Here's the news from this week's issue of Seven Days, on newsstands and beer-soaked bars now:

• In our cover story, the former Brandon Training School is a village now. Regardez.
• Gov. Peter Shumlin's controversial land deal with East Montpelier neighbor Jeremy Dodge is now infamous. Lesser known is how Shumlin built a $5 million real estate empire that stretches from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean.
• State police face an exodus of troopers and may be loosening rules on tattoos to try to attract more recruits.
• Burlington College spent $10 million on its new headquarters and just unveiled a big, bold and politically risky development plan to pay that sum back.
• In Fair Game, it's amateur hour at the state employees union, Howard Dean marks his presidential campaign's 10th anniversary, and Mayor Miro gets a  "new" chief of staff.