MONTPELIER — A considerable amount of attention and work this legislative session has been devoted to Vermont’s PreK-12 public education system and how it is funded. This is important work. Thirty percent of Vermont state spending is devoted to our most precious resource, 83,000 children. Vermonters understand how meaningful these[Read More…]
Editorial
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
To the Editor: I would like to address my dearest friends, neighbors and allies in Canada. I am writing in the hopes you will consider taking on Vermont as your 11th Province. If not as a Province, perhaps a territory. We have enjoyed so much freedom, support and genuine caring[Read More…]
Remarks at Town Meeting
To the editor: I have attached a transcript of my remarks, accepting a nomination to the Greensboro Select Board, March 4. “Thank you, I really appreciate your support and your confidence in me. First, a word about the professional experience that I would bring to this role: I received an[Read More…]
Veterans Wanted
To the editor: As American Legion Post 7 in Hardwick prepares for the nomination of officers at our next meeting on Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m., (more on that in a moment), we would like to invite all veterans who have served at any time since December 7, 1941,[Read More…]
Share Your Nose for News
With town meeting mostly behind us, it’s worth looking at what we learned this year in covering 11 town meetings, their associated informational meetings and Australian balloting, along with the same for school districts and supervisory unions. Our small staff did a heroic job getting at least some report from[Read More…]
Session Picks up Steam
MONTPELIER – As the 2025 Vermont legislative biennium picks up steam, the Vermont House of Representatives remains committed to making our state more affordable for the people who call it home. So far, our work has focused on smart investments in the Budget Adjustment Act and meaningful policy discussions in[Read More…]
Federal Funding Freeze Jeopardizes the Northeast Kingdom
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – The Trump administration’s newly-announced Federal funding freeze on grants and loans has sparked deep concern across Vermont, particularly for Northeast Kingdom Community Action (NEKCA) and the rural communities it serves in Essex, Caledonia and Orleans counties. The freeze halts tens of billions of dollars in federal funding,[Read More…]
Through Long Winter: A Note from CAE
HARDWICK – Here in the Northeast Kingdom, this winter reminded many of us what winter used to be like with abundant snow and many days of below-zero temperatures. Despite these conditions winter is a busy time of year for the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) and the local food[Read More…]
For the Record
HARDWICK – Last week’s article, “Schoop Charged with Embezzlement” misidentified Gary Michaels as the NEKarts treasurer. He serves as Hardwick Downtown Partnership’s treasurer. Also last week, our story about the Hardwick Town Meeting, “Civil Discussion Marks Uneventful Meeting,” indicated Dave O’Brien had been elected town agent, when David Shepard was[Read More…]
USAID Dismemberment Misguided
To the editor: As a retired (2010) employee of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), I am deeply disappointed in the Trump Administration actions to dismember USAID. Such actions reflect a willful disregard of the positive role performed by foreign aid in U.S. relations with most of the rest[Read More…]
Nothing Good to Say
To the editor: I have nothing good to say about the Vance/Trump “made-for-tv-performance” in the White House last Friday, so best not to say anything at all. If you can, please show support for the country of Ukraine and its leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, who during the brief White House[Read More…]
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