May 26 – Jun 1, 2010
Summer Preview Issue: Two-Wheel Touring in Vermont; A Fan’s Farewell From Ron Powers; Tips for Munching on the Move
Smiling Unhappy People from Bhutan
Quality of life and quality of the economy don’t necessarily go hand in hand. Lest there be any doubt, keep in mind that the cleanup costs associated with the BP oil spill will actually add to the Gross National Product (GNP) of the United States in 2010. Talk about a flawed system of accounting. It’s…
Vermont Yankee’s Leak of the Week
Update: The “new” leak was found Friday, but the info released publicly late Saturday night. After a string of good luck, it seems Entergy Vermont Yankee has landed right back into its old bad habits of introducing Vermonters to a leak of the week. This past Friday marked two straight weeks in which ENVY released…
Former Vermont Poet Dan Chiasson in HuffPo
OK, this is really just a “Vermonter makes good outside Vermont” story. But if you’ve heard of Burlington native Dan Chiasson — now a Wellesley prof, poetry editor of The Paris Review and frequent poetry reviewer in places like the New York Times — Friday’s story in the Huffington Post is a great place to…
Mark Nash Takes Final Bow at Vermont Stage Company
****UPDATE: Nash contacted 7D to clarify that he will remain on through the 2010-11 performing arts season to ease the transition to his successor.***** Vermont Stage Company’s artistic director Mark Nash has announced that he is leaving his post after 10 years, and that the nonprofit, professional theater group will launch a national search for…
Clark Derbes Strikes Again
“I love this. I walk by this every day, and it makes me smile.” So said a man who was, well, walking by the new public art at UVM created by Burlington artist Clark Derbes and a small posse of volunteers. I myself ambled up the hill on a recent hot day to watch the…
Mr. Rainville Goes to Washington (VIDEO)
During a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting today on Capitol Hill, committee chair Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.) called for Department of Homeland Security to halt plans to expand the border crossing at Morses Line in Franklin County. Oberstar’s decision was swayed largely by the impassioned testimony of Brian Rainville, whose family owns a small…
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: What’s with those funny-looking “five-fingered” shoes?
WTF: We just had to ask…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for May 26 – June 2, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Mozart once challenged his friend Haydn to play a harpsichord piece he’d written. Haydn tried, but stopped partway through when the musical score called for him to play a note in the…
Chain Reactions
Vermont’s bicycle tourism shifts into high gear – on and off the roads
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A sheriff’s deputy in Okaloosa County, Fla., arrested a 27-year-old driver after pulling her over for an improper taillight because she couldn’t spell her name. She said she was Coronica Jackson, but spelled it C-o-r-i-c-a. Her passenger nudged her, and she respelled it C-o-r-n-a-i-c-a. Then the passenger told the deputy it was…
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Charlie’s Boathouse [SIV177]
5/21/10: The Auer Family Boathouse, also known as Charlie’s, is a summer fixture in Burlington that dates back to the ’20’s. Located off the Burlington Bike Path where the Winooski River feeds into Lake Champlain, Charlie and his sister Christine have been entertaining bikers, boaters and locals with lake views, snacks and a slice of…
Bridge to Nowhere?
Mia Feuer, “Dissonance/Resonance,” installations at the Firehouse Gallery, Burlington. Through June 26.
Letters to the Editor
Keep Wharf Lane Affordable I read [“Will Burlington’s Affordable Housing Sell to the Highest Bidder?” May 12] with a growing sense of alarm. Affordable housing is extremely rare in Burlington, and losing the apartments at Wharf Lane to Champlain College would indeed be a tragedy. I am fortunate to be a tenant of the Burlington…
Wandering the Winooski
A guided canoe trip introduces paddlers to a river they already know
Bribe a Foreign Official? No Federal Contracts for You!
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced legislation this week to ban individuals and companies convicted of bribing foreign officials from contracting with the federal government. Welch crafted the legislation in response to an ongoing investigation into whether Xe Services — formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide — bribed Iraqi officials following a 2007 Baghdad shooting that left…
Turning Junk Into Jobs
My colleague Lauren Ober just posted a photo montage of the heaps of crap Vermont college kids leave on the greenbelts of Burlington’s “college ghetto” every spring before they flee town. Most of that junk will probably end up in the landfill. Lots of recent college grads, meanwhile, will soon join the ranks of the…
Junk City BTV: The Exodus Chronicles
UPDATE #1: A word from Code Enforcement about college student move out here. UPDATE #2: A word from Chittenden Solid Waste District about college student move out here. It’s that time of year again, kids. The time when the college students move out of their college ghetto. It’s a joyous time for me, really. Their…
