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V E RMON T’S INDE P ENDE NT V OIC E NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 3, 2025 VOL.31 NO.12 SEVENDAYSVT.COM
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LOCAL IDEAS INSIDE!
STAR P WER
Ripton writer and activist Bill McKibben has surprisingly sunny news for our gloomy times: The solar age has dawned. BY K E N P IC AR D , PAGE 2 2
FIELD DAZE
PAGE 14
Tussle over turf at CVU
GOOD HANG
PAGE 30
Doma Bar opens in Burlington
A MESS OF MESSIAHS
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’Tis the season for holiday concerts