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Feb 1-7, 2023
Vol. 28, No. 17

Peter Edelmann is Transforming an Essex Mall Into a Town Center and Vermont 'Experience'; Black High School Athletes Speak Out About Racism in Vermont Sports; Morrisville's Concept2 Rowing Machines Propel the Action at the World Rowing Indoor Championships; Burlington’s Paradiso Hi-Fi Spins Tunes and Plates

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Peter Edelmann is Transforming an Essex Mall Into a Town Center and Vermont 'Experience'
- By Ken Picard

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» Cover Story - Business
Peter Edelmann is Transforming an Essex Mall Into a Town Center and Vermont 'Experience'
By Ken Picard
Tags: Business, Peter Edelmann, Essex, Essex Experience, Magic Mann, Double E Performance Center's T-Rex Theater, Essex Cinemas & T-Rex Theater, Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling, Purple Sage, Junction, ArtHound Gallery, The Essex Culinary Resort & Spa

Education
Black High School Athletes Speak Out About Racism in Vermont Sports
By Alison Novak
Tags: Education, racism, racial abuse, high school sports, Rice Memorial High School, Gamana Haji, Hawa Awayle, Anyier Manyok, Sienna Pitts

Business
Morrisville's Concept2 Rowing Machines Propel the Action at the World Rowing Indoor Championships
By Carolyn Shapiro
Tags: Business, Concept2, rowing, indoor rowing, rowing machine, World Rowing Indoor Championships

A Youth-Activism Camp in Marshfield Stands Up to a Zoning Complaint From the Town
By Rachel Hellman
Tags: News, Our Towns, Marshfield, Uprise! Youth Activism Summer Camp, camps, protest, activism

True 802
A Burlington Pup Visited Every Vermont Town — and Peed in Most, Too
By Rachel Hellman
Tags: True 802, 251 Club of Vermont, Sophie, dogs, pee, 251 club

Education
Mentoring Programs Help Vermont Youths But Desperately Need Volunteers
By Colin Flanders
Tags: Education, Mentoring, mentor program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermont

Business
Longtime Sailing Center Is a Casualty of the Lake Champlain Real Estate Boom
By Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Business

Residents to Move Into Elmwood Avenue Pods This Week
By Rachel Hellman
Tags: News, Elmwood Shelter, Shelter Pods, Pods, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Burlington

Arts + Culture

Magnificent 7
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, February 1-7

The temperatures are dropping, but there's no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect learn and have a good time. We've compiled seven must-do events including Electric Dreams, a high-energy Vermont Symphony Orchestra program featuring electric violinist Tracy Silverman.
By Emily Hamilton
Tags: Magnificent 7, Electric Dreams, Hanna Leliv, Lada Kolomiyets, Daryna Gladun, Veronika Yadukha, Rally Against Cancer, Winter Tree and Tracking Bioblitz Day, Ice on Fire, Green Mountain Chorus, Winter Blossoms

251
251: Skiing On the Cheap at Cochran's in Richmond
By Sally Pollak
Tags: 251, Seven Days Aloud, Seven Days Aloud, 251, skiing, Richmond, Cochran's Ski Area, Seven Days Aloud

Visual Art
Activist Crafter Jayna Zweiman Talks Welcome Blankets in Winooski
By Amy Lilly
Tags: Visual Art, Welcome Blanket, Jayna Zweiman, blankets, immigrant, refugees, migrants, Heritage Winooski Mill Museum

Books
Poet and Translator Robin Myers Receives NEA Grant
By Benjamin Aleshire
Tags: Books

Theater
Theater Review: ’Bov Water, Northern Stage
By Alex Brown
Tags: Theater, Bov Water, Northern Stage, Celeste Jennings

Visual Art
Marvin Fishman's Alla Prima Paintings Resemble Explosions
By Pamela Polston
Tags: Visual Art, South Burlington, Marvin Fishman, painting, South Burlington Public Library & City Hall

Ask the Rev.
Is a 20- to 30-Year Age Gap Realistic in a Relationship?
By The Reverend
Tags: Ask the Rev.

Now Playing
Now Playing in Theaters: February 1-7

In addition to Till, here's what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters.
By Margot Harrison
Tags: Now Playing

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Loving husband and father was also a skilled carpenter and a quick-witted poet

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Obituary: Helen Morse, 1929-2023

Energetic and gregarious woman always took the time to show her limitless love for family and friends

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Former service member made friends wherever he went with his quick wit and big heart

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Obituary: Robin Mazza Boyer, 1958-2023

Colchester woman lived for her grandchildren and was married to the love of her life for 45 years

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Italian-born woman lived a life of faith and tradition

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Obituary: Todd Fisk, 1967-2023

Proud husband and father was deeply interested in politics, social change, films and pie baking

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The temperatures are dropping, but there's no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect learn and have a good time. We've compiled seven must-do events including Electric Dreams, a high-energy Vermont Symphony Orchestra program featuring electric violinist Tracy Silverman.

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On Screen

In addition to Till, here's what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters.

Life Lines

Former actuary had a sense of adventure and close ties to Lake Champlain

Avid fan of drag racing embraced the joys of life and walked his faith each day

Loving husband and father was also a skilled carpenter and a quick-witted poet

Energetic and gregarious woman always took the time to show her limitless love for family and friends

Former service member made friends wherever he went with his quick wit and big heart

Colchester woman lived for her grandchildren and was married to the love of her life for 45 years