To the Editor,
Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital hosted its 16th annual Spring into Health 5K on Saturday, May 10. Despite the weather, we welcomed 93 participants: runners, walkers, and strollers. Rescue Inc. was on hand to help keep the participants safe during the event and we...
To the Editor:
Please be mindful of antisemitism in political messages. The Anti-Defamation League’s 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents (https://newengland.adl.org/news/2024-audit/) reports a deeply troubling rise in antisemitism across the country, including and especially, here in...
To the Editor,
Let me start as directly as I can: I’m sorry, Canada.
You didn’t elect our president, but you’re paying the price for his policies. In Vermont, we’re feeling the consequences too.
Trump’s reckless tariffs are more than economic burdens; they’re straining...
To the Editor,
A sea of people filled the King Hill Cemetery on Wednesday, May 14, in Marlboro, Vermont, to remember and praise the life of our precious Richard Hamilton. Cars were parked bumper to bumper for two miles, with our friendly and helpful police officers from several surrounding...
To the Editor:
I am writing about the recent article in the Manchester Journal about the upcoming trial of logger Otto Tarbell. I am familiar with this issue because I have hiked the area mentioned in the article for several decades. There is a trail along the pristine East Branch of the...
To the Editor,
The road to education reform in Vermont has been long and winding, and we are at another crossroads. Driven by increasingly unaffordable property tax bills, House bill H.454 attempts to use district consolidation as a cost-saving measure along with a funding formula change...
To the Editor,
I have serious concerns that many local residents have not been made aware of the monumental education bill currently before the Legislature. As a school board member and citizen, I have deep concerns that H.454 will have drastic impacts on our school district, including the...
To the Editor:
The American Legion and Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley would like to thank everyone who attended this weekend’s Memorial Day events.
The weekend began with Rotary’s famous barbecue on Sunday. Although it was a chilly day, the rain held off and many in the...
To the Editor,
Over the past two years, Vermonters have directly felt the impact of US-backed Israeli violence against Palestinians. Vermonter Dylan Collins, a journalist, was shot by the Israeli military on October 13, 2023. The following month a gunman shot three Palestinian students in...
To the Editor,
It looks like nowadays it’s necessary to play endless whack-a-mole with certain kinds of mistruths. Two examples appeared in last week’s letters to the editor. It’s tiring to respond to each instance, and I’m not the best person to do it, but just in case others are...