by Zarina CastroWALDEN – Three people from the Gazette’s coverage area, Pastor Ed Sunday-Winters from Greensboro United Church of Christ, Amy Lester of Plainfield, from the Vermont Workers’ Center, and Deacon Zarina Castro of Walden, from the Church of St. John’s in the Mountains, joined 13 others from Vermont to[Read More…]
Editorial
Regarding the School Board Meeting at Lakeview Elementary School:
by Peter and Sandy Gebbie GREENSBORO – Congratulations, Greensboro! you showed up at the recent OSUESD school board meeting as they were flirting with closing our school. Great job but be ready. I don’t think the board is done, especially as they are led by a superintendent that obviously would[Read More…]
Session Ends with Changes to Public Systems
by Rep. Katherine Sims, Orleans-4 CRAFTSBURY – We all share a vision of thriving communities made up of thriving individuals. I believe all people are inherently worthy of the same opportunities to thrive, no matter their race, gender, abilities, zip code or bank accounts. It’s that commitment to equity that[Read More…]
May
by Elizabeth McCarthy You’d think it would be enough just to see the birth of Spring when lambs come out to play and newly awakened trees unfurl their fresh green leaves when wild crabapples blush pink, blossoms alive with humble-bees sending the sweet scent of optimism across fields of yellow[Read More…]
Strange Bedfellows: Ben Cohen and Marjorie Taylor Greene
by David Kelley GREENSBORO — The first day of school, my history teacher in eighth grade made us write, “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” Today I’m amazed at how many people weren’t paying attention in history class. Not since 1939 has the world faced a crisis[Read More…]
Is Adaptive Biking Right for Me or Someone I Love?
by Emily Varvir, CTRS HARDWICK – With the completion of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT) on the horizon, new opportunities for outdoor recreation in our area abound. Connecting 18 towns across 93 miles, the LVRT is open year-round and can be used for all types of non-motorized physical activity[Read More…]
For the Record
The sketch that accompanied the Jeudevine Memorial Library story last week was of the old design that went down in a failed bond vote in 2017. The better sketch (above) shows the exterior rendering of the current design that matches the footprint that was printed with the story.
Interest and Misinformation
by Rep. Chip Troiano, District Caledonia-2 STANNARD – There seems to be a good deal of interest, and misinformation about the Affordable Heat Standard. This week when I went to my mailbox at the State House I found a letter from 13 constituents asking me to vote no on S.5[Read More…]
Off the Rails!
To the editor: Last week’s events have shaken me to the core. There seems to be a concerted effort to attack our democratic institutions from MAGA Republicans who are willing to use their political power to crush any opposition and ignore democratic rules in the advancement of their own agenda.[Read More…]
Mud Season in Vermont
by Elizabeth McCarthy Here country roads become soft traps of earth and water, deep rutted rolling paths, gateways we must pass. Is it penance for pride? Driving through purgatory, where time slogs along with us in mud, this wet dark thing called Spring. For arrogance? As if we, ourselves made[Read More…]
Support Your Local Florist
Often at the end of obituaries, it says “in remembrance” donate to a certain nonprofit. Often, that nonprofit is the Nature Conservancy. One location is in Montpelier. The Nature Conservancys is a 501CE organization and pay zilch in taxes and are required to let the public know what they are[Read More…]
The Rich Get Richer
To the editor: The Vermont Land Trust gave Don Joslin of Waitsfield, zero dollars (information from the Vermont Property Transfer tax returns) for the development rights to his scenic (views of all three ski areas) 150-acre dirt farm, with no running water, three-hole outhouse and knob and tube wiring. Yet[Read More…]
