May 6-12, 2009
The Green Thumb Behind Vermont’s Medical Marijuana Movement; A Commercial Developer Offers Property Deals; Akron/Family’s Dana Janssen Gets Wild
The Suddenly Famous Crown Point Rodin
I was surprised this morning to find out that the media is hot on the trail of the “forgotten” Rodin bust at the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse in Crown Point, NY. The lighthouse and the sculpture are being restored in honor of the upcoming quadricentennial celebrations. Fox 44, WCAX and the Washington Post all ran versions…
The Final Countdown
Barring some last-minute item that throws a wrench into the works, the Vermont Legislature will wrap up the session later this afternoon. I will be down there later today after some family commitments this morning, and will provide updates on Twitter and the Fair Game Facebook page. The House convenes at 10 a.m, while the…
Catholics Yank Workers Center Funding
Just days after the Vermont Workers Center celebrated a very successful turnout of more than 1000 people at its Health Care as a Human Right campaign rally in Montpelier (see this week’s “Fair Game”), it got some very bad news. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has yanked $30,000 from the center’s budget — most…
That’s Life
Making good on its promise, the Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development has axed two top staffers at Vermont Life and will move the mag’s entire operations from its downtown Montpelier digs to swank rental offices at National Life. Vermont Life Publisher Tom Kelly “resigned” and will be replaced by Steve Cook, the deputy…
Burlington Woman Wins a Folding Bike
Last week Marla Ferber, who describes herself as “a local Burlington gal, senior citizen,” contacted Seven Days to say she’d won a folding bike called the E-Z Pack from a Louisiana-based company. Ridethisbike.com was offering up one free ride as an Earth Day gift for the person with the best “sob story” about why they…
Letters to the Editor
JOHNSTON RESPONDS. . . There is some lint I could pick [about Kevin Kelley’s April 29 story, “A Pulitzer Prize Winner Talks Taxes, Journalism and Social Responsibility in Advance of a Burlington Appearance”], but instead just one key mishearing by the reporter — that higher tax burden compares someone making $26,000 and someone making $266…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for May 6 – 13, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): When they pray, Muslims face the Kaaba, a cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Every mosque around the world typically has a niche that shows the precise direction of that holy place. Recently,…
Need a Lift?
Editor’s Note: Here’s a new update from Aimee Picchi, who reported this week on the continuing debate about accessibility issues at Burlington’s Edmunds Middle School. — Margot Harrison Edmunds Middle School needs a lift: The century-old building isn’t accessible to people in wheelchairs or those with mobility issues.That may soon change. On Tuesday evening, the…
Growing Legit
Meet Mark Tucci, the green thumb behind Vermont’s medical marijuana movement
Way To Go, VBSR
I went to my first Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility conference yesterday, where I met and talked with lots of fun, creative local businesspeople who are grappling with the big issues of the day — i.e. managing through tough economic times, figuring out how to scale sustainably, managing innovation, etc. I was wearing my “associate…
Green Scene
Art Review: “Show Us the Green,” a group show in mixed media. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Through June 6.
This is a Test, This is Only a Test
Vermont’s media dutifully trumpeted the fact that Vermont Yankee was going to test its emergency siren system yesterday. But, just as all those press releases were cut and pasted and printed on Monday, Entergy called off the drill. Why? According to plant spokesman Rob Williams, the test was put on hold for a day due…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Arnold, Mo., reported that a woman heading for the exit of a grocery store with a shopping cart containing more than $1200 in stolen “groceries and other items” was thwarted by trying to leave through the wrong automatic door. Store security called police, St. Louis’s KSDK News reported, because the…
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Green Up Day [SIV127]
5/2/09: Last Saturday, 15,000 volunteers across the state of Vermont picked up more than 40,000 bags of trash in honor of Green Up Day. Music: The Activists/Dictators, “Out of the Picture” 5/2/09: Burlington became the 14th city to host a Snuggie Pub Crawl on Saturday night. The procession of blanket-clad revelers was organized by brothers…
Hodgepodge Vermont Blog Link Dump
To get right to the bloggy randomness… Starting off on a positive note, here’s this music video from Playing for Change that features musicians and singers from all over the world: (H/T Ameridane) Front Porch Forum discusses the Seven Core Principles for Public Engagement. Kingdom for a Voice has found the cause of swine flu.…
James T. Kirk in Barre
I tried to find a still from the new Star Trek movie that offers a glimpse of Barre’s E. L. Smith Quarry, but this is the best I could do. Needless to say this part was shot elsewhere with a stunt man, but just imagine the next shot is the gaping maw of the quarry,…
