Bernie Sanders Buys a Summer Home in North Hero

[Donkees]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the proud new owner of a summer home in the Champlain Islands, Seven Days has confirmed.



Last Tuesday, the day of the closing, a relaxed-looking Bernie Sanders posed for a photo at Hero’s Welcome General Store on Route 2. The store, a bit south of his new abode, serves a sandwich called “Feel the Bun” in the senator’s honor. The $6.99 deli delight consists of a “HUGE” homemade roll, sliced turkey, fresh apple chutney, hot pepper relish, lettuce, tomato and provolone cheese.

“It’s not fair that the Billionaire Class controls 99 percent of the bread,” the menu description reads. “Here’s a sandwich for the rest of us … to keep us nourished until everything cool is free!”

Sanders ordered the sandwich during his visit last week. Hero’s Welcome owner, Robert Camp, told Seven Days the store once offered a Sanders sandwich that poked fun at the senator, but later pulled it. The new version captures the essence of his rise to national prominence, Camp said.

Island locals are happy to see a man of Sanders’ stature choose the town, which had fewer than 1,000 residents as of the 2010 U.S. Census.

“We couldn’t ask for a nicer person to move in — that’s my opinion,” said Eileen Mitchell, a member of the town selectboard. The place isn’t just for senators, she added: “We welcome anyone else that moves into town.”

Camp, who’s run Hero’s Welcome for 23 years, predicted Sanders would fit right into island life.

“He’ll be a welcome neighbor, everybody up here loves him,” Camp said. “We’re all ornery and so is he!”

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[Lifelong Protester]

1. "Feel the Bun"

[NJCher]

2. hooray for Bernie

I am happy to see him have a nice place like this to relax after the grueling primary campaign he went through on our behalf.


Cher

[Donkees]

3. Yes, and I think of his mother not being able to fulfill her dream of owning a home...

she died young. Let Bernie live her dreams.

[dae]

4. Bernie and Jane earned my everlasting appreciation

for the people thry are and the campaign he ran.