Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2011
Post-Irene, A Race Against Winter in the Mad River Valley; How Safe Are Vermont’s Wind Turbine Elevators?; A Photographer’s Sexy-Gal Cal; Dion Locksmith’s Keys to Success; A Vermont Adventurer Hits the Trail
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Gov. Shumlin Kicks Off “Team Kale” to Support Local “Eat More Kale” Artist
Inside a cozy Montpelier stationer this morning, Gov. Peter Shumlin kicked off the newly minted Team Kale, a campaign to help local artist Bo Muller-Moore fight fast-food behemoth Chick-fil-A’s surreal efforts to curtail his “Eat More Kale” T-shirt business. Wielding sound bytes to rival Chick-fil-A’s “Eat Mor Chikin” slogan, Shumlin said, “Don’t mess with Vermont.…
Brianna Maitland Missing-Persons Case Airs Tonight on Investigation Discovery Show
Sometimes, television can help shake loose pieces of a puzzle that have remained hidden from investigators for years. At least, that’s the hope this week of Vermont police, as well as family and friends of Brianna Maitland, the Montgomery girl who went missing at 17 on March 19, 2004 and hasn’t been seen or heard…
Movies You Missed 16: The Future
This week in movies you missed: What looked like an indie twee fest is actually the saddest film I have seen this year. And I have seen both Shame and Melancholia. (Sidenote: If you want to see Melancholia on the big screen, hie thee to Merrill’s Roxy right now. It may not linger, unlike Kirsten…
Burlington Decoded: Stereogum Dishes On 802 Music
Burlington’s music scene got some national love today when online tastemaker Stereogum included the 802 in its “Area Codes” feature, an ongoing series profiling various lesser known music scenes around the country. The piece has some nice quotes about the Queen City from local music mavens Alex Crothers of Higher Ground and Nick Mavodones from…
State Regulator Denies Sale of Fletcher Allen Dialysis Clinics
State regulators Thursday preliminarily denied the sale of five outpatient dialysis clinics owned by Fletcher Allen Health Care to one of the nation’s largest, for-profit dialysis providers. They claimed the sale could drastically increase rates. The decision is not final. FAHC and Fresenius will be able to contest the proposed decision issued by Steve Kimbell,…
Movies You Missed 15: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
This week in movies you missed: rednecks vs. college kids in a Canadian horror spoof that’s actually funny. Note: There were lots of notable video releases this week, so I’m doing two Movies You Missed posts. Look for a review of Miranda July’s The Future tomorrow. What You Missed A group of college students heads…
Kiss Him Goodbye!
With less than two weeks remaining before Progressives pick a candidate, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss said this morning he would not seek a third term in March. Kiss, who is a Progressive, made the announcement on WVMT-AM’s Charlie, Ernie and Lisa program, which hosts the mayor each month for a chat with listeners. Host Charlie…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Portland, Ore., found it worth their while to raid a residence for suspected drug activity after they received fliers advertising “Heroin for sale” that listed the dealers’ names and address. Lt. Robert King said officers who searched the home found nearly 20 grams of marijuana, more than 10 grams of…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): This would be an excellent week to head down to Pucón, Chile, and hire a daredevil to fly you in a helicopter into the caldera of the active Villarrica volcano, whereupon you would bungee-jump out of the copter down to within 700 feet of the molten lava. If that’s too extreme…
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Side Dishes: Mark Bittman visits VT; Kloeti and Bivins honored; FarmPlate helps food businesses
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Hooked in the Mountains XV [247]
?11/19/11: Did you know that the world’s largest hooked rug exhibit is held in VT every year? The 15th annual Hooked in the Mountains was held at the Shelburne Museum in the round barn and included about 480 rugs, each made one loop at a time by members of the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild.…
Letters to the Editor
’Tooned Out [The cartoon] “Bill the Cockroach” is not funny. It has not been funny since it began appearing in your publication, and I feel it merely detracts from the otherwise awesome spread. Surely there is another artist out there to fill this humorless void. John O’Brien Fletcher Tiny Tim’s Biographer Responds [Re “Uke Power,”…
Mountaintop “Open House” Looks to Break Big Wind on Lowell Mountain
Watching politics is akin to watching sausage-making — i.e., not for the squeamish or weak kneed. Opponents of industrial wind development on Vermont’s ridgelines are hoping the view from high atop Lowell Mountain will have a similar effect on anyone who is still undecided on this contentious issue. For sure, that’s been the effect on…
Who’s Sitting Next to Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson in Tuesday’s Burlington Free Press? Her Wife!
A photo on the front page of Tuesday’s Burlington Free Press captured a lighthearted moment from yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony of Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson. The 46-year-old lawyer and gay rights advocate is responsible for the fact that same-sex couples can marry in Vermont. To Robinson’s left is Gov. Peter Shumlin, the guy who…
Vermont Dept of Health Reports Uptick in Whooping Cough Cases
Two weeks ago, I reported this story about efforts by the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) to boost Vermont’s rate of childhood vaccinations, which over the last decade has fallen from one of the highest rates in the country to nearly dead last. Now the health department is reporting a troubling consequence of that trend. Yesterday…
From the Archives: Seven Days’ 2002 Profile of Tom Wicker
Author and journalist Tom Wicker died on Friday, November 25. Wicker was perhaps best known for covering the Kennedy assasination for the New York Times in 1963. After retiring from the Times, Wicker moved full-time to his home in Rochester. Kevin J. Kelley profiled Wicker for the January 9, 2002 issue of Seven Days in…
