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COVER & DESIGN AARON SHREWSBURY

Issue of
Jan 7-13, 2015
Vol. 20, No. 18

Three Ways Vermonters Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint — and Dial Back Global Warming — At Home; Solar Helps Power an Energy Makeover in Rutland;

Digital Edition

Getting to Zero: Three ways Vermonters can reduce their carbon footprint — at home
- by Pamela Polston

News

» Cover Story - Environment
Getting to Zero: Three ways Vermonters can reduce their carbon footprint — at home
by Pamela Polston
Tags: Environment, Energy, efficiency, clean energy, renewable energy, net zero, carbon, fuel, climate change, global warming

Environment
Does the Ultra-efficient Passive House Point the Way to Carbon Neutrality?
by Ken Picard
Tags: Environment, Energy, solar energy, solar, renewable, sustainability, renewable energy, energy efficiency, passive home, passive house, global warming, carbon footprint

Environment
Retrofitting: Saving Energy (and Environment) in a 1950s House
by Amy Lilly
Tags: Environment, energy, environment, fossil fuel, fuel, solar, photovoltaic, solar panels, renewable energy, electric car, carbon neutral, carbon footprint, electricity, net zero, energy efficiency, global warming

Fair Game
Round Two: A Wild Week in Vermont Politics
by Paul Heintz
Tags: Fair Game, Peter Shumlin, Scott Milne, legislature, health care, vermont health connect

Politics
New Districts, Candidates in Landmark Queen City Election
by Alicia Freese
Tags: Politics, elections, miro weinberger, mayor, mayoral race, city council, burlington, democrat, republican, progressive

Crime
Vermont Crime Lab Struggles to Stay Legit
by Mark Davis
Tags: Crime, Law Enforcement, forensics, laboratory, lab work, lab equipment, evidence

Environment
Power to the People: Envisioning Rutland as 'Energy City of the Future'
by Kathryn Flagg
Tags: Environment, Energy, solar, solar panels, renewable energy, sustainability, clean energy, microgrid, Green Mountain Power

Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor (01/07/15)
Tags: Letters to the Editor, feedback, letters, opinion, reaction, response

Arts + Culture

Stuck in Vermont
Sledding Adventure [SIV382]
by Eva Sollberger
Tags: Stuck in Vermont, sledding, winter sports, smuggler's notch road, stowe, max speed, hammerhead sleds, Spruce Base Camp, Stowe Mountain Resort, Video

Arts News
Vermont Arts Council Plans 'Year of the Arts'
by Pamela Polston
Tags: Arts News, arts council, Vermont Arts Council, artists, writers, fine art, musicians, music, photography, photographers, writing, writers, Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden, Shelburne Museum

Visual Art
Stowe's West Branch Gallery Shifts Gears and Keeps on Growing
by Xian Chiang-Waren
Tags: Visual Art, Art, sculpture, sculptor, West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park

Books
Book Review: Almost Famous Women by Megan Mayhew Bergman
by Amy Lilly
Tags: Books, Allegra Byron, famous women, Beryl Markham, Hazel Eaton, Romaine Brooks, Lucia Joyce, literature, stories, biography, biographies, feminists, feminism, Northshire Bookstore

Hackie
Ray, a Drop of Golden Sun
by Jernigan Pontiac
Tags: Hackie, cabbie, cab, driver, taxi, passenger

Arts News
Short Takes on Film: Celebrating Tunbridge, Petitioning Burton
by Margot Harrison
Tags: Arts News, tunbridge, tunbridge world fair, history, film

News Quirks
News Quirks (1/07/15)
by Roland Sweet
Tags: News Quirks, oddities, strange, unusual, weird, bizarre, odd

Ask Athena
I Am So Embarrassed by My Small Penis Size
by Athena
Tags: Ask Athena, love, sex, romance

Free Will Astrology
Free Will Astrology (1/07/15)
by Rob Brezsny
Tags: Free Will Astrology, fortune, future, prophesy, prediction, omen

Food + Drink

On Tap
On Tap: Zero Gravity Craft Brewery
by Hannah Palmer Egan
Tags: On Tap, Zero Gravity, craft beer, brewing, craft brewery, American Flatbread, vermont beer, American Flatbread (Burlington Hearth), Zero Gravity Craft Brewery, American Flatbread Burlington Hearth

Restaurant Reviews
Taste Test: Parkside Kitchen
by Alice Levitt
Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Restaurant Reviews, baked goods, dining, breakfast, lunch, dinner, pizza, macaroni, fried chicken, lasagna, Parkside Kitchen, The Kitchen Table Bistro, Restaurant Reviews

Food News
Homebrewing Competition Gives Local Brewers Big Opportunities
by Hannah Palmer Egan
Tags: Food News, homebrew, homebrewing, brewing competition, craft beer

Food News
Burlington to Get an Arcade Bar
by Alice Levitt
Tags: Food News, barcade, bar, video games, cocktails, beer, craft beer, craft cocktails, The Archives

Food News
Noonie Deli Returns to Burlington
by Alice Levitt
Tags: Food News, deli, lunch, breakfast sandwich, pastrami, roast beef, delivery, sandwiches, Noonie Deli (Middlebury), Noonie Deli (Essex), Noonie's Deli

Food News
Tight Squeeze Coffee Shop Opens in Burlington
by Hannah Palmer Egan
Tags: Food News, coffee, coffee shop, espresso, latte, hot chocolate, baked goods, Tight Squeeze Coffee Shop

Music

Music Feature
A Not-So Serious Look at the Year Ahead in Local Music
by Dan Bolles
Tags: Music Feature, DuPont Brothers, Lynguistic Civilians, Grace Potter

Music News + Views
Soundbites: Why Sergei Rules; A Look Ahead at 2015
by Dan Bolles
Tags: Music News + Views, swale, Caroline Rose, phil yates, maryse smith, michael chorney, sturgill simpson, rick norcross, The Monkey House, Monkey House

On Screen

Movie+TV Reviews
Big Eyes
by Rick Kisonak
Tags: Movie Reviews, Video

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