I thought the hardest part of profiling a man charged with murder would be convincing him to talk. Defendants in such cases rarely take the stand, let alone speak publicly before trial. But Mbyayenge "Robbie" Mafuta, a young man who is accused of murdering his prison cellmate a year ago, was eager to tell me and my colleague Colin Flanders about his life in Burlington, where he developed a serious mental illness before his incarceration.
Everyone's Problem Nancy Berger's letter [Feedback: "Welcome All Freeloaders," September 20] tries to place blame for Burlington's rise in drug and homelessness problems on the.
Bread and Puppet Beliefs Chelsea Edgar's prizeworthy story on Bread and Puppet Theater and its creative genius, Peter Schumann, is both entertainingly informative and astute.