On a cloudy Tuesday evening in early September, Liz Derry walked down Cross Parkway in Burlington as her two young kids rode their bikes up and down the street. Derry has lived in the modest New North End neighborhood for seven years, and her 5- and 8-year-olds attend nearby Flynn Elementary School. Asked by a…
David Jaacks, a Springfield entrepreneur with a degree in architecture, hopes to transform the way the world lives with an expandable steel-frame cabin that can set itself up on legs in a variety of locations. The patented home is designed to leave the factory in the form of a 20-foot-long shipping container. At its destination,…
Vermont dentist lived a purposeful life of service
Woodbury craftsman was internationally known for making Windsor chairs
Barre native created magic for herself and those she loved
Talented weaver, painter and metal artist dedicated her life to the arts
Way back in 1997, Burlington’s most famous musical export, Phish, created the WaterWheel Foundation. The nonprofit organization serves to oversee the jam band’s various charitable endeavors with a focus on supporting efforts to clean up the Lake Champlain watershed. The band used its royalties from the popular flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Phish…
In 2007, Paul Zlotoff bought 180 acres in South Hero with an RV park, a marina, a defunct convenience store and a farmhouse that belonged to a member of the Allen family — yes, those Allens. The site, which also includes a golf course, is called Apple Island Resort. But Zlotoff, a 72-year-old businessman from…
If you could spend a small pot of cash on anything you wanted, what would you choose? Some might splurge on new clothes or a fancy dinner. Responsible types might put it toward bills or, with winter on the way, new snow tires. Civic-minded do-gooders would likely invest in a community project or help an…
Sarah Paquette, a mother of three, loves everything about Ripton Elementary School. She’s grateful for the individual attention her two sons have gotten from teachers there and appreciates the “family vibe” of the 53-student school, the only one in the tiny town. She’s worried, though, that her youngest child — just 18 months old —…
new in theaters DON’T WORRY DARLING: In the 1950s, a homemaker (Florence Pugh) begins to suspect there’s something wrong with the utopian community where she and her husband (Harry Styles) live in this thriller from director Olivia Wilde. (122 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Marquis, Paramount, Star, Welden) LOVING HIGHSMITH: Eva Vitija’s documentary examines the life…
Ad Crossed the Line I understand that Seven Days does not assess or evaluate the content of the paid political advertising that it publishes. Yet its readers should still understand when a political placement crosses a line, as last week’s full-page ad by Tom Licata did. Licata attempts to “inform” Vermonters by stating: “Among Socialism’s…
(Mack Avenue Records/Brother Mister Productions, CD, digital, vinyl) A woman I know who does STEM outreach with girls told me that something happens to them when they become teenagers. Keyed up about science and technology as middle-grade students, they often flame out in the years following puberty. What cools them off? She couldn’t say specifically…
From his home in Ripton, elevation 1,680 feet, author Bill McKibben keeps an eye on the Vermont media, on occasion emailing words of encouragement to local journalists who go the extra distance. Last week, he shared his view with the readership of the New Yorker magazine, to which he has been a longtime contributor. In…
(Self-released, digital) Central Vermont rapper Robscure came up under the tutelage of the Boomslang crew (RIP, JL) and has since grown into a force of his own. After a stint in Winooski, he’s currently trying to make it in New York City. Along the way, he has made a name for himself through consistent, carefully…
STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CALEDONIA UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 212-9-19 CACV PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION v. JILLIAN M. DARGIE A/K/A JILLIAN MARIE DARGIE OCCUPANTS OF: 944 McDowell Road, Danville VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree…
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) “Love your mistakes and foibles,” Virgo astrologer William Sebrans advises his fellow Virgos. “They aren’t going away. And it’s your calling in life — some would say a superpower — to home in on them and finesse them. Why? Because you may be able to fix them or at least improve…
