Letters to the Editor

To the Editor,
On behalf of all the Anstatt Family, a huge thank you to Janet Boyd and all the people so involved in the amazingly successful raffle of my son Bruce Anstatt’s 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee to benefit the Guy Hawkins Cancer Center and the Old School Community Center. Bruce too...
To the Editor,
Education finance in Vermont is an often hard to understand and quite complex system.  Act 59 of 2021 created the “Task Force on the Implementation of the Pupil Weighting Factors Report,” a group of eight Vermont legislators who will spend time this summer, as the name...
To the Editor,
Say, hypothetically speaking, you were in a situation where there was abuse that left you feeling amputated from the only source of protection you knew to turn to for help because the violation had been perpetrated by one of their own. What if your kid gets pulled over...
To the Editor,
Besides the many times we waved as we passed on the road or had conversations, usually about wildlife sightings, I have four simple memories I’d like to share about my neighbor of more than 40 years, Jake White.
In the early ‘70s, before I moved to White’s Road, I...
To the Editor,
Wildlife advocates recently presented four petitions at the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board meeting, including a petition to restrict recreational trapping. Despite the fact that the petitions were submitted to Fish & Wildlife in February, the petitioners were...
To the Editor,
The Legislature has recently passed S.13, establishing a task force to study and implement  updates to weighting factors in Vermont’s Education Funding Formula. The task force will use a study commissioned by the Vermont Legislature, completed by professor Kolbe from UVM,...
To the Editor,
In the May 13, issue of the News & Citizen, Dave Yacovone informed us that the Vermont House of Representatives voted 146-0 to ban “forever” chemicals. One of the reasons he cited for the ban was the adverse health effects on fetal development. If he’s truly concerned...
To the Editor,
It’s been a tough year for all of us, but kids in particular have been significantly impacted by a year of remote or hybrid learning, disrupted routines, and a lack of socialization and normal activities. Anxiety and depression have skyrocketed, social-emotional skills have...
To the Editor,
Jimmy Lai, a prominent Hong Kong entrepreneur and activist, was arrested last year for daring to criticize the Chinese government.
A Russian court declared the opposition network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as extremist, a big step in eradicating political...
To the Editor,
 It was indeed disappointing to read, in The Deerfield Valley News of June 10,  a Christian pastor coming out as an ally of so-called LGBTQ persons.  That “allyhood” (his new supportive word?)  is supposed to show God’s love “by affirming the dignity and beauty of LGBTQ...

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