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Lover of nature and adventure built a life rooted in community and took special pride in her work at Yellowstone Kim Landry passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family and friends, on June 8, 2025, after a long, […]

St. Albans resident exemplified unconditional love, selflessness and compassion for her family and all who knew her Suzanne Ramsay Boomhover, the cherished wife of James Boomhover, passed away surrounded by love and her […]

Sixteen-year executive director of the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont and visionary force transformed the now-thriving organization Jean Olson, beloved wife, mother and friend, passed away from advanced ovarian […]

Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday signed into a law a bill that caps what Vermont hospitals can charge for certain specialty drugs, a measure that proponents say will help the state address its out-of-control health care costs. The bill, H.266, applies […]

Since 1996, Whistling Man Schooner has hosted thousands of tourists and locals on sailboat rides around Lake Champlain. Seven Days’ Eva Sollberger took a sunset cruise on the Friend Ship, a classic sailing sloop. It got good wind and sailed around […]

Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have shifted state responsibility for housing homeless people in motels onto regional nonprofit groups. Scott said he was blocking H.91 from becoming law because it still cost too much and […]

Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday signed a bill to tweak cannabis industry regulations, despite the fact that Vermont's growers say it lacks the bigger reforms they need to survive. The bill, H.321, contains mostly minor changes to the rules governing an […]

On June 4, the Vermont state treasurer, the financial regulation commissioner and the deputy education secretary gathered in the same room — but not to talk policy. They'd come to Winooski High School to listen to students give their final […]

When Emma Paris embarks on a new activity, "I really want to be perfect at it right from the get-go, which," she admitted, "is not very realistic." But sometimes it works out. She wrote her first poem when she was 11 years old, submitted it to a […]

"Origins: Sounds and Stories of the African Diaspora" at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, Flynn Main Stage, Wednesday, June 4: As I stepped into the Flynn for the official start of this year's Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, I sensed a change. […]

Despite a shortage of venues, a difficult touring landscape and continual cuts to federal arts funding, Burlington's indie-rock scene is thriving. Acts such as Robber Robber, Greg Freeman, Greaseface, the Dead Shakers, the Leatherbound Books and […]

One day in April I noticed that my two teenagers were twinning: They both wore a T-shirt from the American Red Cross featuring a smiling cartoony drop of blood. Turns out that Graham, 19, and Ivy, 16, had recently donated blood. What prompted them? […]

Seven Days writers can't possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a parliament of owls. So this feature is our way of introducing you to a handful of books by Vermont […]

Wes Anderson's 12th feature brings us back to a simpler time, when the antics of fabulously wealthy capitalists dominated the headlines, yet we never had to read their social media musings or worry that their ideological conversions would derail our […]

Late summer, 2001. Almost a quarter-century ago. (Jesus Christ, seriously?) College-kid Chris had lived in Burlington for all of 48 hours, sleeping on a mattress in an otherwise unfurnished room with a tiny stereo and a bag of Tostitos. I was a week […]

It's easy to miss when queuing up at Schwartz's Deli or wandering the labyrinthine underground shopping centers, but Montréal is, indeed, an island city — cleaved from mainland Québec by the St. Lawrence River and its various offshoots. Only […]

Is a sanctuary a place, a feeling — or could it be a process? All three are represented in "Sanctuary," a solo show of encaustic paintings by Waterbury artist Edith Beatty, currently on view at Axel's Frame Shop & Gallery through July 5. […]

The grieving father needed answers, and his medical mind sought them in the reams of records that had come to represent his son's bitter end. He cataloged drug tests, checked them against the son's medications, pored over research and emails and […]

In addition to Materialists, here's what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters. new in theaters HOW TO TRAIN […]

More than 1,000 Vermonters won't get rental subsidies this year as housing authorities roll back the primary assistance program for impoverished households. Facing flat federal funding and an unforgiving rental marketplace, housing authorities big […]

Dear Reverend, My father and I haven't spoken to each other in many years. I won't go into the reason, because it's a long story. He's getting old, and I know he's not in the best health. I still don't want anything to do with him, but I'm feeling […]

Could you describe your vision of an ideal America by explaining it to a stranger in 30 minutes? How about in 10 minutes — or even five? Now, try summarizing it in just two words. The last was the challenge that students in Chris Sheehan's high […]

(Self-released, digital) After too many days spent carting too many wheelbarrows' worth of foraged stones across my sister's yard and strong-manning the haul into two garden beds roughly the proportions of André the Giant's grave, I had a very […]

Last week, President Donald Trump revived the travel ban from his first term, this time barring citizens from 12 countries from entering the U.S. With Trump's policies often seemingly driven by ideology and emotion, it's worth asking why the idea of […]