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El Cortijo Taqueria has served tacos and margaritas in the former Oasis Diner in Burlington since New Year’s Eve 2011. This June, it will close to make way for Burl’s Downtown Kitchenette, a new all-day ...

To borrow and twist a line from Vermont songwriter Noah Kahan, “I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the ticks.” Indeed, those nibbly little demons are one of the few downsides to summer in the Green Mountains — the others being the potential for f...

After years of apartment living, Francis McGill and his wife, Charlotte, found their little slice of Vermont heaven in 2019: a home on 10 acres of land in South Starksboro with a greenhouse, woods and a brook. Their son could play safely there. Wild animals frequently traipse across the lawn.

“We saw a bobcat eating a woodchuck once,” McGill recalled in a recent in...

At first glance, two split-level rental properties in Burlington have little in common. One, on Mansfield Avenue, is a blue house with shingle siding in good repair. The other is set back from Colchester Court, its faded yellow exterior looking the worse for wear.

Peter Zuk, an executive at a title insurance agency, owns both. But he could lose them under a new cit...

Seven Days book critic Margot Harrison couldn’t get enough of Tim Weed’s 2025 “cli-fi” novel, The Afterlife Project. In this week’s issue, she reviews the Putney author’s latest release,