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Love him or hate him, Peter Freyne has been Vermont's most renowned political journalist for over 20 years.

Freyne recently retired his Seven Days column, "Inside Track" and Eva caught up with him to have a look back at his legacy with some old friends.

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On July 17, Al Gore issued an ominous challenge to the American people: By 2018, the nation must be weaned from fossil fuels and fully reliant on carbon-free electric power. “The future of human civilization is at stake,” he said.... Read more

Tom Messner has been delivering the weather with a smile for 18 years on WPTZ/NewsChannel 5.

His grandma assumed he would grow up to be a chatty salesman.  Little did she
know, Tom would one day be 'selling' the weather to the masses with his trademark grin.

Messner is so well-known that he can't get very far without being recognized. That is the thing about being a popular weatherman, people feel like they know you since you come into their living room every night.... Read more

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Rene Kirby is a self-proclaimed "gimp without a whimp." He has never let his small stature detract from his active lifestyle.

Rene (said "REEN") never wastes time complaining. Whether he is getting around on all fours or using his specially tailored bike, he feels better constructed than the "normies."... Read more

Live, local courtroom drama has it all over “Law and Order.” Television trials can’t prepare you for the initial shock of watching an accused murderer being led into a courtroom — or the fact that he looks more like a bank teller in a blue button-down shirt. Flanked by armed guards, hands and feet cuffed, Brian Rooney emerged from a side door for a pre-trial hearing last month at Chittenden County District Court in Burlington because he sent a letter to the court that sounded like a request for a new lawyer.... Read more

On a recent weekday evening at Vermont College in Montpelier, former Governor Madeleine Kunin discussed her new book, Pearls, Politics, & Power: How Women Can Win and Lead, before a mostly female audience of about 70 people. After her speech, a microphone was passed to a woman in one of the front rows.

Did Kunin have any advice for female political hopefuls disillusioned by a gender-biased media?... Read more

The Tuesday night crowd is young and hip at Studio STK in Burlington’s Old North End. Retro-punk hair, tattoos and skinny jeans appear among the 15 or so locals who endure plastic-molded chairs for two hours of “Secret Movie Night,” hosted by filmmaker and STK web designer Will Skolochenko.... Read more

Anyone who complains about having too much on his or her plate should take a peek at Vendela Vida's. Between writing novels, co-editing The Believer magazine - a monthly buffet of off-beat book reviews, essays and interviews - teaching at a nonprofit tutoring center and raising a young daughter, it's a wonder she finds time to order take-out, let alone fly across the country for a cameo at her alma mater.... Read more

BURLINGTON - In late July, the Peace & Justice Center, Burlington's hive of left-wing activists, named a new executive director. Serena Chaudhry, a worldly 33-year-old, promised to bring new blood and new ideas to the graying nonprofit. After two months on the job, she's making progress.

"There's this amazing foundation that exists here - 27 years of being a nonprofit in this world where funding is so unstable," she says of the 1500-member organization. "I think that's remarkable."

"That being said," she adds, "I think that there's still so much that can be done."... Read more

Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Peter Welch won't comment on the pink dog bowl parked discreetly beside the water cooler in his cloakroom-sized Capitol office.

"We have an official policy of denying any questions about Pepper," says Welch, straight-faced, about the chow/shepherd mix seen running with him during lunch hours. Welch's aide, 23-year-old Andrew Savage, smiles silently but continues typing. Welch's pet is a sensitive topic for the Windsor County Democrat, since dogs aren't allowed inside the Statehouse.... Read more