For weeks, the second grader spent class breaks at his southern Vermont elementary school in a room called the “crash pad” — an 8-by-10-foot space with bare, padded walls and a beanbag chair in the corner. A behavior analyst hired by the school recommended using the room as a way for the boy to “calm…
Longtime Castleton University professor was a community organizer, writer and world traveler
Burlington social worker loved helping others and had an indomitable spirit
Six years ago, God gave you wings, and you became an angel. Not a day passes that we don’t think about you and miss you. You will always be in our hearts. We love you so much. Forever, Dad, Mom, Presley, Jared, Amber and Steffie.
UVM Treasurer, Volunteer Extraordinaire
Over this past winter, the Plainfield Co-op made the transition from having a General Manager to having two Co-managers. Thank you to our former GM, Jamie Lewis, for your time with us. We wish you all the best! Congratulations to our new Co-managers, Jezebel Crow and Stanzi Scribner! Our new Operations Manager, Jez, has been…
On 5/1/2023 @ 1045am, James & Amanda (Walker) Danyow welcomed their first son- Waylon James Danyow. 8lbs 8oz, 22 in.
Dear Reverend, I recently started casually dating a guy who is smart, clever and generally great fun to spend time with — until we kissed. Disgusting. I had to quickly excuse myself to grab a paper towel to clean up the drool. I’ve never in my life experienced anything like that. It might be a…
In December 2021, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger stood in front of city hall and pledged to end chronic homelessness within three years. The city had long worked to house those without shelter, but an infusion of federal cash during the pandemic would help Burlington pick up the pace, the mayor said. “[We are] recommitting ourselves…
Few things annoy me more in this world than when friends invite me to their children’s birthday parties. What an incongruence! You get hyped for a party, but then you read the text more closely and realize it’s at a pizza place and the theme is Underwater Robots or Monkeys Who Like Math. (Look, I…
Innovative Vermont composer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Chorney is back with a new project — sort of. The viperHouse founder is the current leader of prog-jazz outfit Freeway Clyde and has released an album of that band’s songs with Brooklyn-based violinist Dana Lyn. The Melodia of Freeway Clyde features stripped-down versions of Chorney’s compositions, performed by…
(Self-released, digital) Memo to people in relationships, especially those who’ve been in them for years: It is rough out there right now for singles trying to find love. Hell, it’s an ordeal just trying to find a date or hookup. People who paired off before apps facilitated 90 percent of romantic congress (a totally accurate…
Summertime? Good timing on the launch of the Summer Preview edition [May 17]. It was snowing on my way to work this morning. John Franco Burlington ‘A Job Well Done’ [Re “Media Note: Ledbetter Steps Down as Host of ‘Vermont This Week,'” May 17, online]: I had the pleasure of working with Stewart Ledbetter nearly…
The bylines in Seven Days reveal who wrote what, but they almost never identify the editors who coach our journalists through the sometimes grueling process of reporting and writing their stories. Hidden, humble proxies for the reader, editors are the unsung heroes of journalism. This week I’m calling out one, Ken Ellingwood, who is making…
At the intersection of Elm and Central streets in downtown Woodstock, people, cars and trucks pass by in a steady stream. But during the pandemic, Woodstock emptied out and, like many places across the country, became a ghost town. Suddenly there weren’t community events to post on the Town Crier, a decades-old public message board…
Registrations for fall classes at the Vermont State Colleges System have dropped 22 percent this year — a steep decline that signals its myriad struggles are keeping students away. There is still time for the enrollment to climb. But any drop would be a blow to the beleaguered college system. The VSCS already is under…
Bethel’s sidewalks have seen better days. Over time, cracks and fractures have made the sidewalks difficult to navigate with a stroller, wheelchair or walker. And fixing them is expensive — too expensive, in fact, for the town to take on. But a new project spearheaded by a local artist aims to fix up the streets…
The U.S. Postal Service has imposed big pay cuts on some Vermont workers in rural areas, leading to fears that carriers will quit and leave the postal service less able to provide reliable mail delivery. The pay reductions are the result of a new system the postal service has adopted to calculate the salaries paid…
Ben Koenig was a conscientious objector fulfilling his public service duty at a children’s hospital in Westchester County, N.Y., when he enrolled in Goddard College’s adult degree program. It was the late 1960s, and times were good at Goddard. Folks called the low-residency program in Plainfield the “adultery program,” Koenig recalled. “It was a friendly…
When I read Naomi Alderman’s best-selling 2016 novel The Power, my first thought was, This would work better on TV, because it reads a bit like an elaborate pitch to a streaming service. Starting from a high-concept premise, a quasi-reversal of The Handmaid’s Tale, Alderman’s narrative jumps all over the globe. There’s such an array…
