Just after sunrise, less than 24 hours after Tropical Storm Irene barreled down on Vermont, Intervale farmers were out in the fields racing to save their crops. With plastic totes and wooden bins in hand, the farmers and a number... Continue reading

As a portent of the end of the world (coming October 2011 or maybe sometime in 2012), we've had some intense weather thrown at us recently. While we haven't had to deal with such epic natural disasters as the tsunami... Continue reading

Here in Vermont, we're aesthetically as far removed from the fashion capitals of the world as you can get. You're about as likely to see grease-stained Carhartts and duct-tape-covered puff coats cruising down the runways of Paris or Milan as... Continue reading

If Christmas is your gift-giving holiday of choice and you're anything like me, your December 25 went a little something like this: after staying up late watching episodes of Tabatha's Salon Takeover on Hulu while jamming festively decorated cookies down... Continue reading

Ed. Note: During the last week of the year, we asked our writers to reflect on the highs and lows of 2010. While 2010 might have been a good year for Taylor Swift, rich people and the Internet, it has... Continue reading

Poor Mike Aldrich. After turning away a black patron from his barber shop, saying he wouldn't be able to help the guy because he wasn't good at doing black hair, the Bellows Falls barber has become the target of some... Continue reading

After much bellyaching by U.S. Rep. Peter Welch and some maple-producing compatriots in New Hampsha, the producer of Log Cabin "All Natural" Syrup has announced that it will comply with FDA guidelines and actually become natural. Apparently now, it's unnatural.... Continue reading

In Sunday's Boston Globe, there was a funny little article lamenting the fact that New Hampshire can't figure out how to market itself. Pitiful. Or pitiable. One of those two. Poor New Hampshire has neither Maine's iconic lobsters, nor does... Continue reading

In keeping with the grand tradition of Vermont being about a half a decade behind on every major trend, the painted fiberglass cows have arrived in downtown Burlington. Today (Tuesday), crews put the finishing touches on the lumbering herd, drilling... Continue reading

From the Department of Big-Ass Mea Culpas: Well, friends, it turns out that America's favorite scrappy-do movie star was NOT actually in Vermont over Easter. Contrary to what I wrote a few hours ago on Blurt and what a number... Continue reading

A few days after Sandra Bullock took home the Oscar for best gal-next-door actress, it was revealed that her motorcyclist husband Jesse James was slumming it with a woman who has multiple facial tattoos and a fascination with White Power.... Continue reading

Today I ventured out on Church Street to soak up some Vitamin D and watch the bedlam that is Burlington's pedestrian thoroughfare. As I made my way down the street, I happened upon an official government vehicle parked outside of... Continue reading

Here's a little trivia question for you fine folk: How many ski resorts are in our little nation of Vermont? If you answered "What's skiing?" or "Where is Vermont?," feel free to stop reading pronto-like. If your answer "Twenty, you... Continue reading

According to the city's paper of record, the Burlington Free Press, MTV's "The Real World" is coming a-knockin' on lil' ol' Burlington's door. They're looking to cast folks for their 24th season of the "reality" show, considered the granddaddy of... Continue reading

Dear Dr. Melinda Estes, Thank you for your letter dated September 16. I appreciate you thinking of me and taking the time to write. It must be tough for you to find a spare minute in your day, what with... Continue reading

Friends, today I embark on a great challenge (a challenge I was supposed to undertake yesterday, but I forgot). Today, on the 15th of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand niner, I begin my week of eating... Continue reading

Friends, today I embark on a great challenge (a challenge I was supposed to undertake yesterday, but I forgot). Today, on the 15th of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand niner, I begin my week of eating... Continue reading

Yesterday I had the good fortune of chatting with my new best pal, the besuited, bespectacled Ira Glass of public radio's This American Life. I don't think he's aware that he's my new bestie, but no matter. Plenty of my... Continue reading