Presidents Day is Monday, and the entire weekend and week that follows is considered a holiday period by many in this country. Presidents Day itself was created to celebrate the birthdays of the United States’ first president, George Washington, and the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
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Political observers and members of the media have had their heads on a swivel since the beginning of the Trump administration. In less than three weeks, President Donald Trump has enacted dozens of executive orders designed to fulfill election campaign promises of dismantling federal agencies:...
We get a lot of press releases sent our way during the course of a week. No surprise, since a newspaper office is still a place where people turn to get their message out. Even with the rise of social media, the flow of press releases continues unabated. Most of them received here will never...
Town Meeting is six weeks away. But there’s another deadline coming up for anyone interested in getting involved in town government in Vermont. Monday, January 27, is the deadline day to turn in a petition to run for office.
Not happy with your local town government? Happy with your...
Monday, January 20, marks two milestones in US history. It’s the day the country celebrates civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and it’s also the day Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
To say that Monday will be an unusual day may be the...
What a difference a few days can make. In the weather. In New England.
Just take a look back at the past couple of weeks. Shortly after Christmas, the weather went from snowy and cold to rainy and balmy. A pounding rain wiped out much of the snow cover on lawns and in the woods. But by...
Well, the new year has arrived. It came in with style and panache, and even the rain and snow this week wasn’t enough to dampen revelers’ spirits and excitement for the year to come. As we take a look back on the year just ended (see Mike Eldred’s 2024 review on page A1) it’s not too soon to...
It’s the holiday season. Christmas and Hanukkah are less than a week away, and the new year will ring in a week later. Honestly, after the year we just went through, it’s kind of nice to focus on the holiday, families, goodwill toward others, and a chance to start fresh in 2024.
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The buzzword around Vermont these days is “affordability.” As in, the lack thereof. In other words, Vermont is on the verge of being too expensive for many people to continue to live here.
That word, affordability, has been bandied about by Gov. Phil Scott for a number of years. He...
We’ve written many times over the years about how important volunteering and volunteers are to life here in the valley. Just last week we published two stories about people helping out friends and neighbors. One was about efforts to help an aging friend replace their failed roof before the severe...