Sep 26 – Oct 2, 2012
After 40 Years, Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys Take Their Final Bows; Is “Fusion” Good for the Vermont Progressive Party?; Anti-Abortion Attorney Challenges No-Protest Zone; Sampling Alpaca From an Ascutney Farm
Cover Story
WTF: Why can’t Vermonters get four-way stops right?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Ad-vantage Republicans?
As he cruises to reelection, Sanders campaigns in… New Hampshire. A spokesman says it’s not because he’s got an eye on 2016.
Off the Cuff
Paula Poundstone dishes on “Wait Wait,” press interviews and meeting George H.W. Bush
When the Levy Breaks You
Racing the marines’ Walter N. Levy Challenge at Norwich University
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Marcus Banwell, 39, was arrested for shoplifting food at a convenience store in Bristol, England, after he ate one of the stolen items: a Scotch bonnet chile pepper. The variety has a heat rating of 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville units, compared with 2500 to 8000 for jalapeño peppers. Within seconds, Banwell doubled…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here’s the curious message I derived from the current astrological configurations: It’s one of those rare times when a wall may actually help bring people together. How? Why? The omens don’t reveal that specific information. They only tell me that what seems like a barrier might end up serving as a…
View Finder
Art Review: “Camera Work: Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand and Company,” Middlebury College Museum of Art
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The Hobbit Turns 75 at Phoenix Books [284]
9/22/12: Costumed revelers gathered at Phoenix Books in Essex to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Wizards, hobbits, and elves toasted Bilbo Baggins’ birthday with a reading from The Hobbit and a preview of the upcoming film. Music: Kevin MacLeod,incompetech.com,”Industrial Music Box,”&”Fairytale Waltz” This episode of Stuck in Vermont…
Letters to the Editor
Post)High Time Paul Heintz does our democracy a great service by presenting readers with information to assess whether elected officials are being influenced by certain campaign contributions [Fair Game: “Who’s Chummy With Shummy,” September 19]. Unfortunately, his laudable attempts to follow the money took him one joke over the line with his insinuation that Gov.…
