Motel owner Anil Sachdev has agreed to pay $300,000 in restitution to unhoused Vermonters who stayed in his properties on the state’s dime during the pandemic and never got their damage deposit when they left. Sachdev, the CEO of a company that owns seven motels in Rutland, Montpelier, Berlin, Barre and Brattleboro, received 429 security…
Devoted husband and U.S. Navy veteran served his country with honor
U.S. Air Force veteran, Vermont Superior Court judge and state representative lived a life of public service
Passionate fan of baseball and music carved a unique path, making all who met him grateful that they had
South Burlington woman was an LPN at Fanny Allen Hospital for more than 20 years
The family of Ezra Pouech asks that you join us to honor and celebrate the life of Ezra Pouech on February 17, 2023, 11 a.m., at the United Church of Hinesburg, located at 10570 Route 116 in Hinesburg, Vt. The service will be followed by a short reception at the Hinesburg Public House. There will…
Grand Isle man was a longtime educator, lifelong sailor and gracious host
Founding member of Burlington’s Hula lived life with curiosity and adventurousness, finding community wherever she went
Goddard College in Plainfield will eliminate its on-campus residency programs this fall and lay off a dozen members of its staff as it looks for ways to stay afloat amid slumping enrollment and rising costs. The online-only model is just an experiment, and not necessarily permanent, president Dan Hocoy said when he described the upcoming…
St. Albans coach and teacher impacted countless students during a 38-year career
The students in Joe Carroll’s new class at Montpelier High School talk about the kinds of things one might expect from teenagers — skiing, favorite movies, grades. But the 10 boys in an elective called Healthy Masculinity delve into more complex topics as well: the mixed messages they get about what it means to be…
As crisis calls to its counseling center rose during the pandemic, Norwich University administrators started looking for new ways to ease the adjustment from home to campus. “Students were at a place where they couldn’t really handle what was going on in their lives,” said Nicole Krotinger, director of counseling and wellness at the Northfield…
Rats had invaded the kitchen of an elderly woman’s home in rural Sharon by the time Dena Wilkie first visited two years ago. A family member had asked Wilkie, the town’s community care coordinator, to check on the woman, who was then 86 and used a wheelchair. Wilkie has returned to the woman’s home hundreds…
To young songwriters, writing music can seem like an act of sorcery. How do you get across an idea or emotion? How do you make something another person will actually want to listen to? Are you writing the music for you or for them, the imagined audience? Is the song too simple? Or have you…
When Doreen Keefe of Barre City tells people that she has a rare neurological disorder called trigeminal neuralgia, most people say they’ve never heard of it — until she mentions its nickname: the Suicide Disease. The chronic condition causes such intense and unrelenting pain in the face, jaw and head that many patients choose to…
Ali McGuirk is finally putting her stamp on her adopted music scene. Three years after the roots and soul singer-songwriter moved to Burlington from Massachusetts, she’s getting ready to hold down a residency at Radio Bean. Starting on January 17, McGuirk will play every Wednesday at the club, bringing along some of her favorite local…
For many of us, starting an exercise regimen can be a daunting proposition. But what if joining that new CrossFit class or a pickleball league is potentially life-threatening? That’s the reality for millions of people living with type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition in which the body doesn’t produce enough, or any, insulin. Insulin is…
Human breast milk is packed with nutrients, including proteins, antibodies, vitamins and minerals. But some postpartum women struggle to produce enough of it. Others make more milk than their baby needs. Enter donor milk centers — places that accept excess milk from lactating women, send it to regional milk banks to be processed, then distribute…
Since the beatnik heyday of the 1950s and ’60s, audience members at storytelling and poetry slam performances have shown their appreciation with finger snaps rather than handclaps. When a line resonates with a listener during a performance, the quieter gesture allows for spontaneous feedback that doesn’t disrupt the speaker’s flow. At these events, hearing every…
(Self-released, digital) Luminous Crush are a curious case. The duo is made up of two talented, accomplished musicians, Laura Molinelli and Bay Campbell, who hit the scene with 2016’s Lumina, a masterpiece of bedroom-produced dream pop. For all the assurance of their debut, Molinelli and Campbell never really inhabited that space again, only occasionally revisiting…
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): We all go through phases that feel extra plodding and pedestrian. During these times, the rhythms and melodies of our lives seem drabber than usual. The good news is that I believe you Capricorns will experience fewer of these slowdowns than usual in 2024. The rest of us will see you…
(Self-released, digital) Recording an album of original jazz compositions is a praiseworthy achievement for any musician, let alone one still in their twenties. But Connor Young’s been honing his trumpet skills since he was just 12 years old. With the release of his first solo project, Flight of the Starlings, the Vermont native struts out…
Dear Reverend, Everybody I know is doing Dry January. I’d never heard of it before, but it seems like it’s all the rage. I thought I’d give it a shot, but I fell off the wagon after only a week. Where did the idea come from, and why is it so popular? Should I be…
