To the Editor,
Legislative leadership has laid out their agenda for this session. Despite the dire state of health care - almost half of Vermonters under the age of 65 are “underinsured” - it is clear they have no intention of doing anything meaningful to address the state’s health care...
To the Editor,
The priorities of the legislative health committees in both the Vermont House and Vermont Senate were recently reviewed in the media. Apparently neither committee’s plans involve dealing with the state’s crisis in health care, which I had thought would be a priority for...
To the Editor,
Thank you to all who have donated calendars, cards - Christmas and all-occasion - and miscellaneous items to the veterans in Bennington.
Every year our project, through the Daughters of the American Revolution, is to collect these items along with notepads, game...
To the Editor,
Since the merger between Vermont PBS and VPR and the subsequent name change, I have been referring to the organization as “Vermont Public Whatever” because it most definitely describes and means nothing whatsoever.
My suggestion, made to a longtime VPR reporter as...
To the Editor,
Thank you to Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch, who in November led submission of a request to House and Senate Appropriations Committee chairs and ranking members to double fund - $1.933 billion - the Older Americans Act nutrition programs as part of the...
To the Editor,
Halifax’s financial control problems continue. We have had three budget meetings but we still don’t have actuals from the fiscal year that closed June 2022, over five months ago. There is no logical way one can begin a serious budget process without solid numbers from...
To the Editor,
Janine Conti did a wonderful job adding another place to shop in the Deerfield Valley, Janine Home & Style Boutique, located at 171 Route 100 North in Dover.
Janine has that special touch, selling clothes and home goods. When I opened Janine’s door for the first...
To the Editor,
I am a ninth-generation Vermonter and am not a hunter but I do love nature and the outdoors. It is clear that the proposed purple paint law is elitist and against what Vermont stands for. We need to keep Vermont more open, not make it easier to shut people out.
Think...
To the Editor,
There is a serious shortage of housing in Vermont. This limited housing pool is further reduced if you are among the many Vermonters who need housing that can architecturally accommodate a wheelchair, walker, cane, et cetera. A person with limited mobility from a sickness or...
To the Editor,
Imagine a group of people watching a house burn. They are gathered around a fire hydrant and a hose is coiled at their feet. As the house burns, the people discuss how they might make it rain to put the fire out. Maybe prayer would work? Maybe a rain dance? Maybe seeding the...