs 85 people. Druart, who worked at the artisanal cheesemaker in Websterville for…
Montpelier woman had an appreciation for design and architecture and created beautiful living spaces for her family
Ten years have come and gone. We love you.
World War II veteran was a Life Master bridge player and a pillar in his community
Registered nurse worked at the University of Vermont Medical Center for 36 years
A celebration of life for Mary Manghis will be held on Saturday, June 17, 3 p.m., at the Intervale Community Barn at the Intervale Center, 180 Intervale Rd., Burlington, Vt. Read her full obituary here. Related Stories
Woman with long career in social services gave back in her retirement between Florida and Vermont
A collector of harmonica cases, “Hoff” was known for his quick wit and commitment to community
Author, consumer advocate and educator created websites before most people had even heard about the Web
Engineer challenged mainstream assumptions about the responsibilities we have as stewards of the earth
Dear Reverend, I took part in No Mow May for the first time this year, and I loved it. I’m inspired to let my lawn go wild, but I’m a little concerned about what my neighbors will think. Should I just go for it? Paula Nader (woman, 45) Dear Paula Nader, When I was a…
What makes a place feel like home? I arrived in Burlington 26 years ago, a newly minted college grad, transferred here for a job as an environmental organizer. My plan was to spend the winter, then return to Chicago, where I’d lived the past two summers. When I took the Vermont assignment, my boss said,…
We all must play the hand that life deals us. So when Brooklyn-based comedian Ben Wasserman was dealt all death cards — he had three relatives and four friends die within a three-year period — he processed his grief in an unusually creative way: by mining humor from it. Wasserman, 35, is by no means…
For someone who’s never really liked superheroes, I’ve seen a whole lot of movies about them — including the versions of Peter Parker/Spider-Man played successively by Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland. By 2018, when writer-producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie) brought us the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I decided…
A few weeks before Nick Pattis installed a new exhibit at the Vermont Arts Council sculpture garden, he visited the site on State Street in Montpelier. Pattis, project manager at Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield, was viewing the space for the first time. “I was like, Wow, this is up front!” he recalled. “This is…
new in theaters THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS: This Palme d’Or-nominated drama traces the decades-long friendship of two men (Luca Marinelli and Alessandro Borghi) who grew up together in the Italian Alps. (147 min, NR. Savoy) TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS: The toy-driven action series takes a jaunt back to the ’90s to meet an Autobot ally…
Whether Shelburne Museum visitors have children in tow or just feel like a kid, they may want to head to the back of the exhibition “Object/s of Play: The Work of Cas Holman and Karen Hewitt.” There, on two large turf mats, they can use black plastic wing nut screws and bolts to connect large…
Art students can spend hours upon hours drawing from a live model in order to learn anatomy. Or, more specifically, to learn how to draw or paint an anatomically plausible human form — from the outside. Mary Lacy has a personal motivation to study internal body parts: her ongoing struggle, and reckoning, with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome,…
GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20): “All the things I wanted to do and didn’t do took so long. It was years of not doing.” So writes Gemini poet Lee Upton in her book Undid in the Land of Undone. Most of us could make a similar statement. But I have good news for you, Gemini. I…
Natasha Doolan knew she would be kicked out of the Quality Inn in Colchester last Thursday, and she scrambled to avoid living on the streets again. She hoped that she and a guy she’s been seeing could move in together, but they couldn’t find a place they could afford. She’d landed a $14-an-hour job as…
Are you a Jazz Quester? You know, one of those serious jazz heads who doesn’t see the need for a program or map at music fests because, to paraphrase Dr. Emmett Brown, where you’re going, you don’t need (jazz) roads. For those ready to improvise and take on the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival with pure…
Since its debut in 1984, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival has been one of the most important events on the state’s musical calendar. Running Wednesday to Sunday, June 7 to 11, this year’s iteration carries added importance as the fest marks its 40th year of bringing world-class jazz to the Queen City. Produced by the…
When Earl Ransom was growing up, milking cows at his family’s Rockbottom Farm in Strafford, there were 24 dairy farms in town. Now his second-generation family farm is the last one that remains in his hometown. The hilly 600-acre farm has majestic views, lush pastures and about 80 cows, mostly of the Guernsey breed. Earl…
Dennis Warren wanted to be a voracious student of the drums. Born in Boston, he didn’t start playing until his early twenties, but he pursued the discipline with full conviction, letting his instincts and idiosyncrasies as an improviser lead him. He was nearly 30 when he enrolled in the Black Music Division at Bennington College.…
Dairy Don’ts [Re “‘Get Big or Get Out,'” May 31]: Kirk Kardashian addressed the abuse of migrant workers and the pollution problems of industrial dairy production in Vermont but left out a central element in the equation — the animals from whose bodies the 300 million gallons of milk is extracted annually. As Vermont dairy…
(ATO Records, CD, digital, vinyl) Back when Rhode Island rock crooner John McCauley was hustling homemade CD-Rs and building a buzz, he did one thing completely right: He assembled a killer backup band to help realize his songwriting. The decision to name that band Deer Tick remains questionable, but now that they’re nearly 10 albums…
Though the Vermont state flag flies across the Green Mountains, many Vermonters can conjure only a fuzzy mental image of it — a seal with a pastoral scene, a blue backdrop. Perhaps they know it includes the state motto, “Freedom and Unity.” Historian Andrew Liptak said of the flag: “You see it, but you don’t…
Anyone who’s taken birth control pills, or knows someone who’s used oral contraception, will recognize the large pill case on display at Middlebury College. Its distinct feature is a month’s worth of little holes, or pill pockets, punctuating a white plastic circle. Other aspects of this pill container are less standard, including its placement in…
Later this month, the Burlington City Council is expected to consider a zoning change that would open the door for hundreds of homes to be built where they’re currently prohibited. The area in question, a largely undeveloped section of the South End off Pine Street, includes some of the few open tracts left in the…
When Louie Orleans was trying to persuade his Colorado-born wife to move to Burlington several years ago, he took her to the ArtsRiot Truck Stop. The South Burlington native wanted to prove that the city had fun things to do on a Friday night. “It was a total recruiting trip,” he said. “‘Look! This place…
Tucking into a tuna sandwich always brings me back. When I was growing up in suburban Detroit, a favorite outing with my mom included a shopping trip to Bonwit Teller department store and lunch at the nearby Sanders Confectionery soda fountain. I always ordered the tuna melt and a vanilla milkshake. When my friends and…
Looking to start the week at a farmers market? As of June 5, you can head to Bristol for the only Monday market in the state. Between 20 and 30 rotating vendors will fill the town green each week from 4 to 7 p.m., offering farm-fresh fruits and veggies, prepared foods, artisanal goods, live music,…
Live music venue Orlando’s Bar & Lounge has a new cook in the kitchen, and he’s also a musician. In late May, Ben Chadwick — who sings and plays guitar in local band Double You — launched Three of a Kind Kitchen at the bar at 1 Lawson Lane in Burlington. Chadwick’s menu offers nachos,…
Chamber Mates Friday 9 Pianist John Blacklow and cellist Peter Stumpf kick off Rochester Chamber Music Society’s 29th season at the town’s Federated Church. The in-demand virtuosos and professors perform a selection of 18th- and 19th-century works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann for fans of the intimate genre. Natural Selection Ongoing…
Champlain Orchards has long been a popular destination for pick-your-own apples. Now, with the addition of a cider garden, the team at the Shoreham orchard will serve its ciders and snacks on-site all summer long. Launching on June 2, the new family- and dog-friendly outdoor space will be open on Fridays and Saturdays through the…
