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Words of support can be a great comfort to someone who is grieving. Here’s advice on how, and when, to send sympathies, even if you don’t know the person well. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Ask the Rev: Should I Send Condolences to an Old Acquaintance? | Seven Days
Words of support can be a great comfort to someone who is grieving. Here’s advice on how, and when, to send sympathies, even if you don’t know the person well.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Words of support can be a great comfort to someone who is grieving. Here’s advice on how, and when, to send sympathies, even if you don’t know the person well. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Vermont author Margot Harrison’s short story involves a very special book and its impact on one woman’s life over 30 years, set in two different holiday seasons. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
‘December Past, December Future’: A Fictional Short Story | Seven Days
Vermont author Margot Harrison’s short story involves a very special book and its impact on one woman’s life over 30 years, set in two different holiday seasons.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Vermont author Margot Harrison’s short story involves a very special book and its impact on one woman’s life over 30 years, set in two different holiday seasons. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
The former UVM prof and his wife, poet Didi Jackson, teach in Tennessee but write and cook in Vermont, too. Both pursuits feature in a forthcoming anthology. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
Major Jackson Pairs Poems With Soup in His Next Book
The former UVM prof and his wife, poet Didi Jackson, teach in Tennessee but write and cook in Vermont, too. Both pursuits feature in a forthcoming anthology.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The former UVM prof and his wife, poet Didi Jackson, teach in Tennessee but write and cook in Vermont, too. Both pursuits feature in a forthcoming anthology. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
From nonfiction to novels to kids’ books, staffers at three Vermont bookstores reveal their favorite reading recommendations of 2025. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Vermont Booksellers Pick Your Next Great Read
From nonfiction to novels to kids’ books, staffers at three Vermont bookstores reveal their favorite reading recommendations of 2025.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
From nonfiction to novels to kids’ books, staffers at three Vermont bookstores reveal their favorite reading recommendations of 2025. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
The third comic whodunit from writer-director Rian Johnson might be the best one yet, with a star-making performance from Josh O’Connor as a lovable priest. www.sevendaysvt.com/on-screen/mo...
Movie Review: ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
The third comic whodunit from writer-director Rian Johnson might be the best one yet, with a star-making performance from Josh O’Connor as a lovable priest.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The third comic whodunit from writer-director Rian Johnson might be the best one yet, with a star-making performance from Josh O’Connor as a lovable priest. www.sevendaysvt.com/on-screen/mo...
Waterbury’s Bridgeside Books attracts visitors to Vermont during its slow seasons with a winning combination of best-selling authors, cozy inns and bookish fun. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Book Lovers and Authors Meet at Vermont Reading Retreats
Waterbury’s Bridgeside Books attracts visitors to Vermont during its slow seasons with a winning combination of best-selling authors, cozy inns and bookish fun.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Waterbury’s Bridgeside Books attracts visitors to Vermont during its slow seasons with a winning combination of best-selling authors, cozy inns and bookish fun. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Diners can expect Farmers & Foragers favorites such as cheesesteaks, lobster rolls, rotating po’boys and falafel pitas for Wednesday dinner, as well as a new burger and poutine. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
Farmers & Foragers Hillside Launches Charlotte Old Lantern
The Burlington food truck’s year-round second location will offer regular Wednesday dinners, Saturday brunches and other community events starting January 7.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Diners can expect Farmers & Foragers favorites such as cheesesteaks, lobster rolls, rotating po’boys and falafel pitas for Wednesday dinner, as well as a new burger and poutine. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
In Vermont music news: Richmond pop-punk band Vallory Falls drop a new Christmas tune; Dr. William Tortolano returns for his 65th year performing holiday tunes in Middlebury; and Cabot celebrates 12th Night. www.sevendaysvt.com/music/musicn...