new in theaters ALL OF US STRANGERS: As he embarks on a new romance, a screenwriter (Andrew Scott) finds his long-dead parents still inhabiting his childhood home in this Golden Globe-nominated drama from Andrew Haigh (Weekend). With Paul Mescal and Claire Foy. (105 min, R. Roxy) AMERICAN FICTION ★★★★ Jeffrey Wright plays a novelist who…
Burlington has a lot of old homes that need some love. Dario Guizler is just the man to give it. Renovating aging housing stock takes hard work, and Guizler is nothing short of hardworking. He grew up in a small town on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, and came to the United States at age…
Cow Poke An udderly titillating article [Backstories 2023: “Funniest Fact Check,” December 27, 2023]. Patrick Mullikin San Miguel de Allende, Mexico ‘A Deep Loss’ [Re “Local Businessmen to Buy WDEV Radio From Squier Family,” January 11, online]: With the new owners’ ties to the Ethan Allen Institute and the Vermont GOP, the content of WDEV…
The title of a new group show at the Phoenix in Waterbury is slightly misleading: “Warp & Weft” seems to suggest a display of fiber arts. In fact, it is that and much more. Along with woven works, there are paintings, prints, drawings and mixed-media collages. The seven artists take different approaches with a variety…
The Balinese culture of Indonesia devotes one day each year to honoring Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of wisdom, learning and writing. On Saraswati Day, Balinese families dust off and repair their books, then display them in household shrines for veneration. Tim Brookes, a longtime Vermont author, journalist, college professor and founder of the Burlington-based nonprofit…
Quahog, short for poquahock, the Narragansett tribe’s word for hard-shelled clams, is not typically part of the Vermont vocabulary. But at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in St. Johnsbury, a chalkboard sign that reads “Quahog Dance Theatre” is set at the sidewalk’s edge most Tuesday and Thursday mornings. It advertises “FREE FUN” in the form of…
We’ve reached the season when prestige films come at us thick and fast, so this week I wanted to cover two that represent opposite ends of a spectrum. Fallen Leaves, the latest from renowned Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, is a minimalist love story. American Fiction, the first film directed by Cord Jefferson (a writer on…
Everyone at Seven Days looks forward to our end-of-year break. We labor double time to pull it off — producing two newspapers in one week — though work never really stops for a lot of us. I got plenty of emails, including some story pitches, on Christmas Day. But for the vast majority of Seven…
Feel the burn. No pain, no gain. Just do it. Whatever motivational meme gets your heart pumping and feet moving, many of us have health and fitness on the mind this time of year. New Year’s resolutions are often the catalyst for dieting, joining a gym or just generally cleaning up our acts after the…
Five years after Jovial King sold her digestive bitters and herbal tonics company, she called the new owner to ask how sales of the products were going. The response surprised her: Would she like to take Urban Moonshine back? King learned that Traditional Medicinals, the California tea company that had purchased Urban Moonshine for an…
In a limited series that hit Netflix on January 1, sets of identical twins follow different diets — one vegan, one omnivorous — for eight weeks to see how food choices and lifestyle affect their bodies. “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment” attempts to determine “if it’s about your greens, not your genes,”…
Food had always brought joy to Lisa Masé. That is, until a parasitic infection contracted from a meal in Indonesia precipitated years of physical and mental pain. “I could never have imagined that this meal, eaten thoughtfully and with gratitude for our hosts, would change my life forever,” Masé, 45, writes in her recently published…
After 29 years in business, Anne and Matt Whyte plan to close Vermont Homebrew Supply once they’ve sold through their inventory of equipment and ingredients for homebrewers, cidermakers and winemakers. The couple said they expect that to happen by the end of February. When Anne, 64, and Matt, 69, opened their shop at 147 East…
Almost four months after closing, the takeout-only location of Stone’s Throw pizzeria at 86 Ferry Road in Charlotte will reopen on January 30. The building has undergone a “pretty massive update to the septic” since September, co-owner Tyler Stratton said. That lengthy project — along with difficulty in staffing — “halted our business there but…
On January 9, Gourmet Provence relaunched as Morningside Bakery, adding Neapolitan-style pizza to the offerings at 37 Center Street in Brandon. Carrie and Matt Lewis purchased the bakery from longtime owners Line and Robert Barral on June 5. The Barrals, who listed their collection of businesses along Route 7 for sale in 2021, continue to…
Four months after opening at 3075 Main Street in Cabot, Headwaters Restaurant & Pub has closed, according to owner Russell Statman. “I learned that I cannot run the restaurant as an absentee owner,” Statman, a Burlington resident and lawyer, wrote by text. He said he still believes that the recently renovated space has potential and…
Jersey Girls Friday 19 Local drag legend Rhedd Rhumm returns to Higher Ground in South Burlington with her show Drag Me to the Shore. This installment features bigger hair, bigger numbers and a bigger cast of New Jersey performers, including punk rock princess Tastie, dancing diva Victoria Courtez and the Garden State’s leading drag musician,…
In loving memory of Andrew Scott Hallock, August 2, 1974-January 24, 2023. We think of our wonderful father, husband, son, brother, uncle and friend every…
