Dear Editor, On this Memorial Day of 2023, the Green Mountain Submarine Veterans Chapter of the United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI), remembers the following Vermonters that lost their lives in the Submarine Service during war and peace time. These … Continued
Dear Editor, On May 4, 2023, members of the Vermont Just Justice organization held a rally at the statehouse to bring awareness to the accepted practice of denying healthcare to incarcerated individuals. Vermont law 28 VSA 801 (a) clearly … Continued
Dear Editor, As a former board member of the Cavendish Elementary School, and a resident of Proctorsville, I am both angry and sad that the current GMUSD Board voted yesterday to retain their racist mascot. I have a special … Continued
Dear Editor, Let me be brief. S.5, beautifully titled “The Affordable Heat Act,” should be labeled “Vermont Resident Super Tax To Sooth The Progressive Soul.” Are these legislators kidding? Vermont has the absolutely lowest pollution rate of any state … Continued
Dear Editor, The Vermont legislative session for 2023 has come to an end. There is no good news for those few Vermonters that might expect their elected representatives to respect our hard-earned tax dollars. The Democrat supermajority has passed … Continued
Dear Editor, The Senate adjourned our 2023 legislative session at 8:23 p.m. Friday evening, May 12, three hours earlier than the House, which needed to act on the last bills the Senate had messaged. With an impressive number of … Continued
Dear Editor, The staff of Neighborhood Connections would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the Town of Londonderry and the Town of Peru for their recent allocation of ARPA funds to our organization. We are thrilled to receive this … Continued
Dear Editor, Another year has come and gone. Remembering the past while walking forward, with renewed vigor, into the future. Leaving behind the remaining cobwebs of Covid, we knit our new garment of connectedness from the things we have … Continued
Dear Editor, Thank you so much for your coverage of the local selectboard meetings. Those of us living in towns where there is no public information program depend on the weekly newspaper to keep us informed of the business of our … Continued
Dear Editor, I would like to thank all the folks who attended the childcare discussion on April 22 at the Springfield Library. The Springfield Democratic Town Committee is committed to making our legislators more accessible to the public, and … Continued