On the Beat: Holiday Punk from Vallory Falls
Richmond pop-punk band drops a new Christmas tune, Dr. Tortolano returns for his 65th year of performing holiday tunes, and Cabot celebrates 12th Night.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In Vermont music news: Richmond pop-punk band Vallory Falls drop a new Christmas tune; Dr. William Tortolano returns for his 65th year performing holiday tunes in Middlebury; and Cabot celebrates 12th Night. www.sevendaysvt.com/music/musicn...
The guitarist and composer brings his blend of Japanese folk music and dazzling acoustic technique to Radio Bean in Burlington this Saturday. www.sevendaysvt.com/music/musicf...
Guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto Plays Burlington’s Radio Bean
The guitarist and composer brings his blend of Japanese folk music and dazzling acoustic technique to Radio Bean in Burlington.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The guitarist and composer brings his blend of Japanese folk music and dazzling acoustic technique to Radio Bean in Burlington this Saturday. www.sevendaysvt.com/music/musicf...
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Casual daytime service started December 13 with Ave’s Hot Chicken, Matty P.’s Meatball Sub, Bloody Marys and other beverages. It will continue through the winter. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
May Day Adds Sandwich Saturday Lunches in Burlington
Casual daytime service started Dec. 13 with Ave’s Hot Chicken, Matty P.’s Meatball Sub, Bloody Marys and other beverages. It will continue through the winter.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Casual daytime service started December 13 with Ave’s Hot Chicken, Matty P.’s Meatball Sub, Bloody Marys and other beverages. It will continue through the winter. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
Contributor Jim Schley reflects on the legacies of three Vermont poets and writers — David Huddle, Ellen Bryant Voigt and Baron Wormser — who died in October. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Remembering Three Vermont Writers We Lost in 2025
Contributor Jim Schley reflects on the legacies of three Vermont poets and writers — David Huddle, Ellen Bryant Voigt and Baron Wormser — who died in October.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Contributor Jim Schley reflects on the legacies of three Vermont poets and writers — David Huddle, Ellen Bryant Voigt and Baron Wormser — who died in October. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
"Initially, she and I connected over what we were reading. 'The New York Times,' the 'New Yorker,' the 'New York Review of Books' — Jane always had a newspaper or magazine on her couch or coffee table. She read 'Seven Days' cover to cover every week."
Cathy Resmer: Remembering Jane Ewing
For the Reading Issue, Seven Days deputy publisher Cathy Resmer remembers her friend Jane Ewing, a dedicated reader who died in October at age 98.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Initially, she and I connected over what we were reading. 'The New York Times,' the 'New Yorker,' the 'New York Review of Books' — Jane always had a newspaper or magazine on her couch or coffee table. She read 'Seven Days' cover to cover every week."
“There’s something really appealing about being able to interact physically in that way with something sort of unexpected and delightful,” Caitlin Gildrien said.
Art Vending Machine Pops Up in Brandon Bookstore
Caitlin Gildrien has solicited pieces of work and knickknacks from local creatives to put inside a machine that typically sells snacks.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“There’s something really appealing about being able to interact physically in that way with something sort of unexpected and delightful,” Caitlin Gildrien said.
With hydro development now off the table, environmental groups and state officials are again hoping the village will consider removing the dam.
Environmentalists Want to Remove Swanton Dam to Free the Fish
Removal of the dam is seen as the best way to help endangered fish species rebound by accessing new spawning grounds.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
With hydro development now off the table, environmental groups and state officials are again hoping the village will consider removing the dam.
Newly minted innkeepers Kevin Drummond and Scott Shatzer weren’t sure they wanted to run a restaurant, but locals and guests yearned for a local spot to eat. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
Shoreham Inn Has Quietly Reopened Its Pub to the Public
Newly minted innkeepers Kevin Drummond and Scott Shatzer weren’t sure they wanted to run a restaurant, but locals and guests yearned for a local spot to eat.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Newly minted innkeepers Kevin Drummond and Scott Shatzer weren’t sure they wanted to run a restaurant, but locals and guests yearned for a local spot to eat. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
The Department of Public Works announced late last month that it would stop servicing 54 roads, many of which are not built to city standards, by next October. Residents were given three options: bring their streets up to code, pay the city to maintain them or do the work themselves.
