Oct 6-12, 2010
Human Trafficking in Vermont; A ‘70s Pre-punk Band is Reborn; Real-life Stories are all the Rage
VBSR Hires Journalist as Public Policy Chief
Longtime political reporter Dan Barlow is leaving journalism to become the public policy manager over at Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. Barlow is one of three reporters who compose the Vermont Press Bureau, the team that covers the legislature for the Rutland Herald and the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. Barlow received a 2009 New England Associated…
Young Professionals to Grill Gubernatorial Candidates
Vermont’s young professionals will get a chance to question two of the candidates for governor at a forum next Tuesday night. As Andy Bromage explained in this week’s excellent cover story (“Friending Politics”), a plethora of young professional groups have been sprouting up in Vermont. Many of their members want to have some of their…
Fringe Friday: Daniel Freilich
** UPDATE: See Freilich’s new spoof ad below.** For our tenth and final week of “Fringe Friday,” we feature independent candidate for U.S. Senate Daniel Freilich, a Navy doctor who pledges to “fight to dismantle establishment’s hold on power.” Despite his wacky “On a Cow” ad, Freilich isn’t your typical fringe candidate: He received 11…
Down-Ticket Downtown Debate Live Blog
We’ll be live-blogging tonight’s Down-Ticket Downtown Debate right here, starting at 6:00 p.m. Join us if you can’t make it to Burlington City Hall tonight to watch the debates live — or even if you are there, and you want to chime in via your phone or laptop. You can watch the debates live on…
Lawyer Sues State to Release Politician’s DUI Video
A Burlington attorney is suing the state Department of Public Safety for refusing to release the roadside video of state Auditor Tom Salmon’s drunk driving arrest. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court by attorney John Franco, names DPS Commissioner Thomas Tremblay and Salmon as co-defendants. Franco believes Salmon’s roadside video is a public record…
Banking on Fresh
A pioneering partnership brings local produce to Mad River Valley food banks
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Much of the reader mail I receive is friendly. But now and then I’ll get a message like this: “I’ve followed your horoscopes with pleasure for years. But I must say, you’ve really lost it lately. I can’t stand the garbage you’ve been slinging. What happened to you?” My response is…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Rescue workers who found Sherin Brown, 23, trapped under a steel light pole in New York City said she told them the pole fell on her, causing back and neck injuries. After she was taken to the hospital to be treated, investigators reviewing nearby surveillance videos saw a passing tractor-trailer clip the…
Vermont Young Professionals Gubernatorial Candidate Survey
Who do young professionals like for governor? Find out in this first-ever Vermont Young Professionals gubernatorial survey (see related story: “Friending Politics”, 10/6/10). The topics came from 98 VYP members, who identified their concerns in an online poll produced and distributed by the Vermont Young Professionals leadership team. Their top eight issues were: affordable health…
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Dana Forest Farm [SIV195]
10/3/10: Mushroom madness in the Vermont woods at Dana Forest Farm. This summer was Nick Laskovski’s first harvest of forest-grown, log-cultivated, hand-picked, certified organic shiitake mushrooms.
Letters to the Editor
Pure Right-Wing Shay Totten asks an important question regarding the true meaning of Brian Dubie’s “Pure Vermont” campaign theme [“Fair Game,” September 22]. Is Dubie’s slogan a shout out to Vermont’s “Take Back Vermont” movement? My bet is, yes. Or perhaps Dubie is going further back in time with a reference to the state’s shameful…
UVM LGBT Vigil: Lighting Up the Darkness
On Monday night, more than 200 college students, faculty, staff and community members gathered around the fountain on the UVM green for a candlelight vigil in memory of the gay youth who have committed suicide in recent weeks. The event was an appropriately somber affair, with candles flickering as young person after young person took…
