Artist, potter and teacher remembered for the genuine care she showed to everyone she met
Former Vermont resident was well known for his wit, humor, and zest for life
Journalist, publisher and entrepreneur founded numerous magazines, including Harrowsmith Country Life, a precursor to EatingWell
South Burlington woman lived a full life, every day, every moment
A celebration of life, in loving memory for James A. Spadaccini will be held at the Charlotte Congregational Church in Charlotte, Vt., on Saturday July 15 at 11 a.m. Please join us to honor Jim’s life with stories and memories.
Experienced cyclist was a tireless advocate for the rights of cyclists and pedestrians
Women’s rights champion was honored for volunteer community service with the Governor’s Commission on Women
Respite caregiver was always available to help and counsel
Survivor of German POW camp continued to serve fellow veterans throughout his life
The celebration of life service and committal for Elaine L. Begin, 69, will be held on Friday, June 16, 2023, at the Wilson Cemetery in Lower Websterville, Vt. Prelude will begin at 12:40 p.m., with the service at 1 p.m. She passed away on October 2, 2022. Arrangements are being made by Hooker Whitcomb Funeral…
A celebration of life for John Andrews, Lt. Col. U.S. Army (retired), who passed on November 3, 2022, will be held on June 24, 2023, 11 a.m., at the United Church of Underhill with inurnment to follow in the family lot in Underhill Flats Cemetery, where full military honors will be accorded this Vietnam veteran.…
New York native relocated to Vermont to be closer to family
Vitality is returning to Hardwick’s iconic yellow barn, a large, gambrel-roof dairy that was home to the Greensboro Garage for 30 years and has been empty since 2017. The 19th-century structure on Route 15 is being renovated to hold a Cabot Creamery visitors’ center that will sell Vermont food products — including lots of cheese. The…
Sometimes the most obvious stories are the hardest to spot. That was one of the lessons gleaned from the 2015 movie Spotlight, about the team of reporters at the Boston Globe who exposed the systematic abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests in Massachusetts. For decades, the scandal was right under the paper’s nose, but…
Black-and-white Holsteins may be Vermont’s most iconic cows, but Richard Silc prefers his cattle with a little splash of color. Since 2018, the metal artist in Stamford has been creating a herd of colorful cow sculptures at the entrance to his property on Route 100 in southern Vermont. Drivers delight in the bold bovines, which…
When Susan Rothenberg died in 2020 at the age of 75, the New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl noted that the groundbreaking artist had yet to receive a major museum retrospective. Perhaps such an exhibit is still to come. Meanwhile, Rothenberg fans can visit the Hall Art Foundation in Reading to see a survey of…
Ben & Jerry’s has put its localvore values into action by promoting a 34-year employee who rose through its ranks to be the company’s CEO. Dave Stever started as a tour guide at the Ben & Jerry’s Waterbury factory in 1988. He eventually assumed the role of chief marketing officer, a position he held for…
Dear Reverend, I’m the youngest in my family and also the only vegetarian. Any time we have a get-together involving food, I get picked on. Backyard barbecue season is the worst. With that upon us, do you have any tips for how to make them stop? Noah Beef (genderqueer, 22) Dear Noah Beef, As a…
It’s perfect, if coincidental, timing: The same week that Seven Days publishes a special issue on Vermont’s dairy industry, the Main Street Museum in White River Junction opens an exhibition of cow paintings. The 270 artworks are paint-by-number — though not necessarily by the rules. And yes, you read that right: There are 270 paintings,…
‘Language Evolves’ [Feedback: “Grammar Advice,” May 17] bemoans the use of “they” as a singular pronoun — not by nonbinary people but when the gender of the antecedent person is unspecified. Sorry, Jeremy, but that ship sailed 650 years ago. That’s when the singular “they” began to appear in writing. Four centuries later, the grammar…
For all of its charm and beauty, Vermont has struggled to be a place of acceptance for people who are not, you know, white-skinned. Look, does anyone really need me, a middle-aged white dude, to tell them that Vermont isn’t the most diverse spot on the map? Well, I was going to say no. But…
Migrant farmhands are here to stay. Over the past 25 years, workers from Mexico and Central America have become the backbone of Vermont’s dairy industry — as much a part of the rural landscape as the cows they milk. While most are in the United States illegally, they’ve provided a reliable workforce for farmers who…
For nearly 30 years, writer-director Nicole Holofcener has been quietly making adult-oriented comedies of manners, with no high concepts and no slapstick — the kind of movies you rarely see in theaters anymore. Her latest one, You Hurt My Feelings, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is currently playing at the Savoy Theater…
Blowtorch at Radio Bean, Burlington, May 26: The show must go on. If you caught last Friday’s Blowtorch set at Radio Bean and saw Justin Crowther behind the kit, you wouldn’t have been able to tell that anything was wrong. Soon after he arrived, I said hello and gave the Burlington Record Plant founder the…
