Editorial

An energetic renaissance

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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It is the invincible spirit that overcomes

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...

Dream under attack

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...

Action over reaction

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...

New year, new me

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...

The mountain is more than just skiing

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...

Dubious record of destructive disasters

“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...

Legislature would be savvy to look at survey

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...

Painful story to tell

Last week’s report of sexual abuse that occurred half a century ago at a local football camp was a painful story to tell. The lawsuit levels serious accusations of a child abuse cover up at one of the country’s most beloved sports figure, Joe Namath. It wasn’t Namath who is accused of the abuse...

“Advantage” goes to saving companies money

Moving only 21 miles west of the Deerfield Valley seems to have catapulted me into a whole new television news environment. I have also been switched from Direct TV to the dreaded Comcast Xfinity with its infinity of complications. In this brave new world, I am getting besieged with Medicare “...