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Issue of
Jul 19-25, 2017
Vol. 22, No. 45

In Rural Vermont, the Landline Is Still a Lifeline; ‘Dr. Blacksmith’ Brings Heavy Metal to the Maritime Museum; Because Beer, a Tour of Vermont’s Nanobreweries

Digital Edition

End of the Line? As Vermonters Cut the Cord, Rural Phone Customers Hear Static
- by Terri Hallenbeck

News

» Cover Story - Tech
End of the Line? As Vermonters Cut the Cord, Rural Phone Customers Hear Static
by Terri Hallenbeck
Tags: Tech, FairPoint Communications, Vermont Department of Public Service's Telecommunications and Connectivity Division, Franklin Telephone, Consolidated Communications, Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom, Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies

Education
Deaths Prompt Review of Swimming, Safety Programs for New Americans
by Kymelya Sari
Tags: Education, Ali Muhina, Christian Kibabu, drowning, swimming, swimming lessons, swimming safety, New Americans, Winooski, Burlington, Winooski Memorial Library, Oakledge Park

Environment
Three and a Half Feet Under: Cemeteries Are Wary of Green Burials
by Terri Hallenbeck
Tags: Environment, green brutal, natural burial, Green Burial Vermont, death, cemeteries

Development
Cambrian Rising: A Massive Project Advances Quietly in the Queen City
by Katie Jickling
Tags: Development, Burlington, Cambrian Rise, housing, North Avenue, Eric Farrell, Ferrell Real Estate

True 802
A Rash of Goat Thefts Has Vermont Farmers Scratching Their Heads
by Sasha Goldstein
Tags: 802 Much, goats, goat theft, Amber Connolly, Randolph, Sarah Nolin

Arts + Culture

LGBTQ
License, Registration and Pronoun: Troopers Take Transgender Training
by Alicia Freese
Tags: LGBTQ, Vermont State Police, LGBTQ community, transgender, transgender training, police training, Pride Center of Vermont, racial bias, gender bias

Visual Art
'Dr. Blacksmith' Lights a Fire at the Maritime Museum
by Ken Picard
Tags: Visual Art, Warren Rinehart, blacksmith, blacksmithing, metalworking, Vergennes, surgeon, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, The Residence at Otter Creek

Culture
VNA Provides Day Care to New American Elders
by Kymelya Sari
Tags: Culture, Visiting Nurse Association, Adult Day Program, Age Well, New Americans, elder care

Art Review
Hunter Eddy's Updated Classic Paintings at the Supreme Court
by Meg Brazill
Tags: Art Review, Hunter Eddy, painting, oil painting, still life, Renaissance, Vermont Supreme Court Gallery

WTF
Who Chooses That Annoying Music on Ice Cream Trucks?
by Ken Picard
Tags: WTF, ice-cream-truck songs, ice-cream-truck, Mr. Ding-A-Ling, Gary Hathaway, ice cream

Work
They Shoe Horses, Don't They? A Farrier Tells All
by Elizabeth M. Seyler
Tags: Work, Deanna Stoppler, Farrier, Horse and Sole Hoof Care, horses, horseshoe

Visual Art
Battery Street Jeans Brings 'Girls! Girls! Girls! to Town
by Sadie Williams
Tags: Visual Art, Burlington, Emily Herr, Sarah Apple, mural, Girls Girls Girls, Battery Street Jeans

Theater
Summer Pride Theater Returns to the Chandler
by Jacqueline Lawler
Tags: Theater, Vermont Pride Theater at Chandler, Summer Pride Theater Festival, Out of the Closet, Family Holiday, Sharon Rives, Vermont Pride Center, Chandler Center for the Arts

Film
New Exhibit Chronicles Haiti Films of Two Vermont Artist-Activists
by Rachel Elizabeth Jones
Tags: Film, Peace & Justice Center, Margaret Coleman, Robin Lloyd, experimental film, Haiti, Vodou, feminism, activism, Champlain College Art Gallery, Burlington City Arts

Visual Art
Grace Amber's Artwork Is Literally Trash
by Rachel Elizabeth Jones
Tags: Visual Art, Grace Amber, trash, garbage, Trash Mounds, Studio Place Arts

