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Kyle Thompson knew he was in trouble when the cardiologist walked into his hospital room at the University of Vermont Medical Center last Christmas. “I could tell this was the head guy, the doctor not to fuck with,” Thompson recalled almost a year later, sitting outside a deli in downtown Burlington. Thompson, 52, is better…
Beloved mother of five laughed “like a songbird” and left a legacy of kindness
Emeritus professor of agricultural engineering was known for his kindness and positive spirit
At first glance, long shadows cast by apple boxes in snow look like a purple cityscape, and solar panels evoke a huge quilt. The drone photography in Caleb Kenna’s new book, Art From Above Vermont, published in October, is an invitation to let the eyes play and the imagination wander. It’s also a stunning reminder…
In the Year Two Thousand Twenty-two A Regulation in Relation to Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission— Section 7 No-parking areas and Section 12-1. No parking except vehicles loading or unloading. Sponsor(s): Department of Public Works Action: Approved Date: 11/16/22 Attestation of Adoption: __________________________________ Phillip Peterson, PE Public Works Engineer, Technical Services Published: 11/23/22…
Fifteen-year-old soccer star Petra is just awakening to the realities of the world beyond her tiny village in the hills of Guatemala. The Ladino teen of mixed Spanish and Mayan descent dreams of continuing her schooling in Guatemala City and becoming a physician who can heal her impoverished friends and neighbors. But, like the volcano…
Life After Death Last year I died in Burlington. Couldn’t breathe. Called 911. In minutes the ambulance arrived. Six guys threw me on the floor of the ambulance, ripped off my shirt and took my vitals. No heartbeat — no oxygen to the brain. Out came a glowing green square. Someone says, “This will hurt.”…
While Democrats in Vermont reveled in big wins on Election Day, the state’s Progressive Party didn’t have as much to celebrate. The party ranks in the Vermont legislature dropped by a third — a setback that suggests its brand might be in retreat statewide. Before the election, the party had nine members — seven in…
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is asking deer hunters to practice some amateur dentistry to help determine the health of the state’s herd. For the seventh consecutive year, officials are asking hunters who kill a buck to yank a middle incisor tooth from the dead animal and send it in for analysis. At the…
I’m not a casual shopper. I generally wait until it has to happen, then power through a long list, spending money like a drunken sailor. Last week it dawned on me that my bra — singular — predates the pandemic. About the same time, the cold northwest wind delivered another realization: I needed a hat.…
new in theaters BHEDIYA: A young man transforms into a werewolf in this Hindi-language horror comedy from Amar Kaushik. Varun Dhawan stars. (156 min, NR. Majestic) BONES AND ALL: Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet play two down-and-out lovers on a road trip across America in the latest from Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name).…
Hey, it’s a big week for the local music scene in this issue! Hopefully, you’ve already perused my story about Fattie B and his frankly bonkers new album, GUMBO. While it’s certainly not my first cover this year, it is the first stand-alone music story I’ve written solo for the paper’s marquee spot. (Culture coeditor…
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z has stellar advice for his fellow Sagittarians to contemplate regularly: “Ain’t nothin’ wrong with the aim; just gotta change the target.” In offering Jay-Z’s advice, I don’t mean to suggest that you always need to change the target you’re aiming at. On many occasions, it’s exactly…
(Self-released, cassette, digital) Memorials are meant to serve as a reminder of what was — to keep us from forgetting our pasts. They are not, historically, introductions to something new. In that sense, Memorial is a curiously disruptive title for a debut album. But then again, Thus Love are a curiously disruptive band. Holding space…
“Roxham Road to North Elba” is not a quick trip; the exhibition of seemingly disparate photographs at Burlington’s BCA Center requires a little investment of time to parse. But patient viewers will be rewarded with a visual consideration of some deeply fraught issues, both current and historic: racism, migration, humanity, compassion or lack thereof. And…
(Self-released, digital) I’ve never been able to pin down Burlington singer-songwriter Alex Vitzthum, musically speaking. But he always intrigues me. He has zigzagged between styles, playing with multiple groups and under various monikers. They include quirky indie rock bands Homeboy Aurelio and Count Hamilton, trivial one-offs such as beer-soaked the Mouthful, and Clam, an avant-garde…
Dear Reverend, My best friend and I have known each other for more than 20 years. I love her to pieces, but she is the worst gift giver ever. Whenever I open a present from her, it’s like it’s from someone who has no idea who I am. I don’t want to hurt her feelings,…
Black Friday is upon us — which means that, for the next month, we won’t be able to venture into busy shopping areas without hearing the joyful jingling of bells and intermittent cries of “Ho ho ho!” Full disclosure: I haven’t believed in jolly old St. Nick since I was 5. While I may not…
Object permanence, as many will remember from college psychology class, refers to the understanding that things and people continue to exist even when you can’t see or hear them. First documented by child psychologist Jean Piaget, that realization is a necessary milestone in a baby’s brain development, even if it dashes the hilarity of playing…
What if you could read a poem 12 different ways? And not in the sense of unraveling all the cryptic allusions in T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. Rather than offering a narrative to be read from left to right, top to bottom, what if the page were a wide-open field where the reader chose the…
When Liv Boyer had to attend a Zoom lecture during the pandemic, she’d shout a warning to her two homeschooled siblings, her mother and her father to power down their devices: “Hey! Everyone off!” the high schooler would yell across the family’s North Bennington home. Multiple users would cause the streaming audio to stutter and…
The SOS went out on IG on October 7. Artists Mary Lacy and Corrine Yonce needed material for the mosaic they were making on the Burlington bike path: “Do you have excess tiles/ plates/ plastic or rubber objects/ old kids toys/ plexi glass you’d like to have immortalized forever??” Lacy posted on Instagram. Help arrived…
Allie Bianchi’s life was on a sky’s-the-limit trajectory. With a fresh college degree in hand, Bianchi, 23, had finished her first year at Barre City Elementary School working as a special educator, a job she’d dreamed about. She’d started on a master’s degree and still found time to babysit local kids she’d worked with since…
Pennies don’t count for much these days, but Penny Cluse Café in downtown Burlington counts for a lot. When married co-owners Charles Reeves and Holly Cluse announced the upcoming closure of the breakfast and lunch restaurant they opened in 1998, legions of customers and employees, past and present, poured their gratitude — and grief —…
Jessee Lawyer has nothing against roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. “It’s the best fucking meal in the world if it’s done right,” said Lawyer, 35, while taking a smoke break from cooking in his backyard in Burlington’s New North End on a recent Saturday morning. Lawyer spent the last five years as…
A Colchester native is returning home to open a grab-and-go breakfast and lunch spot at 506 Porters Point Road. On December 5, chef-owner Deven Bora, 27, will start serving breakfast and lunch sandwiches, burritos, coffee, smoothies, soup, hot-bar dishes, and take-home dinners at Early Bird Catering in the former location of Big Apple Deli. The…
Something’s shakin’ in Stowe. In mid-December, Stowe Cider will open Shakedown Street BBQ & Grill and an updated event venue, Shakedown Lounge, at its production facility at 17 Town Farm Lane. The restaurant will offer a full barbecue menu, including smoked meats, vegan and vegetarian dishes, and gluten-free options. The 50-seat taproom will continue to…
In the Loop Saturday 26 Rhode Island roots rocker Will Evans, formerly of the band Barefoot Truth, stops by the Barre Opera House on his ongoing journey toward solo superstardom. His inventive arrangements display his mastery of the looper pedal, didgeridoo, guitar, beatboxing and more, and his uplifting lyrics reflect his priorities as an environmentalist.…
