Editorial

Lawsuit hopes to shatter illusion of local control

“To say there’s local control, that’s the cruel illusion.”
When attorney James Valente spoke those words in Windham Superior Court Wednesday afternoon (see story on page A1), it pretty much summed up the feelings of many about how much say local towns and school districts have over their...

Addiction a problem for the entire community

Recently we’ve run a series of articles reporting on how the community is trying to deal with the opioid epidemic and how addiction is affecting the valley. While many may not see it in their day-to-day lives, opioid addiction has hit home and members of the community are rallying to do something...

Students everywhere get read for the new year

It’s back to school season. In the next few weeks schools around the region and across the country will be starting up for the new academic year. Whether kindergarten or college, there is something special and exciting or perhaps even a bit frightening for students as they head into that first...

False narrative of “fake news” is the real threat

Today, newspaper editors across the country are penning columns in response to President Donald Trump’s ongoing broadsides against the press. This editorial joins hundreds of others in response to a call from the Boston Globe for newspapers large and small to comment in their editorial pages...

Primary deserves a vote

Tuesday is Vermont’s 2018 primary election. While for many the level of excitement generated by the primary races rivals that of watching a solar field produce electricity, there are reasons to pay attention and to vote this year.
In some ways, this is Vermont’s most interesting primary...

Mullin Report still a vital document to guide valley

“The Towns of Dover and Wilmington are facing a period of economic transformation. Long dependent on a steady tourist activity for their job base, it is essential, over the long term, that they begin to expand their base in new directions.”
Strategic Economic Development Plan For Dover and...

Businesses still willing to invest in the valley

There are many who have concerns about the economy of the Deerfield Valley. That’s understandable, given the flameout that has taken place at the Hermitage Club and the drag that collapse has put on the local economy. No doubt, the damage to many local businesses is incalculable.
Its...

Tax season is upon us

The sky is not falling

Folks of a certain age may remember a number of “end-of-the-world” events that were sure to cause massive disruption of life as we knew it at the time. In each instance, prognosticators said major chaos was inevitable and likely unavoidable.
Who can forget the Y2K computer glitch?...

Independence for all

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
“The New Colossus” - Emma Lazarus, 1883. “We cannot...