Burlington Vermont Links and Resources

The city of Burlington announced Thursday that it will move forward with its long-envisioned district energy system, albeit a highly scaled-back version. The city has signed a letter of agreement with the University of Vermont Medical Center, […]

Updated 11:13 p.m. The City of Burlington is advising residents to boil drinking water following a water main break and depressurization of the system. The advisory is citywide, except for what the city calls its "high service area," which […]

Almost everyone in a Chittenden County courtroom on Thursday agreed that Dennis Phillips belonged in a psychiatric hospital. On Monday, after twice going to the University of Vermont Medical Center for treatment and being discharged, the […]

A Vermont publisher's federal trademark lawsuit against Netflix may advance toward trial, a judge ruled this week. Waitsfield-based Chooseco, whose founder popularized the "Choose Your Own Adventure" interactive children's books, claims Netflix […]

Despite narcolepsy diagnosis, Vermont man traveled the world Our dearest brother, Bob Barra, died February 4, 2020, at the Arbors in Shelburne. He was born Robert Sylvester Barra to Robert R. and Marion (LaVallee) Barra […]

A sharply divided House committee agreed to a series of sweeping changes to Vermont’s landmark land-use law Thursday, including a controversial provision that would limit the power of volunteer district commissions. The 94-page draft bill […]

The Vermont Senate on Thursday voted 24-6 to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of a two-year increase to the state’s minimum wage. All eyes now turn to the House, where Democratic leaders fresh off their failure to force paid leave […]

A contingent of current and former Burlington city councilors are urging their colleagues to reinvest the proceeds from the Burlington Telecom sale back into the now-privately owned utility. In a tripartisan press conference at city hall on […]

Seven Days, Vermont’s free, independent newsweekly, won 14 first-place awards in this year’s New England Better  Newspaper Competition — including for general excellence and top honors in business, crime and courts, education, […]

I hate to break it to you, babe, but as stoked as I was to indulge in our Valentine's Day tradition of spending a modest fortune on legume-forward small plates, I don't have it in me this year to pretend that we're not irrevocably screwed. The […]

Everything is spotless in Deb Lyons' three-bedroom Airbnb on Burlington's Archibald Street, where guests arrive to find homemade peanut butter chocolate cookies in the fridge. Her own landscape paintings grace the walls, and on a tour, she pointed […]

(Self-released, CD, digital) It's no secret that late folk music legend Pete Seeger loved the water, and the Hudson River in particular. He sailed and sang of it for the entirety of his career, writing tributes in songs such as "My Dirty Stream." In […]

A Vermont State Trooper last week swooped in to save an owl from attackers along Interstate 91, where the raptor was losing a no-holds-barred brawl with some agitated crows. Trooper Chad Weikel was patrolling Newbury on February 5 when he saw the […]

Last year, museums around the world mounted special exhibitions marking the centennial of the Bauhaus — an experimental and profoundly influential school of art, design and architecture founded in Germany in 1919. In fall 2019, Middlebury […]

Here's a hot take: Valentine's Day gets a bad rap. Oh, sure, February 14 is easy to complain about. It's nothing but a Hallmark holiday. It conflates love with consumerism and creates unrealistic expectations. It's a lousy day to be single. It […]

Jon Meyer released Love Poems From Vermont: Reflections on an Inner and Outer State late last year, well before Valentine's Day. But gifting his book could serve as a romantic gesture toward, well, anyone you care about. Especially if that person […]

(Self-released, digital) Kevin Lewis is a budding singer-songwriter from Burlington by way of Plattsburgh, N.Y. He specializes in lo-fi, bedroom-pop-style rock, and he's recently released his second album, Songs for the Fireplace. The title is a bit […]

Ramsay Mellish knew he would need to adapt if he wanted to survive in Vermont's hard-pressed dairy industry. So, like many others in recent years, the first-generation farmer set out to diversify his crops and started growing hemp. Mellish and his […]

Birds of Prey is to most superhero movies as last year's Hustlers is to The Irishman. This uncaped-crusader flick from DC Comics and director Cathy Yan distinguishes itself from its more touted brethren with an all-female ensemble, a grubby B-movie […]

When Anthony "A.J." Browne was thinking about proposing to Kelly Clements during their romantic weekend getaway last month in Stowe, he was unsure about the perfect time and place: while out hiking in the woods that afternoon? Over dinner and drinks […]

Dear Reverend, My boyfriend and I have been living together for six years. I think we should get married, but anytime I bring it up, he changes the subject. How can I get him to commit? Should I give him a deadline to propose, or else we're through? […]

Lucky me, I said to myself as I motored south in my taxi, en route to an early morning Middlebury pickup. Dawn was breaking in a clear sky over the Green Mountains, and I had a front-row seat. "Lucky me" is a phrase typically employed ironically, […]

Calling the Corners Big news out of Calais: The Maple Corner Community Store & Whammy Bar is under new ownership. Former owners Artie and Nancy Toulis sold the general store and music venue in late December to 200 individual stakeholders who now […]

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Katie Hodges barely batted an eye when she found four men in white tuxedos standing expectantly by her desk. As Seven Days' sales and marketing coordinator and de facto front desk receptionist for about a year, she's accustomed to, shall we say, […]