This week’s Art Hop issue is on newsstands now. But fear not, news junkies! We’ve got the usual bunch of news and politics, too. Here’s what you’ll find:
- Bicycle theft is a never-ending problem in Burlington. Would a police registry help?
- Massage parlors around Vermont were busted for offering sexual services earlier this year. This Chinese spa in Barre fell under intense scrutiny, too — but it’s totally legitimate.
- Pine Street sidewalks (where they exist) always get claustrophobic during the Art Hop in Burlington. Why won’t the city close off parts of the street?
- Dartmouth College students have fanned out across the Upper Valley, finding immersive, mesmerizing stories for an online literary project.
- A University of Vermont professor is drawing the lightning bolt-shaped line between reading Harry Potter books and the politics of young Americans.
- And in Fair Game: Leahy, Sanders and Welch weigh whether to support President Obama’s proposal for air strikes in Syria.


