The Animal Issue 2012
Introducing the Winners of the Best of the Beast Pet Photo Contest; Animal News You Can Use; A Homeowner vs. Raccoons; Vet Peggy Larson Snips and Saves
Cover Story
Mayor Miro Scraps Plans for Moran Plant Development, Offers ‘New Direction’
Updated at 4 p.m. with additional reporting and photos. Declaring that he would “not risk Moran becoming another Burlington Telecom,” Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger this afternoon announced he is scrapping the Kiss administration’s stalled plan for a Scottish company to build an ice-climbing facility in the former power plant on the Burlington waterfront. Weinberger declared…
Movies You Missed 45: Sound of Noise
This week in movies you missed: Music terrorists battle a lover of silence in Sweden. What You Missed Amadeus Warnebring (Bengt Nilsson) was raised by musicians. His dad was a conductor, his mom a concert pianist, his brother a musical prodigy. He is tone-deaf. As an adult, Warnebring heads an antiterrorism police unit and avoids…
Church Street Merchants Aren’t Digging Construction Project
Sweetwaters owner David Melincoff has been watching with trepidation as a disruptive Church Street Marketplace construction project creeps toward his restaurant’s front door. And now he’s fighting to delay the dig that’s scheduled to rip up the pedestrian mall’s City Hall block for much of August. Melincoff collected more than 700 signatures in less than a week…
Soundbites Extra: Polka Edition
Some weeks, there are simply too many nifty music tidbits to fit in our li’l weekly music column, Soundbites. And sometimes, said nifty tidbits just come in way past deadline. (Friday, people. Friday.) In any event, to fill the void and keep you up to date on all the news that didn’t fit for print…
Vermont Politicos React to Health Care Ruling
The news is in: The federal Affordable Care Act (also known as “Obamacare”) is here to stay, according to the much anticipated ruling the Supreme Court handed down today. SCOTUS Blog is reporting that the court upheld nearly the entirety of the ACA in a 5-4 ruling, including an unpopular individual mandate that requires virtually every…
Basin Harbor Club Bonanza
Tuesday night, Seven Days partnered with the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes to host a special event for members of the 7 Nights Bite Club. To spread the word that dining at the luxe resort is open to the public and not just guests or members, the Basin Harbor Club invited 50 diners to Vergennes…
From Textile to Tech-Style
Dealer.com & MyWebGrocer present the 6th Vermont Tech Jam When: October 26 and 27, 2012 (Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.) Where: The Champlain Mill, Winooski, VT Click here for the list of exhibitors. Want to exhibit? Send us an email. Bringing students? Click here for the Field Trip RSVP form. Want to…
From Textile to Tech-Style: Tech Jam 2012
On your smartphone? Click here for the Tech Jam mobile site… Dealer.com & MyWebGrocer present the 6th Vermont Tech Jam October 26 and 27, 2012 (Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.) The Champlain Mill, Winooski, VT Click here for parking info… Admission is free! This two-day job fair and tech expo will feature…
More on Toxic Clover that Burned an Essex Horse’s Face
Vermont horse owners are breathing a collective sigh of relief today upon news that the facial injuries sustained by “Nellie,” a 13-year-old paint mare in Essex, were caused not by some wanton act of animal cruelty but by the animal consuming a type of clover (photo right) found throughout Vermont. As Seven Days reported in…
In Email to Board, VPIRG Head Slams Shumlin Over Lite Gov Candidate
**Update below with reaction from Gov. Peter Shumlin at Wednesday’s press conference** In an email to the Vermont Public Interest Research Group’s board of directors, executive director Paul Burns slammed longtime ally Gov. Peter Shumlin, saying the gov “should be ashamed of himself” for encouraging a VPIRG employee to run for lieutenant governor. As reported…
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Happy Fantastic Designs [272]
6/9/12: Burlington artist Joanne Kalisz has been selling her original designs silk-screened on apparel, handbags, and accessories under the guise of Happy Fantastic Designs since 2007. Eva caught up with Joanne at Happy Fantastic HQ and at her Burlington Farmers’ Market booth. Music: The Smittens, The Coolest Thing About Love, “Half My Heart Beats,” “Baby,…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating a break-in at a Little League snack bar in La Mesa, Calif., promptly located the culprits by following “a trail of chips, candy and other snacks leading away from the scene and up the street,” Sgt. Colin Atwood said. Officers found more snacks behind a vehicle, searched the home that…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you play solitaire, your luck will be crazy strong in the coming weeks. If you have candid, wide-ranging talks with yourself in the mirror, the revelations are likely to be as interesting as if you had spoken directly with the river god or the angel of the sunrise. Taking long…
Good Impressions
Art Review: “Impressed: Vermont Printmakers 2012,” Helen Day Art Center
Letters to the Editor
Plattsburgh Wants F-35s If only the Air Force would consider Plattsburgh, N.Y. [“F-35 or Bust? Other Towns Clamor for ‘the Most Expensive Weapon Ever,’” May 30]. We have one of the longest runways in the Northeast — long enough to land the space shuttle. We sorely miss the roar of the KC-135 and FB-111 overhead.…
Say Cheese! The Cabot Labeling Saga Continues
Welcome to Cheesegate: Cabot Creamery’s decision to change its logo is still making waves (or should we say wheyves?) in the Green Mountain State. In case you missed the kerfuffle last week: Cabot dropped the state, and name, of Vermont from some of its packaging. The company says it began quietly making the change about a year…
New CEDO Director Wins Grudging Support From Burlington Progs, Faces Challenges
The Burlington mayor’s office and the Community and Economic Development Office, both located in City Hall, share a connection that is symbolic as well as physical. CEDO is in fact a creation of the mayor, having been established by Bernie Sanders in 1983 as a means of implementing progressive plans for the Queen City. This…