Fifteen years ago, when Imogen Binnie started the novel that would become Nevada, she had pink hair and lived with approximately four roommates in a communal dwelling in Oakland, Calif., called the Bad Idea House. She published Nevada in 2013 with Topside Press, a now-defunct Bay Area outfit that focused on literature by and for…
Repetition is everything; we’d scarcely learn anything without it. Practice makes perfect, we’re told, and that holds true whether tying our shoelaces, nailing a guitar solo or piloting an aircraft. Doing something over and over again is how we manage not to be dolts. If the brain is wired to recognize patterns, is it any…
new in theaters ABOUT MY FATHER: It’s culture-clash comedy time when a man introduces his salt-of-the-earth dad (Robert De Niro) to his WASP fiancée’s parents. With Sebastian Maniscalco and Leslie Bibb. (89 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic) IT AIN’T OVER: Sean Mullin directed this documentary about New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra. (98 min, PG.…
The title “Hail Mary, Full of Glass” is the first indication of Mary Tapogna’s irreverent sense of humor. Wordplay and visual puns are sprinkled throughout her exhibition of mosaic works at the Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild’s Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. A circular portrait of her namesake is titled “Round Yon Virgin.” A cross with…
GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20): Your meandering trek through the Unpromised Land wasn’t as demoralizing as you feared. The skirmish with the metaphorical dragon was a bit disruptive, but, hey, you are still breathing and walking around — and even seem to have been energized by the weird thrill of the adventure. The only other possible…
After nightfall, a unit of heavily armed American soldiers fanned out across the rooftop of an urban building and set up their defense perimeter. Clad in military fatigues and state-of-the-art tactical gear, they locked and loaded their AR-15-style rifles, then scanned the streets below for enemy targets. “They light shit on fire, we can shoot…
Each location of Stone’s Throw Pizza has its own personality. The original, in Fairfax, is a cozy hometown spot. In Richmond, the restaurant is surrounded by lush gardens where staff grow vegetables that end up topping the pies. Charlotte’s tiny takeout joint doubles as the best wine and beer shop in town. With the opening…
If the lawn around Bent Hill Brewery in Braintree is bereft of the fuzzy yellow flowers we’re seeing everywhere else right now, look for them on the menu. Fresh off their annual mud season break, 34-year-old brewery owner Michael Czok and his five-person team are welcoming neighbors and tourists alike back to this idyllic hillside…
I’m a regular at Yogurt City in Middlebury, but not once have I had its frozen yogurt. I go for the dumplings — and the 2000s pop music that’s always playing in the shop. Although the candies, cookies and gummy worms at the frozen yogurt topping bar are enticing, the overloaded concoction I’d create couldn’t…
Randolph will soon get a new tapas-style restaurant with a menu that draws from a variety of global cuisines. An early June opening is planned for Short Notice at 29 North Main Street, the former home of Kuya’s Sandwiches + Kitchen, which moved down the block to become Kuya’s at One Main last September. The…
On Sunday, Red Panda Shelburne joined the local group of related Nepali/Indian/Indo-Chinese restaurants named for a small animal native to the Himalayan mountain range. The new location at 2403 Shelburne Road is owned by Dan Raut, who also owns Red Panda Essex at 163 Pearl Street in Essex Junction. The Shelburne restaurant space was most…
Lake Champlain recovery diver and naval history buff was a dreamer, romantic, helper and nurturer
Devout lifetime member of South Burlington parish loved cooking, gardening and nature
Steve MacQueen, former artistic director of the Flynn in Burlington, will be the new executive director of the Vermont International Film Festival, the organization announced on Monday. MacQueen assumes leadership of the Burlington-based nonprofit on June 12, succeeding Orly Yadin. VTIFF presents films and affiliated programming through three annual film festivals — its namesake festival,…
Hand in Hand Thursday 25-Saturday 27 To mark the 400th anniversary of the play’s publication, Vermont Repertory Theatre presents The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s first comedy, in all its gut-busting glory at Williston’s Isham Family Farm. A colorful crew of actors embraces the slapstick sensibilities of this First Folio farce, which follows twin brothers who…
Educator and musician believed all people had a right to dream and to live a full, healthy life
Engineer worked on projects to design and expand SUNY campuses
Born in Ireland, psychiatrist will be remembered for his adventurous spirit, athleticism and vast imagination
A native of Czechoslovakia, Essex Junction woman made Vermont her home
From an early age, music was his greatest passion
Despite her young age, young girl was a bundle of sunshine and had a profound impact on those who knew her
