The Adirondack Issue 2011
Greens and Developers Duke It Out in the ’Dacks; Crafty Adirondack Bears; A New Website Connects Riders to Routes in New York
Fogel Earned Less Than Other University Heads
Unremarked upon amid the upset over UVM President Dan Fogel’s $411,000 compensation package is the fact that he’s gotten substantially less annual pay than the heads of at least two other post-secondary schools in Vermont. Gov. Peter Shumlin had it right when he cautioned that Fogel’s take is not exceptional “because you can go to…
Vt. Oldsters are Getting Randy
Having worked in newspapers for some time now, nothing should shock me. Human behavior is wacky and unpredictable and icky and glorious, often all at the same time. You could tell me that your best friend gave birth to a horse named Miley Cyrus during monsoon season in New Mexico and it most likely wouldn’t…
Klifa Club Closing, Selling Historic Burlington House
It’s the end of an era on Pearl Street. After more than 110 years, the Klifa Club, a historic women’s social club in Burlington, is closing its doors. Its stately and mysterious red-brick headquarters is now for sale. At one point the club was hosting as many as 250 women for its afternoon luncheons, but…
UVM Profs Rankled by President’s Severance Package
Well, that didn’t take long: Today, the union representing more than 800 University of Vermont faculty criticized the pay package granted to outgoing president Dan Fogel. In a letter to the UVM Board of Trustees, the faculty union said it was “dismayed and profoundly disappointed by the compensation package provided to President Fogel, as he…
State Police and Humane Society Workers Raid Unlicensed Bakersfield Puppy Mill
Vermont State Police and an animal rescue task force from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) seized 54 dogs Tuesday from a Bakersfield puppy mill, where the animals were allegedly being housed in cruel and unsanitary conditions. (Watch an HSUS video of the rescue here.) Police and animal welfare workers arrived at the…
Nouvelle York Cuisine
Liquids and Solids at the Handlebar updates the Adirondack dining scene
Mountain Music
At the Meadowmount School of Music, concertgoers see the classical stars of tomorrow
A New Website Connects Riders to Routes in New York
Most visitors to the Adirondacks may not think of doing it on two wheels. Although their well-known hiking and canoeing attractions have attracted millions, cycling in the land of the High Peaks remains a “largely undiscovered” recreation option, says Sharon O’Brien, scenic byways coordinator at Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA). A sleek new website, bikethebyways.org,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I love how the poet Rachel Loden describes her impressions of Daniel Borzutzky’s The Book of Interfering Bodies. She says that reading it is like “chancing upon a secret lake full of trembling lilies that projectile vomit both poems and petroleum.” I call this imaginary scene to your attention, Aries, because…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police quickly identified Lucas Jeffrey James, 23, as the man who accosted two women in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., because his getaway landed him in a rap video. According to police official Bill Proffitt, James spit beer on the women, hit one of them over the head with a beer bottle, then…
One Woman’s Quest to Find the Last Phone Booths in the Adirondack Park
Alison Haas is a collector of obsessions. Road signs, antiques, bear poop and yard gargoyles (but only those dressed in festive costumes) are just a few of the things that fascinate her. For the past three years, she’s been cataloguing all of these curiosities on her blog. Its name, Along the Ausable, refers to the…
Gallery Profile: Fort Ticonderoga
There are redcoats in the parking lot on a recent afternoon at Fort Ticonderoga. A visit to the Revolutionary War site has always messed with your sense of past and present. But this summer, thanks to a new exhibit of the museum’s impressive art collection, the fort is blurring the line between historical artifact and…
One Crafty Adirondack Bear Has Mastered the “Bear-proof” Canister
Visitors to the Adirondacks can’t help but spot New York’s second-largest land mammal, the black bear, around virtually every turn. Admittedly, most of those bear sightings occur in gift shops and antique stores. The fuzzy or wood-carved likenesses are often portrayed paddling canoes, swinging tennis racquets or squatting on their haunches with a fishing pole…
Things to Do in Plattsburgh When You’re Drunk
An unscientific exploration of nightlife in the Lake City
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Camp Splash at the Y [232]
7/19/11 This summer the Greater Burlington YMCA is providing free swimming lessons to youths at Myers Pool in Winooski. With the recent tragic drownings in Vermont, water safety education is more important than ever. Music:Let’s Whisper, The Shortest Days, “Shortest Days,” “California Girls”
Letters to the Editor
Wrong about Right to Life I read with interest the piece by Andy Bromage entitled “What Would Jesus Broadcast?” [July 20]. However, one paragraph contained a serious inaccuracy: Mr. Bromage characterized Vermont Right to Life Committee as an organization that is not only an opponent of abortion but a “vocal opponent of … same-sex marriage…
Pajamafication of America Hits Snag in Bennington
America is a nation of casual dressers. We revel in our relaxed, bordering on comatose, dress codes. Shorts and sweat socks to the office? Sure! Tank top and sweat pants to district court? Why not! Stained jeans and an XXXL Taylor Swift T-shirt to a funeral? Absolutely! Our slovenliness has trickled down to the youth…
