To the editor: An important heads-up to our local community of pollinator-loving environmentalists, and anyone who cares about the robust health of our Vermont landscape, and food security in general. A few days ago, August 29, Vermont Public published a story by Abagael Giles entitled, “Beekeepers, dairy farmers weigh in[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor
Resist silence of small surrenders
To the editor: Creeping normality is one of those quiet forces that reshapes our lives while we’re not looking. It rarely shouts. It whispers. It nudges. And by the time we notice, the landscape has changed beneath our feet. We know this in our personal lives. The extra pound or[Read More…]
Always the best shots
To the editor: Vanessa is one on-the-job photographer, always the best shots,knowing what and how to get the most from photography, wherever you are and whatever the event. Her name will go down in Hardwick history for giving us and future generations and historians, the scene, at the exact time and date.[Read More…]
Process is politically corrupt
To the editor: Texas is now in the process of redistricting its U.S. CongressionalDistricts. Vermont and six other states have one at large representative in the United States House. The pros and cons of electing each representative based on the population number in each state rather thancreating geographic Congressional Districts[Read More…]
When A Republic Trembles
To the editor: There’s a sound that nations make when they begin to fall. It’s not always the chaos of civil war or the thunder of invasion. Sometimes, it’s quieter: the erosion of trust, the rise of fear, the corrosion of institutions. Sometimes, it’s the steady drip of power into[Read More…]
Dog Control Ordinance Should Be Revisited
To the editor: I was happy to read the August 6 editorial by Paul Fixx about keeping dogs on a leash while walking the LVRT and about properly disposing of canine feces, as I am also aware that clashes between dogs and other trail users can be a problem. Another point[Read More…]
I Love Dogs, But . . .
To the editor: It’s been three weeks since I went over the handlebars on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT) and fractured my femur because of an uncontrolled dog. I’d been felled by a ten pound canine that had darted from the weeds on the side of the trail. What[Read More…]
Look Forward to Bread and Puppet
To the editor: I look forward every year to Greensboro’s Funky Fourth parade, and a big part of that anticipation is the Bread and Puppet contingent of the only band in our parade, the amazingly high stilt dancers, the peace dove and the humanitarian comment mixed in there somewhere. Keep[Read More…]
Bread and Puppet Dishonors July 4 Celebration
To the editor: The Fourth of July is a wonderful holiday that celebrates the independence of the United States of America. In Greensboro we have a parade that honors this holiday. This parade draws an enormous crowd that includes many children. Why do we have to endure the Bread and[Read More…]
The Snap That Could Kill 14 Million
In the Marvel movie “Infinity War,” there’s a haunting scene where the villain Thanos collects six magical stones, snaps his fingers, and half the population of the universe disappears. Just like that. No warning, no appeal. He calls it mercy.But that’s fiction.On July 1, The Lancet, one of the world’s[Read More…]
Not Now
To the editor: The benefiting billionaires (budget reconciliation) bill was passed last week by both houses of Congress and was signed, ironically, by Donald J. Trump, on July 4, our Independence Day. Ironic because the original “No Kings Day,” was July 4, 1776, when settlers pledged through a Declaration of Independence[Read More…]
Copley Birthing Center to Close Nov. 1
To the editor: In the coming months Copley’s Birthing Center will continue to welcome new families and babies until the planned closure date of midnight November 1. Last week we shared the difficult news that the Copley Birthing Center would be closing later this year. In the coming days our[Read More…]
