Vermont’s Vibrant Entre-ski Scene
Excellent article talking to the Beer concierge at the Hotel Vermont in Burlington.
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Winter storm arrives in Vermont
Wet, heavy snow began to fall in many parts of Vermont on Tuesday as the state prepared for difficult driving conditions and possible power outages. The Adirondack Mountains almost disappeared as a blanket of snow headed toward Burlington over Lake Champlain early Tuesday afternoon. However, snow did not immediately stick in the city. A winter…
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Nation watching GMO labeling fight in Vermont
Attorney General William Sorrell is well aware of the high stakes involved in his defense of Vermont’s labeling law for genetically modified organisms against a lawsuit by the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Across the nation, farmers, corporate executives at giant multinational food companies such as Unilever, and millions of Americans who question the health effects of…
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Vermont resorts make more snow with less energy
The most ambitious upgrade to snowmaking in the history of the ski business in Vermont is in place at all 15 major resorts in the state, giving owners and managers a new measure of confidence that the 2014-15 season will be the third in a row with near record numbers of skier visits. Vermont saw…
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Vermont Gets It’s Own Comic Con
Comic Con includes Game of Thrones right? My personal contribution of content to this post, a road sign hack 5 months ago near my home, he did misspell Jon. John Snow knew Nothing #gameofthrones #JonSnow #hack Hooksett New Hampshire West River road A video posted by Meni (@vipstrippers) on Jun 6, 2014 at 8:51am PDT Organizers…
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Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Vermont’s Prison Population?
Tammie LaClair should be in prison. In September, she was arrested and charged with her fourth DUI. Because she was unwilling to post the $2,500 bail, the 47-year-old South Newfane resident was ushered to one of Vermont’s scarce inmate beds. But rather than live in prison, at the cost of $180 taxpayers’ dollars a day,…
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Vermont Dems Have an Organizational Edge
All things being equal, Gov. Peter Shumlin and Lt. Gov. Phil Scott would cruise to victory if November’s election were held today. Or, at least, if it was held two weeks ago, when the Castleton Polling Institute wrapped up this fall’s most scientific survey of Vermont voters. The poll, commissioned by WCAX-TV, showed that Shumlin’s…
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TIME: America Needs More Crazy Debates Like In Vermont
Vermont’s gubernatorial debate was a sure cure for the nation’s political blues Most televised political debate in the United States is a lifeless, platitude-laden sideshow with virtually no value except as a grim form of entertainment, like watching democracy itself fed to the lions at the Coliseum. That is why Vermont’s recent gubernatorial debate, in…
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Ello vs. Facebook, Ello creator from Burlington VT
The eight-week-old social network Ello has a manifesto: no ads, no data-mining, no algorithms that make decisions about what you should see, no turning users into products. If you hit the “I agree” button after the manifesto, the site puts you on the waiting list for an invitation. If you click “disagree,” it sends you…
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Burlington VT Now Entirely Powered By Renewable Sources
One hundred percent of the electricity powering Burlington — Vermont’s largest city — will come from wind, water, biomass, and other sources of renewable energy, bringing the city to the forefront of a nationwide movement to make businesses and cities more environmentally-friendly. Burlington’s goal was reached when the city bought the 7.4-megawatt Winooski 1…
