To the Editor,
As chairperson of Grace Cottage Hospital Fair Day, I contact vendors and all the booth chairpersons to make sure things are set in motion. This year, I watched all of that work swept away! The Fair Day committee made the difficult decision to cancel the fair. There would be...
To the Editor,
I came to adulthood under a Polish socialist government that was a puppet Communist state of the Russians. When I moved to America most of my family remained behind, but together we have seen the great people’s labor revolution against the socialist government. I lived in...
To the Editor,
If he calls him a socialist, am I allowed to call that person uttering the “s” word a fascist? Is this what it has come down to? Are our elections, once beheld by all nations as the prime example of democratic behavior, an international j To the Editor,
In all my...
To the Editor,
In all my many years, I’ve never been so ashamed of my fellow/sister Americans as I’ve been of those who saddled me with the loveless lunatic Donald Trump as president. I won’t recount his crimes against us; if you don’t already know them, you’ve been living on another...
To the Editor,
I am writing to publicly thank the Dover Historical Society for Saturday’s wonderful suffrage film festival at the Dover Town Hall. A great amount of effort, both physical and technical, went into this event. Five films were shown in the hall and a spacious tent, all...
To the Editor,
There has been a lot swirling lately around health care costs and hospital budgets. It’s that time of year, when the Green Mountain Care Board reviews the annual budgets and subsequent rate requests from our non-profit system of hospitals. As you may recall, budgets were...
To the Editor
There has been considerable recent discussion about why Vermont’s response rate to the 2020 census form is so low.
Several possible excuses have been floated, but one explanation is frequently overlooked when discussing why 43% of Vermonters have failed to complete the...
To the Editor,
The letters to the editor by Andrew Torre, Joseph Kruszewski, and Selma Schiffer have all been of great interest to me. Their concerns over economic equality are interesting; socialism versus capitalism.
America’s struggle with wealth, poverty, and race, when handled...
To the Editor,
Why eat local food?
Not just because it tastes better and is healthier, but because knowing your farmers and food producers is good for your soul. Because knowing where your food comes from helps you understand your connection to your community, your bio-region, your...
To the Editor,
It was 1938 when Neville Chamberlain visited Adolph Hitler in Berlin and Berchtesgaden. He never saw the military buildup or the (hakenkruez) “shwarz sticker.” He must have been blind.
Upon his return to England he announced “I have met with Herr Adolph Hitler and he...