Every hour, on the hour, or close to it, I hear bells toll in Burlington. First there’s the United Methodist Church on College Street. What I hear is not really bells, but some mechanical or electric device. Thirty seconds or so later, I hear the same hour struck from the cupola of city hall. I […]

Adrienne and I had to run some lunch-hour errands a few weeks ago, so we grabbed some sandwiches to eat in the car. We thought we’d park down by the municipal pier and look at the lake, but we forgot now that summer is here, you have to pay four dollars to pull into the […]

It’s gray and overcast today, the forecast calls for more rain. It’s been a cool, wet spring in New England, very much like the spring of ’98. Burlington usually gets three inches of rain in May, but we’ve already had five. We’re running six inches ahead on rain for the year. Lake Champlain hovers at […]

The Food and Drug Administration last week announced it will not require food manufacturers to label products which contain genetically-engineered ingredients. Spokespeople for the FDA said this step is being taken in response to consumer concerns regarding the safety of genetically-altered foods. The powers that be at the FDA must have wax in their ears, […]