May 2-8, 2012
Will young Feminists Follow Madeleine Kunin’s Road Map for Revolution?; Canadian Nuke Generates Concern; DJ Fattie B’s 25 Years; Restaurant Week Reviews
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And the Winners Are…
Throughout Restaurant Week, we’ve had several contests going on. Here’s a recap of the contests and the lucky winners! Instagram: All photos taken during the week that included the #vtrw hashtag were uploaded to our Instagram photo gallery. We’ve reviewed the photos and are happy to announce that the user with the best photo is…
A Moose on the Loose in Winoos’
If you spotted a long-legged ungulate on the loose in downtown Winooski this weekend, don’t worry — it wasn’t the ghost of Pete the Moose come back to haunt you. It was just your average confused adolescent moose, out for a ramble through the Onion City. I made a few phone calls after Seven Days associate…
On Last Day of Legislature, Senate Takes One More Shot at Vaccine Bill
Turns out Vermonters won’t have to find Jesus in order to get out of vaccinating their school-bound children. But they will have to sign a form every year declaring that they understand their un-immunized kids could inadvertently sicken — or even kill — another child. That was the compromise agreed to at the Statehouse on…
Seven Questions for… Nicco Mele, Howard Dean’s Web Guru
Nicco Mele was 25 years old when he helped revolutionize the way American presidential campaigns are conducted. Looking back at his breakthrough work as webmaster of Howard Dean’s 2003-04 race for the White House, Mele sees the internet as having wrought dramatic changes in U.S. politics while simulatneously leaving the status quo undisturbed. He’ll be…
Beer Cocktails: The Recipes
You came, you sipped, you wanted more. Here are the recipes for the beer cocktails that Red Square prepared at tonight’s Booze ‘n’ Brews: Meet the Beer Cocktail. Enjoy! Black Velvet 6 oz. sparkling wine or Champagne6 oz. Wolaver’s Oatmeal Stout Over the back of a cold spoon, fill a slender pint glass halfway with…
You’re Almost There, Lawmakers… Don’t Lose It Now!
Oh, snap! Tensions are flaring under the golden dome as legislators race to finish business ahead of Saturday’s adjournment deadline. Late last night, a Democratic state rep called the House GOP leader, Rep. Don Turner (R-Milton), a “terrorist” for issuing a set of last-minute demands. (She later issued an apology, which the hostage taker, er…
Movies You Missed 37: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
This week in movies you missed: In this 2009 Egyptian flick, a journalist becomes an enemy of the state when she tells the stories of ordinary women on the air. That would never happen to Oprah! What You Missed Hebba Younes (Mona Zakki) hosts a popular TV talk show that regularly presents fierce criticism of…
Beer Cocktail #5: Meet “On the Seventh Day”
Booze ‘n’ Brews just wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t come up with our own beer cocktail. For that, we turned to Campari, blended with Shed Mountain Ale. Add a splash of grapefruit juice and Barr Hill Gin, and you get a drink that’s pink, but deceptively so: this is no glass of bubble gum. The…
Vermont Becomes First State in Country to Ban Fracking
Vermont lawmakers put the kibosh on a controversial method of drilling for natural gas today, making Vermont the first state in the country to ban hydraulic fracturing (known more commonly simply as “fracking”). The ban earned final legislative approval today in a 103-36 vote in the House of Representatives, and is on its way to…
7 Nights: Your Guide to Vermont Restaurants, All Year Long
Pick up the latest edition of 7 Nights today at more than 600 locations around the state. Hot of the presses, the annual guide to Vermont restaurants and bars compiles the most comprehensive list of eateries in the state. Browse locations by cuisine type, region and cost. Also, get restaurant recommendations – in eleven regions-…
Beer Cocktail #4: Meet the Beer-Ini
We’re getting amped up for tonight’s Booze ‘n’ Brews: Meet the Beer Cocktail event at Red Square. Starting at 6 p.m., the bartenders will be pouring five different libations, all based around a Wolaver’s or Otter Creek beer; they’ll be serving half-pours, too, for those who’d like to dabble before they commit. At 7 p.m.,…
An Extra Day of Dining?
Today is the final day of Vermont Restaurant Week 2012 — at least officially. A number of restaurants are so excited about the promotion that they’ve decided to offer their prix-fixe menus through Saturday. The following businesses will be serving their Vermont Restaurant Week menus on May 5, as well as tonight: Arvad’s Grill and…
Bittersweet Day for Weinberger: Burlington Mayor Balances Budget, Loses City Attorney Nominee
From Miro Weinberger today, there was good news — and some not-so-good news. At a City Hall press conference Thursday afternoon, the Burlington mayor announced that his fledgling administration managed to plug the city’s gaping budget hole without raising property taxes. It was a big victory for a mayor who campaigned on the promise of…
Beer Cocktail #3: Meet the Black Velvet
Champagne and stout seem like unlikely bedfellows. The first is usually expensive and sipped in celebration, while and the latter was long been the preferred everyday drink of the working-classes. Yet when they first met behind a London bar in 1861 — created to mark the death of Queen Victoria’s hubby, Prince Albert —…
In Web Ad, Brock Bears Down on Shumlin
Vermont Republicans are bringing to bear quite a metaphorical campaign against Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin. In case you missed it, Sen. Randy Brock (R-Franklin) prowled the streets of St. Albans with an ursine companion during Sunday’s Maple Festival parade — presumably scouring for blueberries and votes. Brock and his furry friend were, of course, alluding…
It Feels Good to Give
Vermont Restaurant Week is a benefit for the Vermont Foodbank. Last year, with your help, we raised over $3,000 for hungry Vermonters. This week, we encourage you to put down your fork and take out your phone to make a donation. Texting the phrase “FOODNOW” (that’s one word, no quotations) to the phone number 52000 will make a $10 donation to the Vermont Foodbank. Every donation counts and is greatly…
Campaign Finance Reform? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Campaign Finance Reform
Campaign finance reform joined the graveyard of dead bills in Montpelier this week. With the clock running out on the 2011-12 session, the state Senate voted 20-9 yesterday to maroon S.20, a bill to establish new campaign contribution limits, to the Senate Judiciary Committee — effectively killing it. Just in time to go home and…
Foodie Prize Alert!