Burlington Proposes to Stop Maintaining Some Roads
The city has plowed and fixed up dozens of private and “unaccepted” streets for years. A plan to end the practice has caught residents by surprise.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Department of Public Works announced late last month that it would stop servicing 54 roads, many of which are not built to city standards, by next October. Residents were given three options: bring their streets up to code, pay the city to maintain them or do the work themselves.
This week, cozy up with the Seven Days Reading Issue! 📖 On newsstands today or read it online:
The Reading Issue 2025 | Seven Days
Vermont Booksellers Pick Your Next Great Read; Reading Retreats Bring Authors and Book Lovers to Vermont Inns; ‘December Past, December Future’: A Fictional Short Story; Poet and Part-Time Vermonter…
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December 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This week, cozy up with the Seven Days Reading Issue! 📖 On newsstands today or read it online:
The new restaurant on Farrell Street will offer the same menu as the couple’s Winooski restaurant, which served tandoori chicken, meat and vegetarian curries, and hand-pleated momos. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
Mountain Valley Indian Cuisine to Open in South Burlington
The former owners of Winooski’s Mountain Valley Restaurant will serve a familiar Indian and Nepali menu at their new, similarly named eatery on Farrell Street.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The new restaurant on Farrell Street will offer the same menu as the couple’s Winooski restaurant, which served tandoori chicken, meat and vegetarian curries, and hand-pleated momos. www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/f...
Explore our editor’s picks for must-do events in Vermont in this week's Magnificent 7, including the Blind Boys of Alabama at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Seven Can’t-Miss Vermont Events This Week: December 17-26, 2025
Explore our editor’s picks for must-do events in Vermont this week, including the Blind Boys of Alabama at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Explore our editor’s picks for must-do events in Vermont in this week's Magnificent 7, including the Blind Boys of Alabama at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Some residents of Worcester and Calais believe the district hasn’t fully explored alternative solutions or provided enough information about how the closures would affect students.
Two Central Vermont Elementary Schools Could Face Closure | Seven Days
School board members will decide on Wednesday whether to hold votes about closing schools in Worcester and Calais.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Some residents of Worcester and Calais believe the district hasn’t fully explored alternative solutions or provided enough information about how the closures would affect students.
The change marks a significant shift for the state program that has been credited with helping increase the number of Democratic women in elected office.
Emerge Vermont to Shut Down Amid National Restructuring | Seven Days
The political training group for Democratic women will fold into a new regional model as Emerge America eliminates state affiliates.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The change marks a significant shift for the state program that has been credited with helping increase the number of Democratic women in elected office.
The misdemeanor can be expunged from Vekos’ record in June as long as she does not violate several conditions, including that she not allow alcohol to “interfere” with her work.
Addison County Prosecutor Pleads No Contest to DUI Charge | Seven Days
Eva Vekos can seek to have the misdemeanor charge expunged from her record next summer as long as she avoids further violations.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The misdemeanor can be expunged from Vekos’ record in June as long as she does not violate several conditions, including that she not allow alcohol to “interfere” with her work.
A hotel, apartment complexes and community spaces are all envisioned for the area. Most of Memorial Auditorium, which closed in 2016 due to structural concerns, would be torn down.
Burlington Councilors Get Glimpse of Memorial Block Redesign | Seven Days
A hotel and apartment complex could someday replace the shuttered Memorial Auditorium. But developers are short $33 million to build the current design.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A hotel, apartment complexes and community spaces are all envisioned for the area. Most of Memorial Auditorium, which closed in 2016 due to structural concerns, would be torn down.
Chavarria is being represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation, a high-profile public interest law firm with conservative and libertarian leanings.
Winooski Superintendent Files Lawsuit Over Airport Search of Devices | Seven Days
The suit says Wilmer Chavarria's Fourth Amendment rights were violated during a search of his devices in July at a Texas airport.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Chavarria is being represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation, a high-profile public interest law firm with conservative and libertarian leanings.