The Fashion Issue
Fashion Suits Clarence Davis – Burlington’s Best Dressed Dude; The Murky Economics of Organic Milk; Time to Pick the Daysies
Frodo in Penny Cluseshire
Today I decided to take my lunch at Penny Cluse. I say “take my lunch” because it sounds fancy. Like I’m a lady who lunches with endless free time and a husband who doesn’t mind footing the bill. Ah, someday. For now I’m a workin’ girl, just a step on the boss man’s ladder. (Thank…
VPR Reporter Is Keeping Tabs on Iranian Election
Vermont Public Radio editor and reporter Steve Zind is no doubt keeping track of today’s elections in Iran more closely than are most of us in Vermont. There are multiple candidates in the race, but the two attracting the most supporters are current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former Prime Minister Mir Hussein Moussavi. If no…
Missing: Farm Animals and Clothespin People
It seemed like Burlington’s Spring Move Out Project on Loomis Street a couple weeks ago was a big success… but not for one woman who lives in the area. One of our writers came across this item in a posting on Front Porch Forum today: While we were moving during the weekend of June 1st…
Swine flu update: Fletcher Allen confirms first H1N1 case among its own staff
The New York Times reported this afternoon that the World Health Organization has raised its alert on swine flu to its highest level, the first designation of a global pandemic in 41 years. Meanwhile, in Vermont, Fletcher Allen Health Care, the state’s largest hospital, has confirmed that one of its own doctors contracted the novel…
Compost or Die
Yesterday I heard a report on the inimitable “All Things Considered” on NPR that San Francisco just passed a law requiring people to compost. Well, not exactly. The law actually says that people are prohibited from throwing away things such as coffee grounds, orange peels or leftovers that have been sitting in the fridge since…
Senator Shumlin: On the Nuclear Offensive – *UPDATED*
SEE UPDATE BELOW – Vermont Yankee spokesman takes exception to the hiring of Arnie Gunderse, deeming it “unwarranted.” With the dust barely settled from the recently concluded legislative session, at least one lawmaker is already looking toward the next session. Yesterday, Senate President Peter Shumlin (D-Windham) announced to the Douglas administration that the legislature was…
RETN Calls Comcast’s Bluff
The dispute between Comcast and the Regional Educational Technology Network entered a new phase today, with RETN officials calling on the telecom giant to release its overdue audit of the nonprofit’s finances. For background on this story, check out “Fair Game” and Blurt. After contract talks stalled, Comcast asked state regulators to absolve it from…
The Hills Are Alive… With the Sound of Former Child Actors
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens! I don’t believe it! The fictional von Trapp kids from the iconic movie The Sound of Music are reuniting at Trapp Family Lodge from June 14-18. And you can meet them! No way! They’ll be dedicating an apple tree in memory of Werner von Trapp, who passed away…
Shay Totten on WPTZ
Back in April, we announced that Seven Days had entered into a partnership with WPTZ Newschannel 5. Each week, political columnist Shay Totten and music editor Dan Bolles appear on the 11 p.m. newscast — Shay on Tuesday night, and Dan on Thursday. Shay previews his upcoming “Fair Game” column, and Dan previews the big…
Time to Pick the Daysies!
It’s time again to vote for your favorite local stuff in our annual “best of” Daysies competition. Click here to complete the online survey. Voting ends Friday, June 26 at 6 p.m. We’ll announce the winners on Wednesday, August 5. Thanks for helping us pick the Daysies!
Letters to the Editor
HOE, SWEET HOE As a small farmer, I was glad to see Amy Picchi’s story highlighting the South Village model [“Plated Community,” May 13], which integrates a working farm into a residential development project. The integration of agricultural and residential offers a promising solution to land access, access to healthy food and a need for…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Four men trying to steal a pickup truck in Jefferson County, Ark., didn’t get very far because it wouldn’t run. Undeterred, they were pushing the vehicle when a sheriff’s deputy spotted them near the county jail. Sheriff’s officials told the Pine Bluff Commercial that the vehicle wouldn’t start because it was being…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for June 10 – 17, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): So you’re trying to tell me that the way out is the way in. Is that right? And that the “wrong” answer just might be the right answer? And that success, if it…
Reinventing the Past
Art Review: “Inspired Stories: Artists Reflect on the Historical Collection of the Sullivan Museum,” a group exhibit in mixed media. Sullivan Museum and History Center, Norwich University, Northfield. Through August 28.
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Ava Bishop [SIV132]
6/8/09: Fashion in VT? Local designer Ava Bishop is making it stylish to be a Vermonter. Music: Missy Bly, Missy Bly 3, “Handmade Love” Try Missy Bly’s stylish soaps at the Burlington Art Market on Saturdays in City Hall Park. 6/6/09: Joe Jack Talcum of Dead Milkmen fame performs at The Bobbin whilst nimble crafters…
Saving Loads: Money- and Earth-Saving Tips for Laundry Day
Getting By: How Vermonters Are Surviving the Recession
Shaken and Stirring
A conversation with Pink Martini founder, bandleader and musical ambassador Thomas Lauderdale
Still 99.8 Percent Jazz Free!
Soundbites: Still 99.8 Percent Jazz Free!, Curses! (Are Fun), Whistlin’ Dixie, Summer of [Still Blank], Bite Torrent
