For months, Burlington officials have forecasted a $9 million deficit heading into the next fiscal year. On Thursday, that number grew to $13.1 million. Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak delivered the ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/burlington-budget-deficit-balloons-to-131-million-40747716
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) was in Burlington on Wednesday to acknowledge the value of Vermont's nonprofit theaters and the continued struggle they face to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/welch-pledges-support-for-nonprofit-theaters-40741174
Essex woman was a dedicated Girl Scout leader and served on the Essex Community Historical Society board of directors Eva Curtis Clough, 72, of Essex, Vt., passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2024...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/life-lines/obituary-eva-curtis-clough-1951-2024-40748515
Episcopal priest was a gifted writer and caring teacher who loved music and nature in all forms The Rev. Dr. Nancy Hester Bloomer, 84, of Essex Junction, Vt., died peacefully on April 3, 2024. S...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/life-lines/obituary-rev-dr-nancy-hester-bloomer-1939-2024-40748449
Richmond man believed in giving back to his community and always found a way to volunteer Gene (“Geno”) Hallman of Richmond, Vt., passed away April 18 at the University of Vermont Medical Ce...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/life-lines/obituary-eugene-hallman-1950-2024-40745394
The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday voted to recommend Zoie Saunders to the full state Senate as Vermont’s next education secretary. The vote was 3-2. Committee chair Sen. Brian Campio...
A Washington County judge has rejected the Town of Roxbury's request to stop an April 30 vote on a revised school budget that, if passed, would lead the town's elementary school to close. The to...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/court-rejects-roxburys-request-to-block-school-budget-vote-40739220
A Norwich University graduate — and member of its board of trustees — is set to become the military school’s new president. Lt. Gen. John Broadmeadow, a Marine who graduated from Norwich i...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/norwich-university-names-new-president-40739545
Mitch Wertlieb, host and producer of Vermont Public’s daily news podcast “The Frequency,” has been named permanent host of “Vermont This Week.” The show is the flagship televised news ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/media-note-mitch-wertlieb-named-host-of-vermont-this-week-40738856
What's a guy to do after he's been declared a living legend? Ideally, keep on living and legending. That's what Floyd Scholz has been up to since, in 2014, the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in Mar...
Bryeanne Russillo's day started at the crack of dawn with a wake-up call from Nate the rooster. Sporting hot pink sweatpants and fuzzy platform slippers, Russillo headed outside to chip away at ...
Vera Szumowski isn't afraid of snakes. On a sunny April day, she found a nest of the harmless garter variety seeking warmth by the old well at Burlington's Ethan Allen Homestead. The 6-year-old,...
Amy Wild talks to animals. That's not especially weird — who doesn't chat with their pets, or with the occasional bird or chattering squirrel? The difference is that Wild says the animals talk...
Tango trotted boldly around the arena, mane flying, head upright and regal, like a chessboard knight come to life. The chestnut-colored gelding, an American saddlebred, circled the ring pulling ...
In his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," T.S. Eliot wrote of a life measured out with coffee spoons. My existential yardstick has been: cats. A succession of them, from my twenties to ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/from-the-publisher-kitty-conundrum-40732692
Living in the spawning grounds of jam-band giants Phish has some funny side effects. For instance, if the number of locals in their forties and fifties taking sudden trips to Las Vegas has been ...
There's nothing that dog mom Robin Miller enjoys more than exploring a new hiking trail with her chocolate lab, Millie. Now she's helping others find the same joy. The VT Hiking Dog Challenge, w...
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 flock of defecating cormorants. No, that didn'...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/page-32-short-takes-on-five-vermont-animal-books-40731230
I talk to my dog. Like, a lot. I also make up dumb little songs about him and sing them around the house. Also a lot. But never once has my fuzzy buddy deigned to say anything back, let alone j...
Justin Crowther comes across as a humble man. Speaking about the decade-long history of the business he helped launch in the Queen City's South End, the owner and founder of Burlington Record Pl...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/soundbites-burlington-record-plant-on-the-move-40731641
The person leading the class struggle in the Vermont Statehouse this year, Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, lives in a rented farmhouse with no mobile phone signal and sketchy WiFi. Her landlord's goats ...
A Vermont spring is lovely, but how would you like to take a virtual vacation? A new film and series, both gorgeously shot on location in Italy, go beyond bland touristic views of the country to...
Technological advancements are coming faster than ever these days, which is both exciting and terrifying. While it's understandable to be leery of what automation and AI mean for the future of, ...
April is National Poetry Month — and the perfect time to visit Montpelier, as the Capital City transforms into PoemCity. Organized by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, this year's event features 45...
Lark Thompson heard desperate cries coming from a dark Charlotte farm on Ferry Road late one night in July 2022. When she went to investigate, dozens of emaciated, bleating goats desperate for f...