Oct 12-18, 2011
How Green Mountain Power’s Mary Powell Is Transforming Vermont’s Utility Landscape; Judith Levine on Occupy Wall Street; Burlington Women’s Rugby Goes to Play-Offs;
Cover Story
Two Days, Two Rallies Bring Hundreds to “Occupy” Burlington (VIDEO)
Vermont’s Occupy Wall Street solidarity movement saw some of its biggest rallies yet this past weekend, and its first steps toward harnessing the energy from these protests into more concrete action. On Saturday, roughly 500 people filled City Hall Park and then marched up Church Street before heading up the hill to Fletcher Allen Health…
Court Orders Cleanup of Milton Junkyard and Levels $20,000 Environmental Fine
For years, Milton’s notorious “junkyard dog,” Gilbert Rhoades (profiled in this August 2008 cover story) has been lifting his leg to environmental and permitting laws. But this morning, a Chittenden County superior court judge finally slapped him with a $20,000 fine for failure to clean up his own mess. Here’s the straight poop from the Attorney General’s…
Movies You Missed 8: Mr. Nice
This week in movies you missed: the adventures of an international dope peddler — with Harry Potter actors! What You Missed Rhys Ifans plays Howard Marks, one of the UK’s most notorious drug smugglers, in a biopic based on Marks’ book. Framed by a lecture the retired Marks is delivering to a crowd of his…
Keeping Track of Gov. Peter Shumlin’s Travels
Since taking office in January, Gov. Peter Shumlin has taken regular respites — mostly long weekends at his chateau on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia — while at least one high-profile vacay took him to the sandy Caribbean isle of Dominica. Shumlin was away this past Columbus Day weekend, just six weeks after the state was…
Shelburne Museum to Build Shiny New Art and Education Center
When Electra Havemeyer Webb founded the Shelburne Museum in 1947, she imagined the museum would one day be open year round, according to its board chairman, James Pizzagalli. More than 50 years after her death, her dream is coming true. The Shelburne Museum, which has always operated only between mid-May and the end of October, announced…
UVM Policy Would Heighten Scrutiny of Presidential Spouses
The University of Vermont is one step closer to creating a first-ever policy to govern the volunteer activities of presidential spouses. On Wednesday, a committee of UVM trustees unanimously approved a draft policy that would put stricter oversight on a president’s spouse who wishes to raise money for UVM, coordinate alumni events or engage in…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Armed with a handgun and an assault rifle, Terry “T.J.” Newman, 25, and John “Pimp” Roberts invaded a home in San Antonio, Texas, and demanded money. Authorities said that when the homeowner’s son came out of a bedroom with his own assault rifle and started firing, the two robbers fled, leaving their…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If it’s at all possible, Aries, don’t hang around boring people this week. Seek out the company of adventurers who keep you guessing and unruly talkers who incite your imagination and mystery lovers who are always on the lookout for new learning experiences. For that matter, treat yourself to especially interesting…
An Asian Resto Reborn
The next generation revives Winooski’s Peking Duck House … with new cuisines
WTF: What’s under the camo tarp in Burlington’s New North End?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Figuratively Speaking
Art review: “The Body Human: Off the Wall and On,” T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center
Letters to the Editor
Mexican Enough for Jeffersonville [Re “The More the Mexican,” September 7]: In response to Corin Hirsch’s review of El Zorro Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, I would like to loudly say, “If you don’t like it, go back to Burlington!” After residing in the quiet and non-populous Jeffersonville area for the past six years, I was…
Obama Administration Promises to Expedite Permits for Vermont Wind Project
The Obama Administration announced today that a 15-turbine wind farm proposed for the Green Mountain National Forest in southern Vermont will receive expedited federal permitting and environmental reviews. Deerfield Wind, a project to be built in Searsburg and Readsboro with a portion of it in the federal Green Mountain National Forest, will see its federal…
Williston Residents Call on North Country Sportsman’s Club To Get The Lead Out
A decades-old shooting range in Williston has once again come under fire from its neighbors, who blame the sportsman’s club for dangerously high levels of lead that have shown up in their soil, drinking water, pond and the creek that runs across their property. On Tuesday, Mona and Leo Boutin (pictured, at right), whose family…
