To the Editor,
Readsboro’s informational meeting held on Monday, August 3, for the vote to dissolve the Southern Valley School District on August 11, was another in along line of futile attempts to get answers.
The board’s discussion began with the history of Act 46 in our town from...
To the Editor,
In response to the “Letter to the Editor” by Andrew Torre, of Londonderry, which appeared in The Deerfield Valley News issue of July 23. He said the letter was youthful and educated in the halls of social justice, yet he seemed naive, untraveled, and unaware of today’s world...
To the Editor,
Doug Hoffer gets my vote for state auditor in the Democratic primary and, I hope, in the general election. He has consistently done a good job for all of us. His efforts to hold our state’s accountable care organization, OneCare, accountable are laudable and necessary. ...
To the Editor,
I learned about Brenda Siegel and her activism last year. It was then that I discovered a genuine advocate with the right idea on how to handle the opioid epidemic.
Brenda’s sincerity stems in part from her personal struggle. Having lost a brother and a nephew to...
To the Editor,
Many years ago, Madeline Murray O’Hara was able to make it illegal for the Lord’s prayer to be recited in our schools. I can not imagine how she managed to accomplish this. Since then, it is so shocking that so much shooting, murdering, and vandalism happens in so many of...
To the Editor,
The Gathering Place, in West Dover, would like to extend a big thank you to the Deerfield Valley Lions Club, specifically to president Mark Hanna, Harry Byron, Keith Thompson, and Alison Ferris for their kindness and efforts in keeping our facility looking its best. They...
Editor's note: The following is a "My Turn" op-ed by Readsboro resident and former school board chair Larry Hopkins on Readsboro's upcoming Australian ballot vote to ratify or deny a vote by Halifax residents to withdraw from Southern Valley Unified Union School District. Because Halifax and...
To the Editor,
I have served in the Vermont House since 2015 as an elected independent for rural communities here in southern Vermont. While our state is full of innovators and cutting-edge businesses, it is the scenic farms and villages, rural startups and arts culture, trails and...
To the Editor,
I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for Brenda Siegel for lieutenant governor in our upcoming primary. As fellow activists, Brenda and I have worked side by side on the economic justice issues of livable wages and paid family and medical leave for working...
To the Editor,
Let me tell you why I support Tim Ashe for lieutenant governor, and why I urge Bennington County Democratic primary voters to do the same.
When Ashe became the senate’s leader four years ago, he said he’d show as much concern for Bennington County as he would for his...