Burlington is the place to be for Vermont bibliophiles this weekend. Running Friday through Sunday, September 23 through 25, the first-ever Green Mountain Book Festival brings more than 60 authors, poets and journalists to the Queen City for a blowout celebration of the written word. Following an opening reception and a private dinner with headlining…
Dear Reverend, My father passed away in January. My mother has already gotten involved in a relationship with a man who was good friends with both of my parents. My siblings and I think it’s too soon and she hasn’t taken enough time to grieve our dad. How do we approach the subject with her?…
As I stood on the roof of the studio, overlooking a sun-kissed vista of Burlington, I watched the light turn to crimson on the steel and glass of nearby windows, and I wondered whether Kevin Bloom was microdosing. To be fair, everything Bloom had said to me in the half hour or so we’d been…
When Sarah Spencer asks her wine-sipping customers at Vermont Chalky Paint to “show your jugs,” she’s not being saucy or inappropriate. She just wants to see how their latest DIY home improvement projects are coming along. Spencer, who regularly hosts Show Your Jugs Paint ‘n’ Sip events in her Essex Junction storefront and studio, chose…
When Suleiman “Sule” Kangangi, a professional cyclist from Kenya, began the 59-mile Vermont Overland gravel race in West Windsor on the morning of August 27, he had every reason to expect his team to win it. A little over three hours later, his teammates had finished first and third. It wasn’t until later that afternoon…
Drawings and paintings by a young artist from New York City inject a slice of urban life at Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction. Julian Adon Alexander, who earned his BFA at the School of Visual Arts, favors depictions of quotidian — and nocturnal — scenes around his Queens neighborhood. His subjects are…
Writing about the annual Art at the Kent exhibition is both a pleasure and an exercise in frustration: the former because every bit of art on display at the Kents’ Corner State Historic Site in Calais is engaging; the latter because there are far too many pieces to acknowledge in this limited space. But we…
In 2020, as COVID-19 shuttered businesses and forced millions out of work, the federal government flooded states with funds to set up new unemployment programs. Now, a year after one of those programs expired in Vermont, the state is asking recipients to prove that they qualified. Roughly 17,000 Vermonters who enrolled in the Pandemic Unemployment…
In October 2020, Burlington city leaders switched on a pulsating water splash pad and declared City Hall Park reborn. Doreen Kraft, executive director of Burlington City Arts, called it the Queen City’s “crown jewel.” Others proudly envisioned the downtown square block as the city’s “front yard” or “living room.” Mayor Miro Weinberger, a student of…
In the back of a freezer at his St. Albans home, nestled near trays of homemade moussaka and dozens of containers of garden tomato sauce, François de Mélogue keeps tubs containing six pounds of “super fat.” For more than eight years, de Mélogue, 58, has been saving the flavorful cooking fat from his duck confit,…
I love an impromptu dinner party. Planned in little time, they’re often low-key; I throw together whatever’s in the fridge, chill a fun bottle of wine and don’t fret if the napkins don’t match. I love them even more when I don’t have to host. A meal at Fox Market and Bar in East Montpelier…
Chittenden County’s newest Indian restaurant is taking a different approach: It’s entirely vegetarian. Namaste Garden will open at 34 Park Street in Essex Junction on Monday, September 26. The restaurant will serve vegetarian and vegan specialties from north and south India, owner Sharandeep Matri told Seven Days. The menu includes a wide variety of curries,…
Middlebury’s creemee drought ended last month when ShireTown Marketplace opened its walk-up window on August 19, serving cones and cups of classic vanilla, chocolate and twist. “We anticipated it being busy, but nothing like what we actually saw,” owner Kevin Archambeault said. “We kind of got it handed to us on the first day.” Now,…
Jiminy Cricket! Sunday, September 25 First Congregational Church of Essex Junction continues its Community Concerts @ First series with an appearance by folk act Cricket Blue. Praised as “master storytellers” by NPR, the duo brings a literary, folkloric flair to every song it sings. Accompanying Cricket Blue is string ensemble Trio Arco. Just Give Me…
