Mar 10-16, 2010
Federal Credit For First-Timer Home Buyers; Chittenden County’s Priciest Property; Home Hearths of Local Foodies; The Word on Realtor Jess Bridge
A Deer in Leg Warmers: Adventures in Yarn Bombing
If you live in Burlington or have any dealings on lower Church Street, chances are you’ve seen the new addition to one of city hall’s regal deer sculptures. A few weeks back, someone thought it clever to give one of the bucks a pair of leg warmers. Well, I suppose technically, they’re ankle warmers. Whatevs.…
“F-Stop That!” More Fallout From Church Street Photography
This week’s story in Seven Days, “A Photographer Is ‘Banned’ for Taking Pictures on Church Street” has generated enormous reader interest, both here in Vermont and elsewhere. Several photography websites have jumped on the story. One, Photography Is Not A Crime, highlights the fact that the Church Street Marketplace, which endorses the Burlington Police Department’s universal…
Blue Ribbon Panel: Too Soon to Review Reboot BT Offer
A special committee empaneled to help the Burlington City Council evaluate the future of Burlington Telecom voted unanimously Monday morning to hold off on reviewing any single, specific outside offer for help until the city’s cash-strapped telecom venture’s finances are examined by an outside consultant. Last week, the Burlington City Council asked the BT Blue…
Top Lawmakers Huddle on Burlington Telecom
Burlington Telecom’s financial troubles — including this week’s credit downgrade by Moody’s — have drawn the attention of some of Montpelier’s top lawmakers and officials. Two Burlington city councilors and one councilor-elect were called to Montpelier today to talk about what, if anything, the legislature can do to help ensure Burlington Telecom’s financial difficulties do…
VIDEO: The Cooler
Did you miss The Cooler last week? Seven Days video ace Eva Sollberger brought her camera to capture this after-work gathering at the Firehouse Gallery. Our marketing team put The Cooler together with Burlington City Arts. We had sponsorship help from The Cascades at Winooski Falls.
Dubie’s Birthday Bash Rakes in Big Bucks
Lt. Governor Brian Dubie, the putative Republican nominee for governor, took in an impressive haul of birthday booty from a political fundraiser Tuesday night. “I am truly humbled,” said Dubie in a statement. His campaign event, at the Doubletree Hotel in South Burlington, raised $115,000. Dubie said he set an initial goal of raising $30,000…
Green Mountain Coffee Commits Almost $1 Million for Fair Trade Towns
There’s a Fair Trade revolution percolating at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. The Waterbury-based company and its affiliated Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Foundation are donating nearly $1 million over the next three years to promote and expand the number of designated “Fair Trade Towns” in the U.S. Burlington became the nation’s 12th official “Fair Trade Town”…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After stealing handcuffs, a Taser and other items from an unmarked police car in Ocoee, Fla., Shane Thomas Williams-Allen, 19, was apprehended when he “locked the handcuffs on himself and had to call the Clermont Police Department to respond to release him,” according to an arrest affidavit. Lake County authorities who took…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for March 10 – 17, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) I used to have an acupuncturist who, as she poked me with needles, liked to talk about her understanding of Chinese medicine. Once she told me that every human being needs a “heart…
Psst … Wanna Buy an Island?
Chittenden County’s priciest property listing is in the middle of Converse Bay
Letters to the Editor
Punishment for the Crime What kind of person intentionally vandalizes trees [“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” February 17]? I’ve wondered that before ,as well. Is it the same jerk-offs who dump their overflowing car ashtrays in a parking lot? Is it the same waste products who knock over planters or destroy flower boxes? Is it the same…
Almost Like Spring
Art Review: Aline Ordman and Christopher Griffin, paintings. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park, Stowe. Through May 2.
Live Nude Girls!
Soundbites: Live Nude Girls!, Live Nuda, Girls!, To Hades and Back, BiteTorrent
Doing Good Deeds
Work: Dennis Hill, Real Estate Attorney, Coombs, Davis and Hill, Williston
The 20/20 Challenge: Mad River Glen (Week #15)
One Snowboarder’s Quest to Hit 20 Vermont Resorts in 20 Weeks
Gaga for the Aga
Like many dedicated cooks, Maxine Longmuir and Graham Hewison built their kitchen around their oven. But they went one step further — they built their business around it, too. The Warren couple own an AGA at the Sugartree Inn, an eclectically appointed bed-and-breakfast on the Sugarbush Access Road. For the uninitiated, an AGA is a…
A Quest for Kitchen Completion
I only wanted one thing for my 10th birthday. It wasn’t a doll, a video game or a book. I wanted — nay, needed — a tandoor. By that time, I was the one doing the cooking when my parents entertained, and my specialty was marinating chicken in yogurt, spices and red food coloring, just…
The Bright New World of Custom Lighting
Hanging from a white chain in the corner of Maryline Scaviner’s Montréal atelier are the bones of a work in progress: a silver hook fastened to a fist-sized metal disc, and a slender wand with a knob at the bottom. These meager metal beginnings give no hope of glamour, no indication of the swoop and…
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Tiny Houses, The Sequel [SIV167]
3/6/10: We revisit Peter King, also known as “The Tiny House Guy” thanks to a Stuck in VT video that went viral last winter. Peter has built 11 tiny houses since we saw him last but is not super pleased with his new moniker. We also meet Dale Helms who is downsizing with his wife…
My $16 Million Ski Chalet
$16 million. That’s how much my new ski chalet costs. That’s $16 with six zeros attached to it. Now before you start getting all jealous of my personal fortune, I will tell you that you’re all invited to my new home (I’ve got space. 18,000 square feet of it). Just as soon as I work…
Moody’s Downgrades Burlington Credit Rating
* * * Updated below with the official Moody’s rating downgrade * * * Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss announced late Monday that Moody’s Investors Services had downgraded the city’s general obligation credit rating two notches from Aa3 to A2, and placed the Queen City on a negative credit watch. Moody’s will again review the city’s…
Progressive Candidates Seek Recount in City Council Races
Two Progressive candidates who narrowly lost their bids for seats on the 14-member Burlington City Council have officially requested recounts. Progressives lost a seat in theirlongtime inner-city stronghold of Ward 2. Former Progressive Councilor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak’s seat wentto Democratic newcomer Bram Kranichfeld. Kranichfeld, who chairs theBurlington Electric Commission, is a deputy state’s attorney. Hedefeated Progressive…
