To the Editor,
With Easter and Mother’s Day approaching veterinarians are urging cat owners to be aware that lilies, commonly added to spring bouquets, are highly poisonous to cats. These include tiger lilies, day lilies, and Asiatic lilies.
All parts of the lily plant are poisonous...
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor,
There has been a lot of discussion about how rising health care costs are indeed driving up property taxes. I haven’t seen any recognition that these costs are a major reason that everything costs so much. The price of everything you buy includes an amount for the health...
There has been a lot of discussion about how rising health care costs are indeed driving up property taxes. I haven’t seen any recognition that these costs are a major reason that everything costs so much. The price of everything you buy includes an amount for the health...
To the Editor,
The animal welfare nonprofit sector has made significant progress toward ending euthanasia as a means to control the pet population and lowering the number of animals entering shelters each year. After decades of progress, alarms are sounding. The fate of large dogs in...
The animal welfare nonprofit sector has made significant progress toward ending euthanasia as a means to control the pet population and lowering the number of animals entering shelters each year. After decades of progress, alarms are sounding. The fate of large dogs in...
To the Editor,
The greatest obstacle to our salvation is found in our ignorance of the love that Christ has for us. We love him little, dabble about with devotion to him, attempt to give him just a portion of our hearts or a part of our day, because we have failed to grasp the complete and...
The greatest obstacle to our salvation is found in our ignorance of the love that Christ has for us. We love him little, dabble about with devotion to him, attempt to give him just a portion of our hearts or a part of our day, because we have failed to grasp the complete and...
To the Editor,
The House Government Operations Committee is considering amending Vermont law to allow high-potency cannabis to be sold at retail stores to patients with “medical” cards for marijuana. This would depart from the present law, which limits sale of high-potency cannabis...
The House Government Operations Committee is considering amending Vermont law to allow high-potency cannabis to be sold at retail stores to patients with “medical” cards for marijuana. This would depart from the present law, which limits sale of high-potency cannabis...
To the Editor,
Vermont’s proposed legislation to prevent pet stores from peddling animals would put the brakes on cruel mass-breeding mills and help combat the animal overpopulation crisis.
With approximately 70 million homeless animals in the US, “responsible” breeding is a...
Vermont’s proposed legislation to prevent pet stores from peddling animals would put the brakes on cruel mass-breeding mills and help combat the animal overpopulation crisis.
With approximately 70 million homeless animals in the US, “responsible” breeding is a...
To the Editor,
Cultivated meat has faced some opposition recently. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. Strangely, opponents have argued both the new protein isn’t technologically feasible and it should be banned. You would think, if...
Cultivated meat has faced some opposition recently. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. Strangely, opponents have argued both the new protein isn’t technologically feasible and it should be banned. You would think, if...
To the Editor,
After so many ever-increasing lawsuits against ski areas it’s time to change the name of a few ski trails. My example at Mount Snow is to eliminate the name “Jaws of Death” and rename it to something more sensible.
Tom Clancy
Breckenridge, CO
To the Editor,
A new term floating around is “absolute immunity.” It has become a phrase like “remember Pearl Harbor.” Unfortunately, it is not a simple phrase but an insidious attempt to change our system of government. “Absolute immunity” will eliminate our checks and balance system. If...
A new term floating around is “absolute immunity.” It has become a phrase like “remember Pearl Harbor.” Unfortunately, it is not a simple phrase but an insidious attempt to change our system of government. “Absolute immunity” will eliminate our checks and balance system. If...
To the Editor,
The family of Jeannette Brown wishes to thank all of our family, friends, and neighbors for the outpouring of love and condolences in memory of our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother.
Special thanks to her caregivers, the caring staff...
The family of Jeannette Brown wishes to thank all of our family, friends, and neighbors for the outpouring of love and condolences in memory of our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother.
Special thanks to her caregivers, the caring staff...
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