Updated below with comment from Burlington Police Chief Michael Schirling and Vermont State Police spokesperson Stephanie Dasaro. Burlington's deputy police chief was allegedly caught in…
Does Burlington have a gang problem? Certainly nothing like the one turning Chicago’s neighborhoods into urban battlefields this summer. But Mary Alice McKenzie, executive…
Danilo Lopez, the Mexican farm worker who became a cause célèbre for Vermont's undocumented farm laborers, won a reprieve in his deportation case today. U.S.…
Here's what's news in this week's print edition of your friendly neighborhood weekly, Seven Days: For our cover story, Megan James and Corin Hirsch spent…
Jen Sorensen has published comics in the Progressive, Ms. Magazine, Daily Kos, NPR.org, Politico, AlterNet, LA Times and numerous alternative newspapers nationwide, including Seven…
Pick up this week's print issue of Seven Days and behold .... animals! Cute. Fuzzy. Ridiculously Adorable. Animals. But there's still plenty of news —…
. Vermont's most powerful politician has gone to bat for Danilo Lopez, the 23-year-old migrant farmworker activist fighting deportation back to Mexico. In a letter…
Mexican farmworker leader Danilo Lopez has scored two high-profile supporters in his campaign to fight deportation and stay in Vermont. On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders…
Police have finally taken action against one of the Asian massage parlors outed by Seven Days for prostitution and possible human trafficking. On Thursday…
Local police aren't certain how to respond to revelations that Asian women in Chittenden County massage parlors were performing sex acts for money. But one…
In this week's wood pulp-and-ink edition of Seven Days: Burlington's Parks and Recreation Department has struggled with management and morale problems for years. Can…
By all outward appearances, Burlington’s public parks are clean and green — the envy of any small city in America. The infield grass at Smalley Park’s…
Updated below with comment from IBM spokesman Gov. Peter Shumlin this morning confirmed what has been rumored for weeks: IBM is laying off workers nationwide…
Davis.Sen. Peter Galbraith (D-Windham) has a nickname for the summer-study committees that keep state lawmakers busy after the legislature adjourns in May. He mockingly…
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