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Seven Days freelance photographer Daria Bishop has been collecting PEZ candy dispensers for 20 years. She has about 600 and displays them on shallow shelves that she had specially built. Seven Days’ Eva Sollberger visited Bishop’s Burlington […]

Cofounder of multiple family businesses, including Ehler’s RV, believed in public service and was always willing to offer a helping hand Alden Cary “Duke” Ehler, a man with a big personality and endless amounts of […]

On Wednesday morning, with the Hunt Middle School Jazz Band's repertoire of standards as a soundtrack, bassist and composer Anthony Tidd and Flynn executive director Jay Wahl announced the full lineup for the 2025 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival […]

Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday rejected calls by Vermont Senate leaders to cancel an agreement that allows federal immigration officials to keep detained people in Vermont prisons. Scott said he understood lawmakers’ desire to push back on the Trump […]

You'll find two compelling business stories in this week's Seven Days. Derek Brouwer's colorful cover feature explores the thrift-store shopping trend and, in particular, the way the nonprofit ReSOURCE has successfully tapped in to it. Derek, a […]

Montpelier singer-songwriter and country musician Mark LeGrand died on April 8, two years after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He was 72. LeGrand was a prolific songwriter of the outlaw country variety, drawing inspiration from musicians such […]

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ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): I am always surprised when there appears yet another authoritative article or book that implies there is one specific right approach to meditation. The truth is, however, that there are many ways. Here's teacher Christopher […]

In addition to One to One: John & Yoko, 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 […]

Jukebox: "Heavy Metal Strings," ArtsRiot, Burlington, Friday, April 11 It's been more than three weeks since the official start of spring, but I wasn't convinced until I caught my first outdoor show of the year — kind of. I knew the Vermont […]

The Green Mountain State has never been a hotbed of football talent. While many Vermonters have played small college football at the NCAA Division II and III levels, very few have cracked Division I, the sport's highest collegiate level. It doesn't […]

Owners of a large Addison County dairy farm already found liable for polluting a neighbor's land want to expand, raising concerns that increased runoff could damage a public water supply and worsen water quality in Lake Champlain. The Vorsteveld […]

Would you trade your soul to get faster delivery of that touch-screen toaster you ordered? Those are the stakes at play, opponents say only half-jokingly, as online retail giant Amazon eyes an expansion into Vermont. The Town of Essex is reviewing […]

Full disclosure: ReSOURCE is my second home. More precisely, the stuff I've acquired from Vermont's largest homegrown thrift-store chain fills much of my actual home. The store's never-ending stream of affordably priced, donated goods has supplied […]

Looking for an uncommon take on small-town life? While the autumnal mountain village depicted in Misericordia could sometimes be mistaken for Vermont, you'll find no folksy stereotypes in this movie that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was […]

At a recent political protest in Vergennes, Julia Alvarez took special note of the handmade signs. "I love the creativity of some of the signs," the Weybridge writer said, "the sense of driving home a message and having some fun." And fitting choice […]

When Abby Paige started writing and performing plays about Vermonters with French Canadian ancestry in 2009, she had no idea how fraught relations would become between the U.S. and Canada. Tensions began brewing in December, when President Donald […]

Dear Reverend, My mother is turning 90 this year. Going to Hawaii has always been a dream of hers, and my sister thinks we should surprise her with a trip. She's in pretty good health for her age, but I'm concerned about the toll the travel could […]

A new teaching greenhouse has opened in Winooski's Landry Park as a community resource and base for gardening education. The partnership between the City of Winooski and the Vermont Garden Network, a statewide nonprofit that supports Vermonters […]

(Music Lab Records, digital, limited vinyl) Robscure is a rapper and producer who reps Washington, Vt., a tiny town in the hills of Orange County. Naturally enough, he's since moved to New York City, but he's remained a constant presence in the […]

"It began as a little idea," Ella Thomas said, "maybe a painting on the wall of our high school — and then somehow it grew into a 9-by-12-foot mural with an organization to go with it." Thomas, a junior at U-32 Middle & High School in East […]

Council Needs Unity [Re "On Message? Democrats on the Burlington City Council Talked Business — and Gossiped — in a Group Text Chain," March 26]: While our federal government gets dismantled by oligarchic pillagers, it is the mandate of local […]

In rock and roll, getting banned from a place is a badge of honor. Think Johnny Cash being blacklisted at the Grand Ole Opry after smashing out the lights with his mic stand or Björk becoming persona non grata in, well, all of China. (Turns out the […]

In re ESTATE of Jeanie MacDonough NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Jeanie MacDonough, late of Charlotte, Vermont I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present […]

In 1966, Claire Van Vliet moved to the Northeast Kingdom to be close to the sky. The book and paper artist, who turns 92 this summer, has won many accolades over a long career that shows no signs of slowing. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, […]