As a sponsor of Vermont Restaurant Week 2012, Healthy Living Market & Café is raffling off a $45 gift certificate for classes at their Learning Center. Throughout the week, we’ve been collecting contact information at our events for this prize. If you haven’t entered your name yet, make sure to come to our last event “Booze & Brews” this Friday…
Restaurant Week Diaries: El Cortijo Taqueria y Cantina & The Mad Taco
El Cortijo Taqueria y Cantina, 189 Bank Street, Burlington, 497-1668 The Mad Taco, 72 Main Street, Montpelier, 225-6038 Appropriately for an event that ends just a day before Cinco de Mayo, lots of Mexican menus are available throughout Vermont Restaurant Week. Two nights in a row, I’ve enjoyed a pair of triumphs. For just $15,…
Beer Cocktail #2: Meet the Michelada
Restaurant Week ends on the eve of Cinco de Mayo, and in a saucy nod to Mexican descaro, one of the drinks that will flow at Red Square this Friday will be the Michelada, aka the ‘Beer Bloody Mary.’ In hotter climes, this blend of beer, hot sauce, lime, salt and tequila is a common…
In Merger Lobbying Fight, Who Outgunned Whom?
During the pitched Statehouse fight over a proposed merger between Vermont’s two largest electric utilities, both sides raised the specter of the big, bad opposition quashing the just and the true with lobbying and advertising cash. Rep. Patti Komline (R-Dorset), who opposed aspects of the merger between Green Mountain Power and Central Vermont Public Service,…
Veterans Day
War stories and memorabilia bring an obscure Colchester military museum to life
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Investigators identified Thomas McMartin, 56, as the person who planted a motion-activated camera in a women’s locker room at New York’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute because he inadvertently photographed himself setting up the camera. “We have recovered numerous still photos which do indicate numerous female adults in various stages of undress, and we…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On the one hand, you’re facing a sticky dilemma that you may never be able to change no matter how hard you try. On the other hand, you are engaged with an interesting challenge that may very well be possible to resolve. Do you know which is which? Now would be…
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CompostFest [266]
4/28/12: Green Mountain Compost celebrated its new Williston location with CompostFest on Saturday. Attendees enjoyed tours of their state of the art facility, composting workshops and activities for kids involving large trucks. So where does all the organic material for this compost come from? Eva visited one source at Essex Elementary School during lunch time…
Crumbs
Side Dishes: Montbeerlier returns this Saturday; Vermont Butter & Cheese cofounder recognized
Letters to the Editor
Layer Up, Shumlin Dear Gov. Shumlin: Real Vermonters do wear “jammies” [Last 7: “Bear Scare,” March 18]. In fact, we put on as many layers as we can. With the price of heating oil so high, how else are we going to stay warm? But it sounds like your place is nice and toasty. Jane…
Noisy and United on a Raw May Day in Montpelier
Editor’s Note: Staff writer Paul Heintz contributed to this report. Two hours after the start of a statewide march and rally on a raw May Day in Montpelier, climate-change activist Bill McKibben began his speech to a dwindled crowd by asking, “Where’s global warming when you really need it?” The spirit of the event felt…
New Facebook Fans = Full Tummies!
For the past three years, Vermont Federal Credit Union (VFCU) has generously and enthusiastically participated in Vermont Restaurant Week as the festival’s presenting sponsor. Among their many charitable contributions, VFCU is also donating $1 to the Vermont Foodbank for every new Facebook fan they recruit during Restaurant Week. And, each dollar raised equals 6 meals…
Beer Cocktail #1: Meet The Shandy
Corin here. I first got to know the Shandy while working as a barmaid at a country pub in the UK. Fizzy lemonade is a bar staple across the pond, and this blend of half-lager and half-sparkling lemonade is a ubiquitous warm-weather drink “for the ladies.” The basic Shandy cuts across many cultures and is ripe…
Don’t Forget To Stick A Fork In It!
We’re about halfway through Restaurant Week, and our waistlines are gradually expanding. We’ve loved seeing the photos that diners have added to the Restaurant Week Instagram stream — we’ve added a few of our own — but we’re perplexed that someone has yet to stick a fork into their meal before taking a picture. Why does this…
Wind Opponent Gets Bird’s-Eye View of Lowell Development
The logistics of snapping aerial photographs of Green Mountain Power’s Kingdom Community Wind project weren’t all that difficult, says amateur photographer Steve Wright. “I got in a plane … stuck my upper body out the window, and pushed the shutter,” says Wright, a Craftsbury resident who has pushed hard against the 21-turbine industrial wind project…
