GREENSBORO – The United States has had more than its share of moral failure. From the Trail of Tears to the My Lai massacre there is plenty for us to be ashamed of. But with our democratic institutions, our Constitutional rights and the power of dissent, for 250 years, we[Read More…]
Editorial
Emotional health of seniors is not optional
MONTPELIER – I vividly remember the days, years ago, when I would occasionally deliver meals to homebound neighbors in our communities. Each visit lasted only 30 to 60 seconds, but the impact was profound. An isolated elder’s face would light up when I stepped through the door. I often knew[Read More…]
At the crossroads of too many lines
HARDWICK – One of the less visible parts of running a town like Hardwick is how many different regional systems overlap here. On paper, Vermont looks neatly divided into counties and regions. In practice, especially in this corner of the state, those lines rarely line up in ways that make[Read More…]
Issues that he cares about
To the editor: I encourage you to consider voting for Larry Fliegelman for the one year select board position on this year’s town meeting ballot. I first spent time with Larry when he assumed a major role in managing the Hardwick Emergency Supply and Support Center in the aftermath of[Read More…]
A voice for the community
To the editor: As citizens of Plainfield know, it’s been a rough few years. Natural disasters. Bitter conflicts. Difficulties filling open positions. Now we have an opportunity to begin turning things around. Vicki McDonald, a Plainfield resident of 42 years, is running for select board. Vicki was a VP at National[Read More…]
Ask for safeguards
To the editor: The Trump administration and Pam Bondi, attorney general of the U.S. Justice Department, believe that ICE agents should have total immunity in all their brutish and illegal actions. If Bondi succeeds in passing funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without safeguards, our First and Fourth[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
A reporter’s opinion: Community spirit shines
At the age of twenty-four, I have many choices to make in the coming years about where and when I want to lay down roots. Similarly to one of the candidates Saturday evening at the Hardwick select board forum, I moved away for college and later returned. I relocated from[Read More…]
For the record:
Last week’s story, “Journalism awards, report announced at Statehouse,” should have referred to Cassandra Hemenway in the photo caption. The photo last week of four 90 year-olds playing Bridge should have identified the person on the right as Janet Long, whose birthday was being celebrated that day.
Heller’s World by Joe Heller
Montpelier, the big picture
MONTPELIER – The governor gave his budget address, in which he proposed a 9.4 billion budget. While this does not raise any taxes rates or fees, it was my hope he would have offered a level funded or even a reduction in annual spending. Vermont has a spending problem, not[Read More…]
How are the children?
MONTPELIER – How are the children? That is the question we should be asking with the same discipline and transparency we apply to state revenues: reviewed regularly, measured honestly and reported for all to see. We love our children. Yet too many of them fall victim to neglect, instability and[Read More…]
