Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. Cailyne Crowder called Winooski home. She had moved to the upper half of an old duplex on Lafountain Street in 2015 because the $1,150 rent, cheaper than what she’d pay in Burlington, suited her budget as a single mom. The lower…
The memorial service for Nicki Hanson Carmolli, 82, of Rutland, Vt., who died on October 14, 2023, will be held Friday, May 17, 2024, at 11 a.m., in St. Alphonsus Liguori Church in Pittsford, Vt. Tossing Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
At least 231 people died from drug overdoses in Vermont last year, according to preliminary state data released on Wednesday. The tally is a 5 percent drop from the 244 deaths that Vermont recorded in 2022. And though it may tick up once the state reviews another 15 pending death certificates, it represents a plateau after two years of…
Milton woman will be remembered for her beautiful smile and generosity
South Burlington woman loved to travel to meet new people and learn about different cultures
Like dozens of school districts across Vermont, Kingdom East, St. Johnsbury and Caledonia Cooperative haven’t yet gotten voter approval for their budgets for next school year. As the three public districts — none of which operates its own high school — sought to reduce their spending plans, their superintendents asked the independent high schools where…
Longtime Vermont priest Monsignor John J. McDermott has been appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, the diocese announced on Monday. McDermott, 61, pastor of the Catholic Center at the University of Vermont and current diocesan administrator, has long served in the statewide diocese’s No. 2 position, vicar general. He will be ordained…
Educator and vice-president for student affairs at Saint Michael’s College was appreciated for his thoughtful and caring demeanor
True Vermonter lived life on his own terms on his beloved mountains
Car enthusiast could identify the make of any car by its headlight shape, paint or decal options or how it sounded
Traveling medical technologist worked in all 50 states
Brave warrior fiercely and creatively adapted to his life in an electric wheelchair
Burlington woman had an uncanny ability to sense what others needed and would generously provide a meal, a shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen
Things were looking pretty dismal for the state of music fests in Vermont this time last year. The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival had been cut in half, Grand Point North was MIA, and Waking Windows was rumored to be disappearing. Easily the coolest thing to happen to Winooski since the town almost went all Buckminster…
Two Art Stores [Re “Sparrow Art Supply in Middlebury Finds a New Nest,” April 17]: The article about the lovely Sparrow Art Supply shop in Middlebury noted that it’s the only art supply shop in Addison County, and it isn’t. Recycled Reading in Bristol also has a fabulous selection of art supplies, as well as…
You read that right: This is an all-Waking Windows music section. We’ll catch you up on Vermont music news next week. This week is about helping you navigate the goings-on in Winooski for the 12th annual fest. Faithful readers of the section might recall my advice from Waking Windows past: Abandon a plan. Once again,…
Nico Muhly and Adam Tendler grew up a 30-minute drive apart on Route 14. Muhly, the renowned composer, was born in Randolph and spent his summers in Tunbridge while attending school in Providence, R.I. Tendler, a sought-after pianist, was born in Barre and went to Spaulding High School. Yet they didn’t meet and become friends…
Dear Reverend, I’ve always been really thin. I’d love to have more curves, but no matter what I do, I can’t seem to gain weight. I’ve even talked to my doctor about it, but it’s just the way my body is. I know a lot of people think that’s a good problem to have, but…
(Self-released, digital) Anyone paying attention to Vermont’s growing hip-hop scene knows Big Homie Wes as an institution. From his start as a young, hungry open-mic rapper, he’s evolved into a show promoter and touring artist, building a circuit throughout New England and Canada. All along, he’s remained a humble student of the game, creating opportunities…
Italian art-house director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, I Am Love, Bones and All) returned last weekend with a film in a subgenre that has rarely been seen on the big screen in decades: a smart romantic drama about driven professionals. In this case, they’re competitive tennis players. Scripted by playwright Justin Kuritzkes,…
(What Doth Life, digital) McAsh have not dropped an album in 24 years. The ska band’s last full-length appeared in 2000, just one year after it formed while in high school. Since then, the Windsor outfit has experienced multiple reimaginings and a few reunions — including a virtual one during the pandemic to release “Oi…
new in theaters DRAGONKEEPER: A girl must find a dragon’s egg to save ancient China from an evil emperor in this animation from directors Jianping Li and Salvador Simó, with the voices of Mario Gas and Lucía Pérez. (99 min, PG. Essex, Marquis) THE FALL GUY: Ryan Gosling plays an injured Hollywood stuntman who must…
