Jun 8-14, 2011
Vermonters in the Transition Town Movement Address an Uncertain Energy Future; Politicians Consider Redistricting; ViperHouse Reunion at Jazz Fest; New Books for Foodies
Cover Story
Descending the Peak
Vermonters in the Transition Town movement address an uncertain energy future
Dear Guerilla Gardener Seed Packet Person: A Little Help, Please
The other morning, I was walking my dog when I spotted a weathered poster hanging on a telephone pole. This in itself is unremarkable — I live on the edge of the college ghetto and all of the telephone poles are littered with sun-bleached ads for this jam band or that lost cat. But this…
Federal Case Against Spy Agency Whistleblower May Be Weakening
* Update below: Plea deal has been struck * A former Vermonter charged under the Espionage Act for mishandling classified information may have just caught a huge break, days before he’s scheduled to go on trial in federal court in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post is reporting this morning that the feds are tossing aside…
Maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider Sues Ex-Employee for Stealing Trade Secrets
When Leonard J. Ciolek, a national accounts manager for Middlebury-based Green Mountain Beverage (makers of Woodchuck Hard Cider), resigned this March, he wrote that “incredible opportunities” had lured him away from a position he had only held for seven months. Why would Ciolek walk away from a six-figure salary, a $6,900 annual car allowance, a…
Summer Preview Greatest Hits 2011
June Events July Events August Events Summer in Vermont can be as fleeting and mystifying as a sighting of our elusive lake monster, Champ. One minute, the sun’s out in full force; the next, we’re running for cover from torrential downpours — or maybe a tornado. To make sure you don’t waste a second of…
Blog Retired
Mistress Maeve’s blog has been retired. But don’t worry! She’s still dispensing advice and taking questions. You can read Mistress Maeve’s column each week at sevendaysvt.com. Click here to see this week’s column and the full archive.
7 Places to Swim That Are Not Lake Champlain
As most of you are by now aware, Lake Champlain is sort of fucked. With all the rain and snow melt, the lake breached its shores big styley and left a whole mess of destruction in its wake. One of the worst parts about all the flooding — besides the whole ruination of homes and…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have a poetic license, as well as astrological permission, to be extra cute in the coming week. I mean you have a divine mandate to exceed the usual levels of being adorable and charming and delectable. Here’s the potential problem with that, though: Trying to be cute doesn’t usually result…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A surveillance video showed the man who stole two 24-packs of beer from a convenience store in Lake Wales, Fla., making his getaway. Before he made it to his car, however, his sagging jeans dropped, causing him to fall to the ground and sending cans of beer rolling in every direction. He…
New YA Books From Vermont, Where Coming of Age Could Mean Tilting at Wind Turbines
Right now, nothing sells in YA lit — or, perhaps, in any section of the bookstore — like sexy, paranormal critters. Girls who tire of Twilight rehashes can move on to series about “homicidal fairies,” as Kate Messner puts it in her new middle-grade novel, Sugar and Ice. It’s a mildly satirical jab at today’s…
With Single-Payer on the Horizon, a New Survey Finds Vermont Docs Unhappy About Care System
Ever wonder why your blood pressure goes up at the doctor’s office? It’s not too surprising, given that you spend 45 minutes reading year-old magazines in the waiting room, then another 15 minutes sitting on tissue paper in your underwear before your doctor finally drops in to the exam room for no more than five…
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Vermont Hickory Open [226]
6/4/11: The 4th Annual Vermont Hickory Open was held at the Copley Country Club in Morrisville last weekend. Well-dressed attendees took a trip back in time using hickory shafted clubs from the early 1900s, enjoying golf the way it was originally played on historic courses like Copley. Music: Kevin MacLeod, “Plucky Daisy,” “Fig Leaf Rag”
WTF: Why are the conifers along the highway so brown?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Keeping It Real
Shelburne Farms showcases its new-and-improved original barn and gardens
Entrées and Exits
Side Dishes: A Burlington favorite shutters temporarily; for others it’s permanent
Words to Chew On
Vermont writers meet the summer season with culinary and agricultural books
Letters to the Editor
Where’s the Insight? The situation between Rachel Kahn-Fogel and Michael Schultz is a serious and unfortunate matter [Fair Game, “Dangerous Liaisons,” May 25]. We are fortunate that the story is out and can now move to some resolution. I am disappointed with the way it was handled in Seven Days. While reading the 2500-word article,…
2011 Count Shows Fewer Homeless in VT — But Some Question the Numbers
As housing advocates converge on Montpelier today for the Governor’s Summit on Housing for the Homeless, newly released data offer a ray of hope for Vermont’s vexing homelessness problem. The 2011 Point in Time Homeless Survey, a 24-hour count of the homeless conducted every January, shows that Vermont’s homeless population on that day dropped 12…
