Grateful for our 30 years and missing you deeply. I reach a contentment “one shade away from sadness”; this grief a powerful learning. “In the stillness of remembering, what you had, and what you lost.” Happy Birthday, dear Pam.
First Lady Jill Biden touched down at Burlington International Airport on Wednesday to tout job creation and career prep at the headquarters of electric aviation startup Beta Technologies alongside Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, and the members of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation. The highly choreographed 90-minute event was part of a weekslong road show to…
Avid runner brought people together on the trails for fun and camaraderie
Helen Morse’s family and friends are invited to join us in a celebration of her life, to take place in our backyard in Essex Junction on May 20. Please contact me at janmorse@comcast.net for additional information.
Three years without your big hugs and wonderful humor. You will live in our hearts and thoughts, loved deeply every single day. We know your eternal spirit has found peace. Forever and always. “Those we love can never truly leave us. There are things that death cannot touch.” —Jack Thorne
As the sun went down over Middlebury on Sunday night, about 150 community members gathered in front of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church for a prayer vigil for Rebecca Ball, a 17-year-old high school student who has been missing for four days. Ball, who goes by Becca, was last seen near the southern end of Wright…
When Vera Vukas, age 6, was asked in art class to illustrate her immediate family, she didn’t stop after drawing Mom, Dad and brother Niko. Grandma and Grandpa also made the cut. “We are one family group,” explained Vera’s mother, Dawn Vukas. “It’s a different type of relationship.” The drawing, which Dawn displays on a…
new in theaters DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES: Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez play adventurers seeking a relic in this action flick set in the world of the fantasy role-playing game. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein directed. (134 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Playhouse, Star, Stowe, Welden) HIS…
Since 2021, more than a dozen states, from New Hampshire to Florida, have passed legislation that limits teachers’ ability to discuss topics such as racism, slavery and civil rights with students. These bills — which often invoke poorly defined terms such as “divisive concepts,” “critical race theory” and “indoctrination” — have put already-stressed educators under…
People keep asking me when I’m going to retire. It’s a good question. I did a lot of living before Pamela Polston and I started Seven Days in 1995, almost 28 years ago. But I’ve spent nearly every waking hour since working on this business: at night, on weekends, during vacations. When I wasn’t shoulder…
Most Seven Days theme issues have some nominal time hook. The Wellness Issue runs in January, when folks are sobering up from the holidays and heading back to the gym. Love & Marriage pops up ahead of Valentine’s Day. Summer Preview hits stands before Memorial Day weekend. Money & Retirement is generally tied to tax…
Though born in Sydney, Australia, and now based in New York City, Charlie Hudson arrived at the University of Vermont in 2010 and has maintained a relationship with Burlington ever since. The studio art major graduated four years later and began to exhibit his work locally and beyond. In 2019, he was part of the…
Angela Pandis starts most of her personal finance classes with a question. On March 14, the Missisquoi Valley Union High School teacher asked students to ponder what people fear most about using credit cards. “Having to pay it back,” one student ventured. “Not being able to pay it off,” another said. The top answer from…
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Sometimes I give you suggestions that may, if you carry them out, jostle your routines and fluster your allies. But after trying out the new approaches for a short time, you may chicken out and revert to old habits. That’s understandable! It can be difficult to change your life. Here’s an…
Nicknamed “PoNeigh,” which rhymes with Monet, Pepperoni was already trained to pick up roses in his mouth. The 21-year-old miniature horse was part of the Trick Team at Plainfield’s Breckenridge Farm, a group that entertained audiences during equestrian events and community gatherings. It also included Pepperoni’s girlfriend, Tutti Frutti, a mini horse; a donkey called…
Michael Weiss stood apart from the group of protesters outside Chase bank in Burlington last week. He was a few feet and four or five decades removed from most of the people demonstrating on Church Street. Weiss, 24, is an environmental justice organizer for Rights & Democracy who attended the protest organized by Third Act,…
Are you RV-curious? Retirement signifies freedom, which, in turn, implies the ability to pick up and go whenever, wherever and with whomever you wish. The recreational vehicle, or RV, is widely considered a symbol of that liberty. You take your home with you. On March 18, 15 freedom-seekers showed up at South Burlington City Hall…
Courtney Deserves Kudos So proud and delighted to see Courtney Lamdin recognized and valued for her excellent writing, diligence, dedication to her craft, insight and ability to wade through the verbal nonsense in politics [From the Publisher: “‘Journalist Christmas,'” March 8]. I was the former editor of the Milton Independent for 18 years and…
It was a sweltering late summer day in 2001 when I wandered into Burlington’s Red Square, curious about the sounds emanating from the club in the middle of the day. I was new to town, just another asshole college student trying to get his bearings and find a bar to make my regular spot. Imagine…
