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Burlington Asks to Turn State Office Building Into a Homeless Shelter
By KEVIN MCCALLUM for Seven Days
Published June 5, 2023 at 3:47 p.m.
Burlington officials are asking permission to turn a downtown state office building into a homeless shelter to help address the evictions of people from motels in Chittenden County this summer.
The proposal that Mayor Miro Weinberger outlined on Monday calls for the city to use the three-story brick building at 108 Cherry Street as an overnight shelter for 50 people, with daytime services for up to 75.
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A New Outdoor Exhibit in Montpelier Reflects on the Climate and Housing Crises
By SALLY POLLAK for Seven Days
Published June 7, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
A few weeks before Nick Pattis installed a new exhibit at the Vermont Arts Council sculpture garden, he visited the site on State Street in Montpelier. Pattis, project manager at Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield, was viewing the space for the first time.
“I was like, Wow, this is up front!” he recalled. “This is right across from the Statehouse — the big-time!”
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Still Flying High: Vermont's State Flag Turns 100
By ABIGAIL SYLVOR GREENBERG for Seven Days
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An Optimistic Outlook on Aging Could Help With Memory Loss: Study
People often say to look on the bright side of things, and though the phrase may seem trite, it turns out that positive thinking is more powerful than you might think. According to a recent study from the Yale School of Public Health, an optimistic outlook on aging can help older adults with mild cognitive impairment regain normal cognition.
Of those studied, positive thinkers who had adopted positive beliefs about aging from their culture were 30% more likely to recover, seeing improvement as early as two years faster than participants with negative age beliefs. Optimistic thoughts about aging “reduced the stress caused by cognitive challenges, increased self-confidence about cognition, and improved cognitive performance,” per a press release.
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A New Poll Points to a Formula For the Perfect Vacation: ‘Unexpected’ and ‘Unforgettable’
What makes a vacation truly memorable? There may be a reliable formula, at least for younger people.
A poll of 2,000 travelers between 18 and 34 identified some of their favorite ingredients.
Traveling with a group of at least four people, enjoying a minimum of four new experiences, and doing something “unexpected” were among the most essential. -
State Announces 28-Day Extension for Some in Motel Housing Program
By KEVIN MCCALLUM for Seven Days
Published May 26, 2023 at 7:01 p.m.
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Whetstone Beer Brews Pints for Vermont's State Parks
COURTNEY LAMDIN for Seven Days
Published May 17, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
The founders of Whetstone Beer in Brattleboro have always been fond of public parks. For the brewery’s 10th anniversary last summer, the company rebranded with a motif that mimics the iconic national park travel posters that were created during the New Deal era to ramp up tourism.
It’s only fitting, then, that Whetstone’s newest project honors the natural spaces in its own backyard. The company plans to brew two limited-edition beers each year that are inspired by Vermont state parks. Dubbed Pints for Parks and launched this month, the project will funnel $1 from every draft beer or four-pack sold to Vermont Parks Forever, a nonprofit that fundraises for park improvements and provides free visitor passes to underserved communities.
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93-year-old woman and grandson complete journey to all 63 US national parks
Brad Ryan and his grandmother Joy Ryan set out on a journey to visit all 63 national parks seven and a half years ago.
This week they completed their goal when they arrived at the National Park of American Samoa.
“The National Park of American Samoa is the only U.S. national park south of the equator and our most remote park,” Ryan posted on the Grandma Joy’s Road Trip Instagram page created to document their travels. “It was a long road to get here, but we couldn’t have chosen a more epic place to conclude this epic chapter of Grandma Joy’s Road Trip!”
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UVM graduates preparing for next steps; ceremony brings thousands to Burlington
Updated: 9:39 AM EDT May 22, 2023
On Sunday thousands gathered in Burlington to commemorate the University of Vermont’s class of 2023.
For some, it was an early start after a weekend of celebrating.
Surrounded by friends and family, hundreds grads crossed the stage in the ceremony for UVM’s College of Arts and Sciences and entered a new chapter in their lives.
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Vermont Resort Will Offer Skiing Through Memorial Day Despite Warm Spring
By Matt Lorelli for Powder MagazineDespite a warm and wet winter/spring, the mounds of snow on Killington’s ‘Superstar’ trail is holding up fairly nicely. The Vermont resort is known for having the longest season in the east, and this year certainly wasn’t an exception.
Local news station WCAX-TV Channel 3 News stopped by Killington earlier this week to talk to the hundreds of skiers still scoring slushy turns. The big news is that Killington officials expect skiing to go down on Superstar through Memorial Day.
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