While writer Alison Novak was on a family trip in Bangkok, she received an email that became national news and changed the trajectory of her cover story.

Reporter Chelsea Edgar doesn’t believe Vermont’s beloved creemee is beyond reproach. In fact, there are a few more hater’s guides she’d like to write.

The Vermont author, poet and “warrior scholar” penned the definitive book on LSD. He traveled far and wide but was always drawn back to life on the family farm.

Seeing original movies in theaters keeps getting harder, but Vermont’s festivals and art houses expand the options. Here are some of our favorite 2025 films ...

The transgender activist from Bakersfield had an abiding belief that everyone deserved to be treated with dignity and respect.

A story about Trump’s ban on South Sudanese passport holders was ready to go to press — and then a last-minute twist caused writer Courtney Lamdin to scramble.

While reporting on Vermont’s newest representatives, Statehouse writer Hannah Bassett discovered one using ChatGPT to make sense of a high-profile bill.

Here are seven artists — painters, sculptors, a photographer and a papermaker — whose work stood out in the group shows we covered this year.

A Burlington park ranger stopped by the Seven Days office with a story tip about homelessness. Reporter Derek Brouwer turned the tipster into the story.

Here’s one left on the cutting-room floor, involving a president, the Secret Service and a Vermont film festival.

As Vermont got swept up in Trump’s crackdown on student protesters, writer Colin Flanders felt the rush of witnessing history in the making.

From a clever Weybridge farmer to a beloved rock-and-roll roadie in Burlington to a pioneering trans-rights advocate, they reflect what it is to be a Vermonter.