AltWeeklies Wire
Diamonds and Rustynew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Seven Days |
Paula Routly |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
As Natural Resources Dwindle, Vermont's Scrap Yards Find Business Boomingnew
If you bring a ton of No. 1 Steel to a scrap yard today, you'll get a check for $210; last year you might have taken home only $130 for the same weight. The booming market has even spun off its own cottage industry of thieves.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
04-21-2008 |
Economy
Matzo Maven: Pondering the Passover Paradoxnew
To my mind, the point of Passover isn't deprivation but difference -- not just between this week and every other week but, more importantly, between oppression and liberation. What makes the holiday all the more powerful is that we observe it so personally, in the minutiae of our daily lives.
Seven Days |
Ruth Horowitz |
04-21-2008 |
Religion
Taste-Testing Vermont's Prison Foodnew
Including "nutraloaf," a "loaf-style form of nourishment" that is typically served to prisoners who "misuse" food or "bodily waste."
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
04-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Vermont Bill to Help Children of Incarcerated Parents Moves Forwardnew
Vermont currently has no mandatory training or statewide protocols that address how police deal with children at the time of a parent's arrest. But a new bill, one of four such pieces of pending legislation, would mandate a study of prevailing practices around the state.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Job Cuts Coming to Vermontnew
The governor wants to cut 400 state jobs -- but which ones, and at what cost?
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-04-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
In Vermont, War-Tax Resistance Dies Hardnew
Five years into an unpopular war, the practice of withholding federal tax payments in protest isn't entirely dead.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
04-04-2008 |
War
Want 2 Connect?new
MocoSpace lets you find friends online -- using your cellphone.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-28-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Dairy Casenew
An art dealer-turned-Addison County farmer argues the economics of organic milk.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
03-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
How One Progressive Outfoxed Vt's Democratic Partynew
In this year's race for governor, Progressive Party candidate Anthony Pollina is a winner -- not because he is going to be governor, but because he has flummoxed, outfoxed and humiliated the Vermont Democratic Party.
Seven Days |
Jon Margolis |
03-28-2008 |
Politics
Nerds on a Wirenew
Vermont Infragard is watching our backs in the war on cyber-crime. Who's watching them?
Seven Days |
Brian Wallstin |
03-28-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Enviro-Friendly?new
Despite rebuke of its own product, Seventh Generation pushes to regulate toxic chemicals.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Inside Essex Alliancenew
Vermont's largest house of worship is searching for souls -- and space.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-21-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
This Little Piggie Stayed Homenew
Vermont's local pork takes some snouting out, but farmers say it's sweet.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
03-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Roger Payne: A Whale of an Activistnew
A Vermont conservationist helped Americans hear songs from the deep.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
03-14-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
