AltWeeklies Wire
Is Vermont Senator Ed Flanagan Still Up to the Job?new
It's been three and a half years since Vermont Senator Ed Flanagan's near-fatal car crash. And many people who interact regularly with Flanagan report he's been acting strangely since the legislature convened in January.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
05-22-2009 |
Politics
Tags: Ed Flanagan, Vermont
Vermont Health Commissioner Isn't Sweating Swine Flunew
The combination of a deadly new bug and the erosion of resources for her department will test the public-health and managerial chops of Wendy Davis, the state's No. 1 health officer.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
05-22-2009 |
Science
Weight a Minute: Are Heavy Trucks Getting Fair Treatment in Vermont?new
Heavy fines slapped on truckers for violating town-road weight limits often amount to revenue-raising scams on the part of local officials, charges the owner of two Northeast Kingdom logging companies.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
01-23-2009 |
Policy Issues
Vermont Hospital Technicians Launch Union Drivenew
A group of 600 technicians at Vermont’s largest hospital has launched a union-organizing campaign comparable to the one the nursing staff experienced six years ago, a union spokesperson confirmed.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
01-23-2009 |
Business & Labor
Eugene Jarecki Has the 'Big Picture' and a New Book on Warnew
Jareki's print debut supplements his 2006 film, Why We Fight, while the cafe he co-founded in Vermont expresses his "desire to support social betterment."
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
12-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Vermont's Iraqi Refugees Struggle to Rebuild Shattered Livesnew
In the last year, about 50 Iraqis have been resettled in the Burlington area, and their numbers are growing.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
12-10-2008 |
Immigration
The Town of Shoreham, Vt., Takes It (Almost) All Off for a Good Causenew
The Shoreham Uncovered calendar brings a little zing to 2009 with 12 full-color photographs featuring townspeople in familiar locales -- and little else. What sets this calendar apart from its predecessors is the diversity of the participants: men and women, old folks and young, natives and newcomers are all in the buff together.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
12-03-2008 |
Culture
Vermont's Commitment to Low-Income Kids is Being Testednew
Vermont can reduce violence to children. But the way to do so won't win any sexy headlines. The state can make kids safer from abuse by making them less poor.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
12-03-2008 |
Children & Families
Vermont's Second-Home Market Hits the Skidsnew
In an economic downturn, the vacation-home market is more adversely affected than the primary-housing market, for the obvious reason that vacation homes are luxury items. And, since Vermont has one of the highest state rates of vacation homes in the nation, the state has been taking it on the chin.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
11-21-2008 |
Housing & Development
The 'Forever Young' Generation Reflects on Life in Vermont's First Communesnew
A revival of Hair is giving audiences in New York's Central Park a vicarious contact high these days, but memories of the bygone Age of Aquarius in Vermont have sparked an upcoming commune reunion and a new book, Farm Friends: From the Late Sixties to the West Seventies and Beyond by Tom Fels.
Seven Days |
Susan Green |
08-25-2008 |
History
Compost Enforcements Threaten Vermont's Solid-Waste Dreamsnew
Last summer, 13 garbage experts covered a 20-by-10-foot wall with sticky notes. As members of a state-sponsored subcommittee studying "organics," they were preparing to tell Vermont's Agency of Natural Resources what should be done with the state's compostable waste.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
08-08-2008 |
Environment
A New Book on Vermont Country Stores Reveals Why They're Here for the Long Haulnew
If you go way back to the foggy beginnings of an average Vermont town, the building blocks of the community stack up something like this: First came the church, and then the town hall, the one-room schoolhouse, the tavern, the harness shop, the blacksmith, the itinerant traders and, last but not least, the general store.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
08-08-2008 |
Nonfiction
Iraq War Vet to Run for Congressional Seat in Vermontnew
Thomas Hermann, an Iraq War veteran running on the Progressive Party ticket, is the only major-party candidate challenging Democratic incumbent Rep. Peter Welch. (Craig Hill will challenge Welch in the Democratic primary.)
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
08-04-2008 |
Politics
Vermont Eco-Designer John Todd Aims to Heal the Planetnew
In the last three decades, Todd has received numerous accolades for his work, but his recent honor may be the most fitting. In June, he won the first annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge, an international competition among hundreds of scientists and inventors from 27 countries.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
07-25-2008 |
Environment
Does Vermont Have What it Takes to Go it Alone?new
It's an ideal time for renewed talk about self-sufficiency in Vermont -- about building the network of food and energy and culture that would make us far less vulnerable to the kind of shocks headed our way. But that is not what's happening, and the movement for a more independent Vermont is stuck in neutral, though with signs it might be about ready to kick into at least low gear.
Seven Days |
Bill McKibben |
07-25-2008 |
Politics
