
A group of Burlington residents have garnered the necessary 1654 signatures to put a simple question to voters: Should Burlington revert to its old way of electing its mayor...

-Dennis Steele Check out Stephen Herreid from St. Johnsbury Vermont! He has just released his first CD. We just added him to the playlist on Radio Free Vermont.
www.stephen.herreid.org
02/17/06: Stephen has new songs up at SoundClick! So click on over for the newest music, or check out his blog to see what else is happening.

Shirley your website is not working....whats going on??

Every year at this time, the staff of Seven Days produces two issues at once, so we can take a week or so off between Christmas and New Years. This year was no exception, although we did try something new...

City Market/Onion River Co-op is going solar. The Burlington market will begin installing 154 solar panels on its rooftop beginning in January. How much power do 154 solar panels produce?If you're a Burlington house, they'd power you and five neighbors for a whole year...

It's not every day that I receive a press release from the town of Guildhall, the shire town of rural Essex County in the Northeast Kingdom.With fewer than 300 people, Guildhall is a small town in arguably one of Vermont's more conservative counties.That's why I was surprised to receive what can...

The Messenger is one of those award-season movies everybody's talking about. And starting January 8, Vermonters who didn't catch it at last fall's Vermont International Film Festival will finally get a chance to see it at the Palace 9...

Vermont's Senators Patrick Leahy (D) and Bernie Sanders (I) touted various elements of the federal health care reform bill that emerged Saturday, ranging from an additional $250 million in Medicaid funding to a measure allowing states to potentially enact single-payer health care systems on their...

Members of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Burlington Telecom have been named, and the seven-member panel will meet for the first time Monday night to begin its work evaluating the utility's financing options as well as its viability.The committee — appointed by City Council President Bill Keogh — wil...

This week, I'm working on the final "Getting By" column, and I need your help! Read on. We launched "Getting By," a column devoted to exploring how Vermonters are surviving the recession, last December...

Back in July, Rick Winston and Andrea Serota announced they were seeking a buyer for the Savoy, their nearly three-decade-old arthouse cinema in Montpelier.Yesterday, the new owner closed on the property, says Winston...

A lawsuit filed by two former Republican city councilors was greeted this week with a sharp rebuke from the mayor's office.The suit, which "Fair Game" reported this week and last, was officially served on the city Monday and became a public record. The plaintiffs are Fred Osier and Eugene Shaver...

Everyone in the entertainment business is talking about Precious. Not only are Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry signed on as executive producers, but the film features acting cameos by BET legend Mo'Nique, singers Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, and actress Paula Patton. It's receiving raucous me...

595 Shelburne Road, Burlington 657-3673 When I was a kid, Jewish delis scared me a little. Looking into the case, I was nose-to-nose with the piles of chub and their cured, dead eyes. The old-world smells seemed somehow unclean. This is why they hate us, I thought...