“Greetings from Higher Ground. My name is Alex Crothers,” begins a letter to Michael Jager written on June 25, 1998. Crothers, the writer, was 22 at the time; two months earlier, he had cofounded the music venue Higher Ground in a Winooski strip mall. Jager headed JDK, Vermont’s biggest design company, whose clients included Phish,…
Central Vermont bandleader and guitarist Lewis Franco has been holding down the swinging side of jazz for the better part of two and a half decades. His sixth studio album, On the Sidelines, came out on Monday, and this time he’s tackling the work of some of his favorite Jewish composers. Franco traveled down to…
Dear Reverend, My husband and I have been married for 10 years. We haven’t been getting along for a while. We argue all the time about everything. He doesn’t want to talk about it, and he refuses to go to counseling. I’ve been thinking about getting a divorce, but I really don’t want to be…
(Self-released, digital) Nerdcore is an orphan of a subgenre. Where other conspicuously white spin-offs, such as ska and blue-eyed soul, take pains to pay respects to the great artists who inspired them, nerdcore exists completely detached from the history and culture of rap music. There are beats and there are rhymes, but otherwise it is…
There’s no getting around it: “Beacon of Light” is dark. That’s the title of a group exhibition in the main gallery at Studio Place Arts in Barre, and most of its 32 artworks address disturbing realities. But no wonder: The 21 participating artists responded to a pointed theme conceived by SPA executive director Sue Higby.…
(Self-released, digital) Spring is here and brings with it an energy that conjures up words like “release,” “do,” “bloom,” “impulsivity,” “color” and “light.” Sean Kehoe must have been feeding off springtime inspiration when he recorded his debut album, Dig, during a heat wave last May. The album, which features eight original songs, was recorded in…
Last month, a Montpelier woman catapulted her dad’s backlist novel to the top of the Amazon bestseller lists with a viral video in which she told his story. A similar act of love is the subject of The Book Keepers, Phil Wall’s documentary about his dad’s tireless efforts to bring his late mother’s book to…
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as TRUSTEE for AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-11 v. JESS FITZGERALD, VICKI LABOUNTY and PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC OCCUPANTS Of: 35 Almeron Drive, Morrisville VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order…
On his path to Broadway, pianist, composer and arranger Dan Alan Levine made a series of bold career moves. As a college student at the Manhattan School of Music in the early 1970s, he cut classes and snuck onto “The Dick Cavett Show” set by pretending to be in the house band — and eventually…
When three members of the Coburn family got sick over the Christmas holidays, they published a plea on the town email list for volunteers to help at their family-owned store in Strafford. Neighbors responded with more offers than they could accept. “A lady who just moved here from Florida was down here stocking shelves,” said…
Saving for retirement may be a virtue, but most who partake do so for a more prosaic reason: Their employer made it easy to sign up. Employer-sponsored accounts are the chief way that rank-and-file workers can build a nest egg. A gulf of savings, however, separates working Vermonters who have access to an employer plan…
Late last year, University of Vermont senior Cam Morrissey saw an opportunity to earn some extra money to help her make ends meet. She picked up a part-time gig at a local Dunkin’ shop — or, more accurately, at every Dunkin’ in the state. The 21-year-old business major from Troy, Mich., wasn’t slinging crullers and…
At first glance, a hamburger seems like a pretty simple thing. But the distance between burgers served at the average backyard barbecue and the mouthwatering double stack on a freshly baked bun at Waterworks Food + Drink in Winooski is light-years. Of course, the former will cost you maybe a few bucks in ingredients. The…
The routine of tipping is ingrained in the American restaurant experience: At the end of the meal, a server presents you with the check. You determine a percentage of the total, scribble it on the “tip” line, then add it up. The hardest part is summoning fifth grade math skills, unless you whip out a…
March 31 will be the last day of Vermont Everyone Eats, the state’s federally funded, pandemic-prompted food relief and economic development initiative. In its place, the Vermont Farmers Food Center is set to launch Rutland County Eats, a prepared-meals program supporting the county’s older population and people living in transitional housing. The Rutland-based nonprofit, which…
Artist worked with numerous groups to foster artistic spirit in the community
Watching Out Wednesday 5 Alison Bechdel, the iconic cartoonist behind “Dykes to Watch Out For” and Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, gives a First Wednesdays talk at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Bechdel discusses her career path from comic strip illustrator to graphic memoirist and her latest Vermont Book Award-winning work, The Secret to Superhuman Strength. High…
Love of the piano and singing were ever present in Shelburne woman’s life
Talented carpenter took pride in the house he built, loved the outdoors
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 set off a wave of worry across the world, and the ripples reached Vermont. Some Vermonters whose payroll was deposited at Silicon Valley initially wondered whether they would still be paid. A few Vermont banks reported that customers moved money from out-of-state institutions into their Vermont…
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