AltWeeklies Wire
Niche Software Companies Take Hold in Vermontnew
We take a closer look at five of Vermont's software developers to find out why they're here, and how they found their markets.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer, Kevin J. Kelley, Mike Ives, Paula Routly and Suzanne Podhaizer |
01-25-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
rBGH Free?new
Montsano lobbyists attack consumers' right to know if dairy products contain milk from cows given rBGH.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
01-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
Homeland Security Offers 'Pre-Written' Articles to Pressnew
DHS is paying a Pennsylvania ad firm to pitch "pre-written" winter-weather-preparedness articles to the national press -- including Seven Days and other Vermont newspapers.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
01-18-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Vermonters Share Their 60-Minute Fantasiesnew
These thoughtful busybodies answer the question: What would you do with an extra hour if you had it?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives and Paula Routly |
12-28-2007 |
Culture
Keeping Coolnew
Sterling College's Center for Northern Studies talks tundra in a warming world.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
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
Remembering Grace Paleynew
If I have any nascent wisdom in my head, Grace, it's this: You were always much wiser and less foolish than you let on.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
09-05-2007 |
Books
Factory Falloutnew
This Labor Day, former workers from Vermont's decommissioned manufacturing facilities will be left out of the party.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
08-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
D'oh! Simpsons Contest Prompts Fraud Allegationsnew
Springfield, Vt., won the right to premier the new Simpsons Movie, but other Springfields suspect foul play.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
07-23-2007 |
Movies
Hummer Happynew
Bob Tousignant, 58, is a semi-retired electrician and former Navy man. He lives in a modest, gray-shingled house at the top of a sleepy hill in Randolph, Vt., with his wife, Jane -- and his Hummer.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
06-15-2007 |
Culture
Sanctify My Ridenew
A veggie-car mechanic preaches the gospel of grease.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
05-30-2007 |
Transportation
Vermont's Agency of Natural Resources Under Firenew
Critics argue that the agency is plagued by longstanding, systemic problems with environmental permitting and enforcement and that it doesn't keep citizens properly informed about environmental infractions or potential hazards.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
05-25-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Offbeat Offsetnew
What the hell is carbon farming, and how can it help stop global warming?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
05-18-2007 |
Environment
Buzz Kill?new
Life is sweet for Vermont's pollinators, but their days may be numbered.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
05-04-2007 |
Science
