To the Editor,
Last week in this newspaper we submitted an open letter to the state of Vermont urging the governor and Legislature to allow a delay in sending in February rooms and meals taxes … and it worked!
In an announcement on Monday, March 23, Gov. Scott used his “authority...
To the Editor,
The Marlboro School Board wishes to express its condemnation of the injustices that have persisted within the Vermont schools’ Pupil Weighting System over the last 20 years. The 2019 Pupil Weighting Study Report laid bare the egregious inequities that have existed for two...
To the Editor,
Hurrah! West River Habitat for Humanity has found a qualifying family for our next house!
The family has been local for generations, well known to almost everybody, with two small children. It will be our sixth home in this area. We have the land already and enough...
To the Editor,
After years of institutional mismanagement and months of fostering confusion, misdirection, and outright fabrications, the Marlboro College Board of Trustees and its president are set to close down the 70-year-old institution and transfer its $35 million remaining endowment...
To the editor,
I am so honored to work in a town that is determined to serve its community to its best every day.
This weekend I was unsuccessful in my attempts to deliver an electric wheelchair to one of my clients. One of my helpers suggested I try the road crew in Wilmington,...
To the Editor,
The fourth grade at Aviston Elementary, located in southern Illinois, is learning about the United States and the different environments, climates, resources, and highlights found in each region.
The kids in the class think it would be fun to receive postcards,...
To the Editor,
An open letter to legislative decision makers:
Please make every effort to ensure that S.54, the cannabis regulation bill provides strong equity and inclusion provisions. The current bill fails to provide a sufficiently robust framework and fails to allocate any...
To the Editor,
Fifty million Chinese locked down! Fifteen countries affected! Three confirmed cases in the US! These dramatic headlines announce one more pandemic caused by our abuse of animals.
Indeed, 61% of the 1,415 pathogens known to infect humans originate with animals. These...
To the Editor,
Working with nine Vermont public schools and three town boards of authority, I am filled with sadness and shame and outrage!
Public trust in our institutions is the foundation of democracy. Without it we can only create scapegoats in the place of justice, and...
To the Editor,
I am running for selectboard in Whitingham and hope this letter enables folks to know me better.
For the past eight years, I’ve enjoyed serving on the Whitingham Planning and Zoning Commission and the Whitingham Economic Development Group. I’ve worked with internet...