Seven Days | Ken Picard

Fission Accomplishednew

When the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant finally closes, will there be enough money to clean up its radioactive legacy?

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 12-17-2007 | Environment

Tags: environment

Riding With the U.S. Border Patrolnew

"This job can be hours of mind-numbing boredom interrupted by moments of sheer terror."

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 12-07-2007 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration

Farmers, Activists & Ag Experts Weigh in on Farm Billnew

This year's bill tips the scales at more than 1500 pages, with an estimated price tag of nearly $300 billion. For the next five years, this bill will go a long way toward determining what we grow, what we eat, and whose wallets and waistbands grow the widest.

Seven Days | Ken Picard and Mike Ives | 11-16-2007 | Environment

Tags: environment, Farm Bill

Why is Vermont's Hunter Population Dwindling?new

Vermont's sportsmen are getting older, and due to a variety of societal factors, fewer young people are taking up the sport.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 11-12-2007 | Recreation

Tags: recreation

This Faith-Based Sex Ed Doesn't Leave Teens in the Darknew

The Our Whole Lives curriculum, developed nationally by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ, provides young people with the most powerful tool at their disposal: age-appropriate and fact-based information.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 10-19-2007 | Education

Tags: Education

Laid to Rustnew

Six years and $19 million into a major Superfund cleanup, why is the Ompompanoosuc River running orange?

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 09-05-2007 | Environment

Tags: environment, pollution, mining

Brattleboro Stunned by Police Use of Tasers on Protestersnew

The heat is on the cops for allegedly using electronic stun guns repeatedly on the green-thumbed guerillas.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 08-03-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Sex Discrimination on a Small Town Police Force?new

A fired Brandon cop sues the town, claiming retaliation and sex discrimination.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 07-23-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: police, cop, sex discrimination, crime & justice

Hyperlocal Networking Site Prompts City Response to Violencenew

Burlington police crack down on violence thanks to an increasingly popular online social networking tool.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 07-13-2007 | Media

Tags: social networking, media, community, Internet, newspapers

Reversing Bush's National Guard Power-Grabnew

President Bush has the power to declare martial law in your state without the consent of your governor -- Vermont's Senator Pat Leahy is about to change that.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 06-27-2007 | War

Tags: Iraq, National Guard, Bush, war & peace