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Ever get a speeding ticket for driving 50 mph in a school zone? Been popped for pot possession? Arrested for civil disobedience? If you’ve done any of these things, or worse, Max Schlueter has your number. And your fingerprints. As director of the Vermont Criminal Information Center for the last 15 years, Schlueter’s got the lowdown on the state’s rap sheets.... Read more

A month and a half ago, Eric Warnstedt — executive chef at Hen of the Wood at the Grist Mill in Waterbury — picked up the phone, and the person on the line professed to be Dana Cowin, editor-in-chief of Food & Wine magazine. Warnstedt's response? "Get the fuck out of here!"... Read more

Winning a James Beard Award may be one of the greatest honors a chef can attain, but being asked to prepare a dish for the awards ceremony gala event — which crams a crowd of 1800 high-profile foodies into New York's Lincoln Center — isn't too shabby, either. This year, Craig Tresser and Eric Warnstedt from Hen of the Wood in Waterbury were asked to participate. Makes sense, given that the celebration's theme is "Artisanal America: The Craft of Cuisine."... Read more

Peter Miller may be the only Vermonter who insists on calling his town Colbyville — most people call it Waterbury — but this week he’s providing another reason to put that sliver of the state on the map: the Peter Miller Photography Gallery. He’s transformed the first floor of his house on Crossroad — just off Route 100 and a stone’s throw from the Ben & Jerry’s factory — into an exhibition space for his own monumental body of work.... Read more

WATERBURY - Community newspapers aren't just about high school sports scores and ice-cream socials. David Goodman, brother of radio-host activist Amy, will have a column in the new Waterbury Record, which hits the streets January 25. Liz Schlegel of Spike Advertising also plans to have a biweekly business column in the free, 4000-circulation weekly. Both are residents of the town the new paper's spokesperson calls "the place to be right now in central Vermont."... Read more

As a kid growing up in Montréal, Duncan McDougall loved books, particularly sailing and adventure stories. "I remember vividly the day I read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," he says. "I sat on my bed and read it cover to cover. I had to beg my mom to go and get some chocolate. It was so powerful, that book."... Read more

Two and a half years after a fire gutted a historic 19th-century house in downtown Waterbury, the old structure met its demise last week, as a wrecking crew brought down nearly all of what remained of the original building. Its demolition marks the end of a two-year battle to save the historic house, which once belonged to Vermont's most famous Civil War hero. But its new developers say that the antebellum house will rise again.... Read more

The Brooks Building is a remarkably dark and grim place, considering all the light that's shone on it lately. Home to the Vermont State Hospital, Brooks is the last building on the state campus in Waterbury that still houses psychiatric patients. We wind through a labyrinth of hallways and basement tunnels as dank and confining as catacombs to get to Brooks One Unit, the highest security psychiatric ward in the state. When we finally emerge, our guide, Nursing Administrator Anne Jerman, unlocks a heavy iron gate.... Read more

The growing movement in Vermont to halt the spread of genetically modified organisms took another step forward last week. The Vermont House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill that would mandate manufacturers of genetically engineered seeds to label their products as such. "The Farmers' Right-to-Know Act," H-777, legally defines GE seeds as different from conventional seeds and requires biotech companies to report their annual sales to the state Agency of Agriculture.... Read more

A steady, freezing rain falls through the charred rafters of an old brick house on South Main Street in downtown Waterbury. What was once an elegant front door now hangs ajar, revealing the extensive internal damage caused by an electrical fire more than a year ago. Inside, water trickles down an oak banister and pools in the front foyer. A few months ago, the Vermont Department of Labor and Industry ordered a chain-link fence put up around the property to protect the public from bricks that occasionally tumble from the second floor in a strong wind.... Read more