AltWeeklies Wire
Fowl Playnew
Urban Vermonters raise city cluckers.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-14-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
From the Horse's Mouth ... Literallynew
"Open wide" isn't an option for a Vermont equine dentist.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-14-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Bond Market Collapse Worries Student-Loan Agencynew
The latest crisis on Wall Street has Vermont's largest student lender scrambling to secure $190 million to meet the demand for loans it expects to make this fall.
Seven Days |
Brian Wallstin |
03-14-2008 |
Economy
Sticking It to PTSDnew
Iraq veterans are beginning to get the point of acupuncture.
Seven Days |
Sarah Tuff |
03-14-2008 |
War
Is Vermont Disappearing?new
Yes, and a new study says there's only one solution.
Seven Days |
Brian Wallstin |
03-07-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Mistress Meave: Drowning in the Dating Poolnew
"Recently, my girlfriend of nine years left me, so I am back on the dating scene after almost 10 years. Needless to say, it's been difficult ... What should I do next? I don't like the whole bar scene. Any advice for someone like me?"
Seven Days |
Mistress Meave |
03-07-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
The Man Behind the Moviesnew
Getting all your DVDs from Netflix? A video store buyer explains how his store cultivates a connection with customers.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Vermonters Sue U.S. Over Travel to Cubanew

"No other country gets this sort of treatment," said Jared Carter, a second-year student at Vermont Law School. "Prisoners in jail who committed mass murder have more access to their family members than we do."
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-07-2008 |
International
Tags: Cuba, international
Dogged Pursuitsnew
A homeless Vermonter pens an autobiography to fund a Buddhist temple in Asia.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
02-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Groundwater Risingnew
Who's bottling Vermont's H2O -- and at what price?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-29-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Made in Hop Heavennew
Why beer might just replace wine as the perfect cheese partner
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
02-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Garrett Oliver Spreads the Good Brewsnew

The Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster talks about his views on the current beer scene and where Vermont fits in.
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
02-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Can Film-Program Graduates Afford to Stay in Vermont?new
Burlington College's 200-odd film students have choices to make: If they dream of working on a studio mega-film, they're unlikely to find that option in the local job market. But if they have a gift for self-selling and are prepared to be patient and creative, they are in a position to tap into an evolving and vigorous local digital-media marketplace.
Seven Days |
Matt Scanlon |
02-22-2008 |
Movies
Nakki Goranin Frames the History of the Photoboothnew
The Vermont photographer's new book American Photobooth is the first history of the once wildly popular and ubiquitous automatic picture-taking machine.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
02-22-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Reefer Madness 2008?new
This winter the Vermont Legislature is making a courageous attempt to "get real" regarding our drug laws -- particularly laws relating to the "evil weed," marijuana.
Seven Days |
Peter Freyne |
02-22-2008 |
Drugs