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WASHINGTON, July 29
– Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today told federal regulators considering limits on oil price speculation that consumers are “sick of a Wall Street that is allowed to make a fortune betting that the price of oil will go up while millions of Americans pay the price at the gas pump.”
Sanders testified at [...]
Some cool stuff that we didn’t do and isn’t on our site but thought you should “Check It Out!”
- Some great photos of a wonderful event and moments – Burlington Free Press photographer Glenn Russell captures a marriage proposal on hay bales - Go to: http://tinyurl.com/nrc7ks
Update, August 3, 2009 – Middleton is smiling and sitting up in a chair with assitance.
Update, July 30, 2009 – Middleton continues to show more improvement and has started breathing on her own.
University of South Carolina equestrian team rider Victoria Middleton is showing signs of recovery this morning at Albany Medical Center in New York [...]
Vermont State Police Detective Sergeant J.R. Underhill formally charged State Inmate Eric H. Charbonneau Jr. with one count of Transportation of a Regulated Drug into a Place of Detention, on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, while incarcerated at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. Charbonneau was allegedly found in possession of suspected buprenorphine and has been issued a [...]
Mike Bourgeois of G.W. Savage, cleans up after a suspicious early morning fire damaged Rice High School, Tues., July 28, 2009, in South Burlington, Vt. (VDN photo by Alden Pellett)
South Burlington, Vt. -, July 28, 2009. – A fire that started on the south end of Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington, Vt., shortly before 4 [...]
Addison, Vt. - On July 26, 2009., at about 11:15 a.m., emergency personnel were notified of a missing swimmer in Lake Champlain in the town of Addison, Addison County. The missing swimmer, identified as Ray L. Petreccia, 54, of Brooklyn, Ct., was reported to have been swimming in the lake off from Oven Bay Road. Petreccia [...]
Finally, it seems perhaps the wet weather streak has broken for more normal summer sun and heat.
Professional plantsman Ron Paquette of Paquette Full of Posies in Williston, Vt., offers some mid-summer gardening tips:
Now is the time to give the garden extra attention, especially the vegetables.
Aerate the soil.
Fertilize again, especially heat-loving plants like peppers, eggplant, and squash [...]
“It definitely has helped out our economic well-being.” – Ken Albert, owner of Shelburne Vineyards”
Gina Adams, left, and her husband, John Adams, right, of New York City, taste wines at Shelburne Vineyard, Monday, July 27, 2009, in Shelburne, Vt. – VDN photo by Alden Pellett
Vermont wineries have found a new Vermont law passed in May, [...]
Champlain Valley Folk Festival – Friday, July 31 through Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009.
Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh, Vt. - Traditional music and dance festival on the shores of Lake Champlain. Folk, World Music, Jazz, and more.
http:///www.cvfest.org
Stowe Summer Arts Festival
Friday, July 24–Sunday, August 2, 10AM – 8PM : Various locations in Stowe.
A 10-day, town-wide, mixed-media festival consisting of more than 100 events and programs representing the performing arts, fine arts, crafts and culinary arts. Eleven organizations have combined their resources and energy to make this festival one that will show off the variety [...]
