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News
Route 2 Businesses See 'Collateral Damage' Weeks After Flood
Plainfield Hardware wasn’t damaged in the flooding that devastated nearby downtown Plainfield on July 10. But the store is taking a different kind of hit… -
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Arts + Culture
Q&A: Repairing a Historic Smokestack From a Floating Basket
The Winooski Falls Mill District is known for its industrial history — the riverbanks are still lined with massive textile mills and towering smokestacks.… -
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Arts + Culture
Video: Repointing the Chace Mill Smokestack With Two Men in a Basket Held Aloft by a Crane
Episode 702
Eva Sollberger recently caught a ride in a metal basket dangling above the Winooski River to see two masons repointing the Chace Mill's iconic brick smokestack, built in the early 1900s. A 175-foot-tall crane held the "man basket" in place as it swayed in the breeze. The epic view was worth the trip. -
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Arts + Culture
Q&A: Vermonters Share Their Flood Stories
Across the state, as torrential rain and flash flooding caused destruction and chaos last week, Vermonters posted videos and photos online of their battered… -
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News
Burlington Asks Residents to Conserve Water After Sewer Pipe Breaks
The City of Burlington is urging residents in a large swath of the New North End to reduce the amount of water and waste… -
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Arts + Culture
Video: Catastrophic Flooding in Vermont
Episode 694
Flash flooding and rain caused destruction and chaos across Vermont on Monday and Tuesday. Videos and photos of it filled Vermonters' social media feeds. Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger filmed the raging Winooski River in Burlington and Winooski and crowdsourced footage from around the state. -
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News
Rising Rivers Cause Catastrophic Flooding in Montpelier, Barre
Downtown Montpelier and Barre were underwater on Tuesday as the Winooski River and its tributaries exceeded their banks beyond levels seen during Tropical Storm… -
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Arts + Culture
Video: Old East End Neighbors Volunteer at Greenmount Cemetery
Episode 645
Stuck in Vermont: The South End and the Old and New North Ends are Burlington's best-known neighborhoods. Looking to break into that group is the newly christened Old East End. Eva Sollberger visits nearby Greenmount Cemetery with a neighborhood volunteer who's been cleaning its headstones during the pandemic. -
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Food + Drink
Dining on a Dime: Bluebird Barbecue
Earlier this spring, Bluebird Barbecue expanded its hours to include lunch six days a week. Now the restaurant on Riverside Avenue in Burlington is… -
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Arts + Culture
WTF: How Can Someone Sell Rights Over a River in Montpelier?
As "for sale" signs go, this one is bizarre but dead serious. If you stand on the north side of the Rialto Bridge, on… -
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News
Boy Found Dead After Falling Into Winooski River
Updated at 5:55 p.m. Authorities on Wednesday afternoon recovered the body of an 11-year-old boy who slipped and fell into the Winooski River on Tuesday… -
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Arts + Culture
Why Is There a House in the Middle of the Winooski River?
Regular visitors to Wrightsville Reservoir in Montpelier may have spotted a long-abandoned house situated in a most precarious location: on a tiny island in… -
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Arts + Culture
'Dancer' Sculpture on the Winooski River
The banks of the Winooski River are scattered with reminders of the area's industrial past. Recent municipal efforts to beautify downtown Winooski and the…
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