Creative Writing
These Two Ladies Created a Site for All Things Literary
by Julia Shipley
Tags: Creative Writing, Words, Shari Altman, Rebecca Siegel, Literary North, Poetry & Pie, literary events, Sweetland Farm

Ask Athena
Ask Athena: I Found Gay Porn on My Dad's Computer
by Athena
Tags: Ask Athena, relationships, marriage, porn, gay porn

Humor
The Parmelee Post: Brewers Fest Exit Inspires Burlington's First Annual Leap Frog Relay
by Bryan Parmelee
Tags: Humor, Parmelee Post, satire, Humor, Humor

Seriously
Seriously: Live Green and Die, Database Danger and Grand Theft Goat-O
by Bryan Parmelee
Tags: Seriously, green burial, facial recognition, election integrity commission, voter data, goats, goat theft, Video

Food + Drink

First Bite
Middlebury's Coriander Aims to Please
by Suzanne Podhaizer
Tags: First Bite, Middlebury, Coriander, Jennifer Sabourin, Dave Laferriere-Hall, Dustin Simmons, Restaurant Reviews

Food News
Two Restaurants Now Serving Up CBD-Laced Food
by Hannah Palmer Egan
Tags: Food News, Athena Scheidet, Cannabeat, cannabidiol, CBD, Green Goddess Café, Green Mountain CBD, Monarch & the Milkweed, Tim Callahan

Food + Drink Features
More Beer! Tiny Vermont Breweries Off the Beaten Path
by Hannah Palmer Egan, Sally Pollak and Andrea Suozzo
Tags: Food + Drink Features, Vermont Brewers Festival, beer, brewing, Brocklebank Craft Brewing, Cousins Brewing, Four Quarters Brewing, Next Trick Brewing, Frost Beer Works, Burlington Beer Company, Queen City Brewery, Localfolk Smokehouse, Red Barn Brewing, Simple Roots Brewing, Stone Corral Brewery, Ten Bends Beer, Stone Corral

Food News
Burlington's Bangkok Bistro Reopens in New Spot
by Sally Pollak
Tags: Food News, Burlington, Bangkok Bistro in the Alley, Bobby Chompupong, Bangkok Bistro, Champ Chompupong, Kanni Sangkhanond

Food + Drink Features
Eat This Week, July 19 to 25, 2017: Wet and Wild
by Hannah Palmer Egan
Tags: Food + Drink Features, Foam Brewers, Brookfield Old Town Hall, Beau Butchery + Bar, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Hotel Vermont, Beau

Food News
Montpelier Pop-Up Serves Cans 'n' Clams
by Sally Pollak
Tags: Food News, Montpelier, Joe's Kitchen at Screamin' Ridge Farm, Joe Buley, Wood Mountain Fish, Cans 'n' Clams, seafood, beer, cider, wine

Food News
Tip Top Café Changes Its Name to Thyme
by Hannah Palmer Egan
Tags: Food News, White River Junction, Eileen McGuckin, Tip Top Café, Vermont Fresh Network, Peter Bayliss, Thyme

Music

Music Feature
A Brief Guide to Upcoming Vermont Album Releases
by Jordan Adams
Tags: Music Feature, Bison, Willverine, Eric George, Guthrie Galileo, Mal Maiz, Rough Francis, Brett Hughes, Madaila, Ivamae, Miriam Bernardo

Music News + Views
Soundbites: So Far, So Good
by Jordan Adams
Tags: Music News + Views, Sofar Sounds, Hannah Fair, North End Honeys, Bob Wagner, Adventure Dog, Brian McCarthy, Reuben Jackson, Craig Mitchell, Chia, Pride Center of Vermont, Calais Concer, Anna & Elizabeth, Video

Album Review
Album Review: Chad Hollister Band, 'Stop the World'
by Jordan Adams
Tags: Album Review, Chad Hollister Band, Stop the World

On Screen

Movie+TV Reviews
Movie Review: Witness the Birth of a New Comedy Star in 'The Big Sick'
by Rick Kisonak
Tags: Movie Reviews, The Big Sick, Michael Showalter, Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, Holly Hunter, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Matty Cardarople, Staff Picks, Video

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