May 19-25, 2010
Attorney Peter Langrock as the “Grand Old Man” of the Bar and Barn; Lauren Ober Races the Spartans; Hinesburg’s Black History
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy: Close Morses Line Border Crossing
In the wake of a spirited public meeting on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to close down the Morses Line border crossing. “The past nine years have seen a dramatic change in the way America protects its borders — and aging ports of entry critical…
Hair to the Rescue
Probably like most of you, I have never given much thought to where my hair goes once I get it cut. Actually, I have never given any thought to it. That’s why I’m getting it cut — because I don’t want to deal with it anymore. I’m sure salons have some nifty disposal method (like…
Moody’s Downgrades Burlington Airport Credit Rating
For the second time in less than three months, the credit rating agency Moody’s has downgraded Burlington’s bond rating — this time affecting millions of dollars in bonds held by the Burlington International Airport. The news came via press release late this morning from the mayor’s office, but has been known for several days and…
Burlington Free Press Publisher to Leave Post
Brad Robertson, the publisher of the Burlington Free Press, is moving on after just 2-and-a-half years on the job. Robertson is leaving to become president of Gannett Local and vice president of business development for the U.S. Community Publishing division. This division oversees Gannett’s 81 daily newspapers, or “information centers,” as they are now dubbed…
VTDigger Hits Pay Dirt
The news website VTDigger has won a competitive two-year, $25,000 national grant from J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. What timing, too. The site’s founder — Anne Galloway — posted an item Tuesday asking readers to help raise more money so the site can cover the gubernatorial election. Galloway told Seven Days that she was…
City Council Backs Off Challenge to Phoenix House Permit
Update: The original vote total provided for the council’s Monday night was incorrect. The post has been updated with the correct vote total. Update x 2: The vote total provided by the city clerk’s office correcting the original post was, in fact, incorrect. After reviewing the video of the vote, the corrected tally is below,…
Losing “Lost”
The TV show “Lost” finally ends on Sunday, and I have a confession to make: I don’t like “Lost.” Also, I’ve probably watched more episodes of “Lost” and know more about “Lost” than anyone else who thinks the characters are boring and doesn’t really care about their flashbacks, flash-forwards, flash-sideways, secret crimes, shocking deaths, shocking…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Robby Rose pleaded guilty to felony cheating in a fishing tournament in Rockwall County, Texas, after he was caught stuffing a 1-pound lead weight into a bass to try to win top prize: a bass boat. Tournament officials became suspicious when they placed the fish in a holding tank before weighing it,…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for May 19 – 26, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You don’t have to answer to anybody this week, Taurus. You don’t have to defend yourself, explain yourself or compromise yourself. I mean, you can do those things if you want to be…
Letters to the Editor
The Doctor Is In… Your story, “Are Wind Turbines Hazardous to Your Health? Docs Disagree” [May 12], contained numerous misrepresentations. The study I conducted in Maine examined 49 people — not 15 as your reporter indicated. The significance of the findings was thus grossly misrepresented. I made clear at the outset that I was discussing…
Bills of Fare
In 2010, VT legislators laid down the law on farmers markets, compost, selling the state’s name and more
Falling in Line
Art Review: “Line It Up,” a group show in multiple media. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Through June 12.
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Captain Morrill’s Company at the Ethan Allen Homestead [SIV176]
5/15/10: To celebrate the opening weekend of the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, visitors took a trip back in time to the 1700s. Captain Morrill’s Company of New Hampshire gave guests a taste of everyday life at a military camp during the American Revolution.
Legal Ease
Still formidable after 50 years, Peter Langrock is the “grand old man” of the bar, and the barn
Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick
New middle-school ballroom dance course teaches the finer points of cutting a rug
BTV Welcome Wagon Rolls Into Terry Bikes
Press conferences tend to be boring, sit-down affairs where stuffed suits natter on about things most of us care nothing about. Generally, the presser’s host doesn’t even have the sense to offer free food to the three reporters in attendance. But that wasn’t true Tuesday when Terry Precision Bicycles hosted a little gathering at its…
Legislature Asks Homeland Security to Reconsider Border Port Expansion
From the office of non-binding resolutions: Last Thursday, the Vermont Legislature issued a Joint Senate Resolution on the matter of the Morses Line border port of entry expansion plan (see “Crossing the Line,” 9/30/09). Basically, the folks in Montpelier don’t like the idea of a family farm being destroyed in the name of homeland security.…
