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Early last Thursday morning, fire consumed an apartment building at 144 North Union Street in Burlington. Fortunately, all of the building’s nine residents were able to escape unharmed. But the house and virtually everything inside it was a total loss.... Read more

Sparks were flying at The Bee's Knees in Morrisville two weekends ago, and it wasn't because of owner Sharon Deitz's tasty cuisine.

The small blaze, which broke out on the roof of a shed adjoining the eatery, was quickly contained by the local fire department.... Read more

Omnivores who support the Vermont Fresh Network probably won't have much of a dilemma about shelling out 10 bucks a pop for the nonprofit's raffle tickets, on sale through May 31. The prize is pretty special: a June 10 dinner for two at Penny Cluse Café with Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.... Read more

Quatre, which means "four" in French, is how many times one Burlington eatery has reinvented itself since it first opened on the corner of Battery and Main, as Greenstreet's. The restaurant, which closed abruptly on April 18, is reopening with the same name, Quatre Bistro, confirms spokesperson Melissa Stuart. She also mentions that visitors will see the same smiling faces in the dining room and the open kitchen, save one: Chef Frank Pace is no longer on staff.... Read more

Here's the weekly astrological forecast for May 7-14, 2008. What's your sign, baby? They're all here...... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again
Sheriff’s investigators reported that Kasey Allan and David Connell warned a gas station clerk in Benzie County, Mich., they would be back to rob her after they got their masks and a gun and asked her to cooperate in exchange for money. Two hours later, the men returned, only to be arrested by deputies and state troopers whom the clerk had alerted.... Read more

At Passover, celebrants read the Haggadah, which tells the story of the Jews’ slavery under the Egyptian Pharaoh and their Exodus out of his land. They’re in such a hurry that they don’t even let the bread rise — hence, matzoh.... Read more

"Yeah, I’ll be there in 10, Nick,” I said on my cellphone to a regular customer. “Where are we going tonight?”

“Knights of Columbus, Jernigan. You know — off Airport Parkway in South Burlington. They’re having one of those Texas Hold ’Em tournaments. You know me.”... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again Christopher Allen Koch, 28, pulled into a bank parking lot in Liberty, Pa., and, according to police, waited in his car for about 20 minutes before heading for the bank entrance wielding a shotgun and wearing an orange ski mask. The door was locked, however, because the bank had closed a minute earlier. Employees inside spotted Koch and got a license plate number that led police to him, along with the gun and the mask.... Read more

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from experimental music guru Greg Davis. It seems he’s been quite the busy, buzzing bee lately, recording, producing and touring with or for an array of artists and labels as varied as the man’s music itself.... Read more