Editorial

It has been a tough year for the rural community I represent. Flooding struck not once, but twice. July ravaged our towns, damaged small businesses, and forced people from their homes (including my own). Now that we are back in Montpelier, I hope my colleagues in the Legislature can work together...
Saturday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  It’s an important marker, and we encourage readers to take a minute to reflect on the most horrific, inhumane acts people have inflicted on others. It’s a day to reinforce in everyone that something so awful should never happen again. 
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We think it’s fair to say the valley is going through a bit of a business renaissance right now. As readers may have noticed, we’ve published  quite a few articles in recent months about turnover and other changes in local businesses.  From new owners to new ventures, the valley is buzzing with...
A young skier taking advantage of the Adaptive Sports at Mount Snow program.
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A young skier taking advantage of the Adaptive Sports at Mount Snow program. Facebook
At the top of the mountain a skier smiles. An onlooker appears apprehensive. Another skier gasps. Sadly, such reactions are not uncommon: this skier has one leg and one ski. For those not fully aware of the kind of skiing options open to skiers with physical, emotional or intellectual challenges...
Monday is a national holiday, one that honors the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  A civil rights icon of the last century who was assassinated in 1968, King built his legacy and his movement using nonviolent protest and pressure to help end segregation and  “Jim Crow” laws in...
The Vermont Legislature opened its 2024 session this week, and early indications are that much  attention for the next five months will be focused on “resiliency.”
No doubt that word has different meanings to different people, but the bottom line is that the flooding many parts of the...
Monday is the first day of 2024, and with the start of a new year comes the time-honored tradition of  people making their resolutions for the coming year.   
We’re guessing that every reader has made a resolution at one time or another. They vary, of course, from losing weight or eating...
In the not so distant past, weekend skiers often divided time between work, home, and a weekend life in the mountains. This was before the pandemic. This was before Vail and Aspen bought much of the ski world. Skiing was a different kind of mountain escape. The mountains were, well, a “third...
“Tell me why?
I don’t like Mondays
I want to shoot
The whole day down”
Bob Geldof, The Boomtown Rats
Mondays have been a tough day for Vermonters in 2023.   Two Mondays in particular, July 10 and December 18.  Both of those days saw torrential rain which caused...
The Campaign for Vermont has some interesting survey results, asking Vermonters what they think about how the state is governed. CFV describes itself as “a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization dedicated to the vision of a more prosperous Vermont and a growing middle class.”  They say they...

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