Last June, Kris Smith Thyme asked Essex friends on Facebook if they wanted to gather to celebrate their LGBTQ identities. It was just a couple of months after the Morristown stabbing death of Fern Feather, a 29-year-old transgender woman, and the community was shaken by the tragedy. In the pouring rain, Smith Thyme and about…
(99 Records/Good Partners, digital) 99 Neighbors may be on unofficial hiatus, but that doesn’t mean the party’s over. After pushing the limits of the local scene, hopscotching between major cities like Chicago and Los Angeles, and crushing the festival circuit, the members of the Burlington-bred hip-hop collective are still making art — just not under…
Dairy farming occupies three-quarters of Vermont’s working agricultural landscape and has been a leading industry since the 19th century. Its impacts are all around us: the rolling green pastures and ramshackle, slate-roofed barns; the smell of manure on fields in springtime; and, of course, creemees. Whether we see, taste or smell it every day, dairy…
Rob Mann’s spirits soared as he flew over Addison County on March 24 in a Cessna piloted by his son, Caleb, who was taking his parents on a celebratory spin after earning his pilot’s license. Over Panton, however, Mann spotted something below that made his heart sink — a huge plume of brown water flowing into…
(Self-released, digital) Two decades ago, Upper Valley four-piece Shy Husky might have had some company in the local music scene. The ’90s-loving alt-rock outfit flies the flag for big, distorted guitars, pounding drums and the melodic, pop-infused vocals that so defined that rock and roll era. Nowadays, the quartet is one of the only bands…
GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20): I am weary of gurus who tell us the ego is bad and must be shamed. In my view, we need a strong and healthy ego to fuel our quest for meaning. In that spirit and in accordance with astrological omens, I designate June as Celebrate Your Ego Month for you…
Anson Tebbetts can tell you not only the number of teats on a cow but how to squeeze them without catching a faceful of raw milk. That’s because, long before he left a job in television news to become Vermont’s secretary of agriculture, Tebbetts spent his mornings crouched beneath cows at his parents’ hillside dairy…
Five years or so ago, dairy farming stopped being fun for Robert Bassett. He had taken pleasure for 30 years in managing his herd, working outdoors and being his own boss. He had chosen this life, dropping out of college, abandoning his plans to become an engineer, and returning to the 98 acres his grandfather…
new in theaters THE BOOGEYMAN: Bereaved sisters face a supernatural horror in this adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, starring Sophie Thatcher and Chris Messina and directed by Rob Savage (Host). (98 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Star, Sunset) HILMA: Tora Hallström and Lena Olin play Hilma af Klint, the pioneering abstract artist and mystic, in…
Before Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, there was Howard Wilcox. The patriarch of the Wilcox Ice Cream company, which was founded in 1928 in Manchester Village, died on May 21 of a heart attack. He was 80. Wilcox’s roots in Manchester run deep. His family settled there in 1892 and soon established Wilcox Dairy. In…
The bad news for Vermont dairy farmers: Americans are drinking less milk. Per capita consumption of milk fell almost 21 percent from 2010 to 2019, to just under half a cup per day, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. Younger Americans are drinking it less; kids are eating less cereal with…
For a dairy farmer, Jim Maille is a late riser. He wakes at 6 a.m. and often grabs a sandwich for breakfast before heading to the barn. “Two slices of bread, some mayo, bologna, and you’re out the door,” he said. Jim, 62, lives with his wife, Sylvia, and their 25-year-old son, Ben, in a…
The cozy tavern at Maple and St. Paul streets in Burlington now houses a new eatery — this one with a focus on chicken wings. Wings @ Maple opened on May 19 at 205 St. Paul Street, in the space most recently occupied by St. Paul Street Gastrogrub. David and Jie Lee said they always…
What happens to the dairy farms that stop milking and sell off their cows? That’s an important question in Vermont, where the number of dairy farms continues to plummet and interest in saving the working agricultural landscape is intense. Seven Days spoke with the owners of seven new enterprises situated on former dairy farms. Here’s…
Piecemeal Pies has closed both of its locations, in White River Junction and Stowe, according to co-owner Justin Barrett, who declined to share further details. The original restaurant opened in White River Junction in 2016 and built a reputation for its Vermont take on the British meat pie with sturdy crusts and many locally sourced…
Take a Dance Friday 2-Sunday 4 ANIMAL Dance presents Tender Hearts, an evening of mythical movement directed by Hanna Satterlee, at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center’s Black Box Theater in Burlington. Four local dancers weave together vulnerable movement with their personal stories to create an intimate show about human connection. Reception follows on Saturday.…
