Dear Editor, At a recent Chester Planning Commission meeting, Kellen Appleton and Allison Hopkins from the Mount Ascutney Regional Commission shared a statistic that stopped me cold. Chester’s average age is rising one year for every two that pass. … Continued
Dear Editor, We are family child care owners throughout the state of Vermont, and we support the current version of S.206, or the Early Childhood Educator Profession Bill. This legislation creates individual licensure and professional recognition for early childhood … Continued
Dear Editor, We wish to invite you and all your readers to join us. Many worry about safety, food on the table, children, elderly parents, property rights, world events, their own moral compass, and much more. The environment, government … Continued
Dear Editor, As our community prepares for the school budget revote on May 5, it is important to look beyond the top-line numbers and understand exactly what this investment provides for our students and our town’s future. The current … Continued
Dear Editor, How wonderful to return home after a week in Montpelier to find our hillside full of blooming daffodils and forsythia. And, on the ride home, I had noticed how, as I drove south, it got greener and … Continued
Dear Editor, Fifty-five years ago John Lennon asked us to “Imagine,” to be dreamers. Today, corrupt, authoritarian leaders draw us into wars and coerce corporations to support them to get favorable government contracts and protections. He asked us to … Continued
Springfield Residents, You voted “no” on our proposed budget in March, and we have listened and responded. We know that Vermont education funding is confusing and that seeing the increased overall budget number on the ballot is concerning. This … Continued
Dear Editor, In the tumultuous year of 1848, during the Young Irish Disorders, nine men were captured, tried, and convicted of treason against Her Majesty: John Mitchell, Morris Lyene, Pat Donohue, Thomas McGee, Charles Duffy, Thomas Meagher, Richard O’Gorman, … Continued
Dear Editor, I would like to address the unacceptable tax situation that the state legislature is feeling entitled to levy on the good citizens of Vermont, specifically the education tax and the multimillion dollar bond for the Woodstock Union … Continued
Dear Editor, Thank you, voters of Ludlow! On March 24, residents of the town and village cast their ballots in favor of the town and village merger. More than 80% of town voters who voted on March 24 said … Continued