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Catalina Ramírez Martínez was delivering a catering order of tamales to Essex in August when she ran into Rep. Leonora Dodge (D-Essex). Martínez knew the fellow Latina and 25-year Vermont resident as a volunteer and supporter of those who have […]

If its address didn't say Winooski, Specs could easily fool customers into thinking they'd teleported to Europe, or at least Montréal. A café by day and, eventually, a bar by night — with an attached beverage market for good measure — it's […]

Within its first year of operating restaurants in Vermont, the trio behind Casa Real in Colchester and the just-opened Casa Grande in Williston will bring an extensive menu of crowd-pleasing Tex-Mex classics to Barre by the end of 2024. Co-owner […]

Mike Mignone and his fiancée, Haley Newman, have opened Hangry Mike's, a food truck that currently operates Friday through Monday at 3 Railroad Street in Johnson. They expect to offer their menu of panini, salads, soups, sides and baked goods at […]

A lawsuit filed on Monday challenges the University of Vermont’s decision to sanction a pro-Palestinian student group that played a key role in this spring’s encampment protest. The university has accused UVM Students for Justice in Palestine of […]

Avid reader and video game player loved animals, his friends and family, and the Grateful Dead Joseph Didyoung passed unexpectedly on September 5, 2024. He was loved by all who knew him. To see the full obituary, go to […]

Burlington city councilors on Monday agreed to study how many cops the city needs on its force, a controversial question that has dogged elected officials for the past four years. The resolution approved on Monday is markedly different from […]

Federal regulators have again told Vermont fix its problematic and lax regulation of pollution from dairy farms. Vermont divides the responsibility for addressing farm pollution between its environmental and agricultural regulators. That system has […]

Updated at 5:17 p.m. Four people from Connecticut, including a teenager, were killed after a small plane crashed on Sunday afternoon near the Basin Harbor Resort in Ferrisburgh, according to police. The wreckage of the single-engine Piper plane was […]

Blaze of Quarry Saturday 14 Once the site of 75 active quarries, Millstone Hill in Websterville lights up the night at RockFire: The Elemental Experience, an homage to the area's granite heritage. The evening starts with music, food and fireworks […]

A strong sense of fairness and justice inspired her career in human services Carole Anne Leavens Reeves died on August 21, 2024. Born on October 16, 1944, the daughter of Dr. Linus J. Leavens and Lillian Bombard […]

St. John’s Club bartender organized numerous fundraisers for local charities It is with great sadness that the family of John Nicholas Moore of Essex Junction announces his passing on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at […]

Farrier was an independent thinker with a deep connection to animals — and humans Kingman Brewster III, who shod horses, kept bees and understood animal intelligence, died at 76 peacefully in his Vermont home, August […]

Several events in Burlington have been rescheduled or canceled to help curb the spread of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, a rare and sometimes deadly virus transmitted through mosquito bites. In late August, the Vermont Department of Health […]

Democrats on the Burlington City Council are seeking to remove the controversial 87-officer “cap” on the police department roster, a limit imposed following contentious debates over policing and racial justice in 2020. The proposal would not set […]

Brattleboro indie-rock quartet THUS LOVE dropped their brand-new single "On The Floor" on Wednesday, accompanied by a music video. The second advance single of the band's forthcoming sophomore album, All Pleasure, the song is a new wave-inflected […]

Bennington is often called “the gateway to Vermont,” and with its southwestern-corner proximity to Massachusetts and New York, the moniker makes sense. The town’s Revolutionary War history is still on display, right alongside a vibrant arts […]

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Updated at 8:45 p.m. The newly created Vermont State University is reporting a 14 percent increase in enrollment this fall, a sharp turnaround after years of declines and a chaotic reorganization. The Randolph-based VTSU said there are 1,700 new […]

A new Middle Eastern restaurant is coming to South Burlington's burgeoning city center. Zaytoona opens this weekend at 155 Market Street, taking over the space previously occupied by Heart n Soul by Mark BBQ, which closed in mid-July. It's the first […]

Ann Gnagey and Tom Baribault moved to a log cabin in Jericho in 1990 with their three boys. The retired biologists live sustainably off the land, grow their own food and make maple syrup. Seven Days’ Eva Sollberger visited them at Birch Hill […]

"She is such a windmill / If she would only stand still" (song lyrics by Loryn B. Deane, Mario Albanese and Ciro Pereira). Well, that was our beautiful Sylvia Heininger Holden, stilled only by her death on June 5. We miss her so. Come to her […]

Enosburg woman leaves two children, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren Sylvia Mae Phelps, 91, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 2, 2024, at Brownway Residence in Enosburg, Vt. She was born August […]

Rugby bronze medalist and Burlington native Ilona Maher is swapping a uniform and cleats for ballroom dresses and high heels. The Olympian will appear on Season 33 of "Dancing With the Stars," ABC announced on Wednesday. The show pairs professional […]

When students enter Erin Carter's math class at Spaulding High School in Barre, they put their phones on a counter on one side of the room. Carter then makes sure the total matches the number of students in the classroom. It's a ritual the 20-year […]