The Winooski roundabout was still a gleam in some urban planner’s eye in January 2003 when my wife, Ann-Elise, and I bought our first house in the Onion City. With help from the local land trust, we got a three-bedroom, 1,100-square-foot home on lower North Street for just $118,000 — cheaper than anything we could…
A high school snowboarder has earned a scholarship to the University of Vermont after winning a business pitch challenge for her nonprofit, which helps athletes overcome the mental health pressures associated with highly competitive sports. Pippa Scott, a 17-year-old junior at Killington Mountain School, beat nearly 150 teams from seven countries and 27 states to…
The phrase “grin and bear it” seems a little masochistic. The expression is a prompt to not only accept hardship but to smile while enduring it. “Big Bear,” the current exhibition by Amalia Angulo at Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction, features seven new 18-inch-square colored pencil drawings. As Angulo describes in her…
On Wednesday mornings in Shelburne, five women gather to weave fibers symbolizing the tapestries of their lives. During a recent session, Nancy Rissler, 67, finished weaving a series of letters at the base of her loom, representing the first initials of her mother’s 11 siblings. “Putting in the yarn, taking out the yarn, deciding what…
For the past four years, whenever lawmakers sought to make significant reforms to the land-use and development regulations in Act 250, their efforts have gone nowhere. Various bills seeking to modernize the 1970 law have stalled in committee, died when efforts to reconcile competing House and Senate versions fizzled, or been vetoed by Gov. Phil…
A classic prompt for aspiring wordsmiths is “write what you know.” For Burlington-based artist Julie Davis, it’s “paint what you see.” That’s why she captured on canvas the village of Johnson, its notable architecture and scenic rivers during a 2013 residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Those images, and others she created more recently, comprise…
Librarians at Burlington’s Fletcher Free Library are doing far more these days than just shelving books. They’re monitoring security cameras, trying to distinguish naps from drug overdoses and employing something called “verbal judo” to calm agitated patrons. The downtown library has always been the proverbial “community living room,” open and free to all. That’s long…
For 18 years, Gerald “Fitz” Fitzpatrick traveled to war zones, building and fitting prosthetics for people maimed by land mines. His work for the International Committee of the Red Cross took him to Angola, Ethiopia, India, South Sudan, Myanmar and other countries. Before that, he had jobs in carpentry, restaurants and plumbing. He taught metalworking…
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): I don’t casually invoke the terms “marvels,” “splendors” and “miracles.” Though I am a mystic, I also place a high value on rational thinking and skeptical proof. If someone tells me a marvel, splendor or miracle has occurred, I will thoroughly analyze the evidence. Having said that, though, I want you…
The most beloved home fries in Burlington are back. The heaping mound of perfectly griddled potatoes topped with melted cheese, salsa, sour cream and green onions have a new name — and a new home. But they’re still a Bucket-o-Spuds. The iconic Penny Cluse Café dish’s new name, House of Spudology, is a nod to…
Blackback Pub in Waterbury has long been a starred stop on Vermont’s beer tourism map. Its impressive tap list always includes half a dozen choices from Greensboro’s Hill Farmstead Brewery alongside other noteworthy American brews, plus Belgian exemplars such as the barrel-aged Rodenbach Grand Cru sour red ale. Aside from Blackback’s legendary nachos ($14) —…
Blue Cat Steak & Wine Bar closed in April after an 18-year run at 1 Lawson Lane in Burlington. Owner Mariasha Giral announced the news in a goodbye letter printed in Seven Days but otherwise declined to comment. As of last week, the only other confirmation of Blue Cat’s closure was its status as “permanently…
A Montpelier cone has been passed. Shannon Bates, chef-owner of the globally inspired deli Enna at 14 State Street, will add gelato during new daily afternoon and early evening hours starting on May 6. Bates bought some of the equipment from Chill Vermont Gelato, which operated a few storefronts away at 32 State Street from…
Tourist Attractions Ongoing The Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville presents its “Legacy 2024 Collection,” a celebration of some of the latest artists in a long line of painters who have come to Vermont and New England for inspiration. From a bold, abstract depiction of flowers in bloom to a wide, sweeping view of mountains, sunsets…
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) was in Burlington on Wednesday to acknowledge the value of Vermont’s nonprofit theaters and the continued struggle they face to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. He pledged his support in the form of a bill that would provide $1 billion to the industry annually for five years. Theaters, he said…
