The Animal Issue 2009
The Animal Issue: Overcrowded Shelters, Training Kitties for New Homes, Interview With a Pet-Food Baker, Best Beasts Photo Contest Winners
Waste-Free Shopping in the South End
Want to throw a “green” party but don’t know where to find compostable, disposable plates and cutlery? As of April 1, you’ll be able to stock up on that stuff at the Waste Free Living store on Pine Street in Burlington. The Waste Free Living retail shop will occupy a 300-square-foot space inside Pine Street…
Health Care Reform Prescription: Protest
The national spotlight will again be on Vermont tomorrow, as one of Pres. Barack Obama’s regional health care forums occurs in Burlington. The midday event takes place at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center and will be hosted by Republican Gov. Jim Douglas and Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts. Other New England governors and…
Sustainability Initiatives Under Way in Montpelier
Last night marked the inaugural meeting of the Central Vermont Food Systems Council. Coordinated by Andy Harper of the Montpelier nonprofit Food Works at Two Rivers Center, the grassroots group aims to expand the region’s network of affordable, sustainably produced food. Both the council and “Transition Town Montpelier,” a related Central Vermont sustainability initiative, were…
Cops Called to City Council Meeting: Updated With Video
Who knew that debating zoning changes and the maximum building height in Burlington could be a spectator sport? Or, that Roberts Rules of Order can be enforced by the police? About 50 people were inside Contois Auditorium tonight to hear The Burlington City Council debate a host of issues related to downtown development and on-campus…
Why do Vermonters Love Landlines?
Just got the latest Vermont Business Magazine e-newsletter (which, by the way, I love!), and it had a link to a report that Vermont has the lowest rate of wireless-only households in the country. Just 5.1 percent of Vermont households were wireless-only in 2007. Compare that with Oklahoma, where 26.2 percent of households are wireless…
L. Paul Bremer’s Vermont Paintings
After the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, L. Paul Bremer took over the surely unpleasant task of heading the Coalition Provisional Authority (remember the “coalition”?). Some critics blamed him for the billions of reconstruction dollars that went unaccounted for under his watch. But that’s not what NPR’s “Day to Day” interviewed him about on…
Best of the Beasts — Winners!
This morning I posted a slideshow of the winners of our “Best of the Beasts” Pet Photo Contest, sponsored by Play Dog Play. Click here to see it. On that same page, there’s a slideshow of all of the entries we received. If you’re looking to OD on cuteness, check it out. This photo didn’t…
South Burlington Middle Schoolers Place 3rd in C-SPAN Contest
Three Frederick Tuttle Middle School students have won third place in a national C-SPAN StudentCam video contest. The South Burlington students — Neel Desai, Riya Patel, and Ronak Bhagat — won yesterday for their snappy, 8-minute video, “SBNN: Financial Crisis.” Three classmates — Samantha Barrett, Hunter Riehle and Meghan Drouin — won “Honorable Mention” for…
UVM and New Yorkers: Not Fond of the Heartland Institute
University of Vermont student Connor Gibson spent last week as one of the 204 UVM students in Washington D.C. as part of Power Shift, where 12,000 students from around the country convened at the Capitol to demand a shift towards greener environmental policy. After the conference he traveled to New York and helped to film…
David Byrne is Playing at the Shelburne Museum on June 1
Yesterday, Higher Ground unveiled the lineup for the 2009 Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on The Green, a series of concerts taking place over the summer out on the beautifully scenic green at the Shelburne Museum. Each of the previous summers I’ve attended one of the shows (Wilco in 2007, Feist last year), and I wondered…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Alejandro Melendez, 20, called 911 to report that two men with guns were watching him, but then hung up. When the dispatcher called back, police records show he asked the dispatcher to hang on a moment. The dispatcher then overheard Melendez making a drug deal and called police, who arrested him after…
Vignettes
State of the Arts: Madama Butterfly, Big APE, Vermont Photography Workplace
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for March 11 – 18, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras is known as “the father of numbers.” He taught that mathematics provides the ultimate truth about reality. His otherwise productive career went through a rough patch when one of…
Letters to the Editor
NUKE AD IS MISLEADING A recent Vermont Energy Partnership advertisement in Seven Days [February 25, March 4] overstates the carbon dioxide consequences of a future without the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The full-page ad states, “Without Vermont Yankee, Vermont carbon dioxide emissions would likely increase by two million tons annually, or a 10,000 percent…
Cat Trick
At the Humane Society of Chittenden County, training helps felines find homes
Mod Quad
Art Review: “Four Today,” paintings by Alexandra Bottinelli, Deborah Hillman, Beth Pearson and Tari Swenson, Main Gallery, T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier. Through April 19.
Phish Tales: It Was This Big!
Soundbites: Phish Tales: It Was This Big!, Splendor in the Grass, Light Headed, Bite Torrent, Dept. of Corrections
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Stephen Huneck [SIV119]
3/7/09: Eva travels to Dog Mountain where artist and sculptor Stephen Huneck has built a Dog Chapel in honor of our dearly departed canine companions. Stephen recently decided to donate 50% of his proceeds to animal shelters, including the Chittenden Humane Society. Music: Missy Bly, Missy Bly 3, “Joey is a Dog”Amber DeLaurentis, Hey Sadie,…
Burlington IRV Recount Begins… and Ends
The count is on! Burlington’s Board of Civil Authority — city councilors and three specially-designated ward election officials — kicked off what could be a three-day hand recount of all ballots cast Town Meeting Day in the race for mayor. The board began counting around 7 p.m., and are expected to keep counting tonight until…
Best Bites: Souza’s Brazilian Steakhouse
Souza’s Brazilian Steakhouse 131 Main Street, Burlington 864-2433 Since the beginning of Souza’s life, I had been a regular atbrunch. Meat on swords, pao de queijo (cheese bread) and cashew juice withthe magical scrambled eggs that converted me from an egg-hater to an egg-eater? Sim, por favor! But since it opened in its new location on…
