MONTPELIER – You couldn’t walk 10 steps under the golden dome Friday without someone asking if we were getting out of here today. Legislative lawyers are under-rested and over-extended. Lawmakers have skipped too many meals. And everyone has a pet theory: so-and-so wants a delay, someone has a secret proposal[Read More…]
Editorial
For the record
The May 21 story, “Fire Ignited by Crashed Car Destroys Iconic Red Barn,” misspelled the name of the barn’s owner in one caption. She is Leslie Jean Ballantyne. In last week’s story, “Peace Corps Panel at Greensboro Free Library,” the photo of Arminda King and Corrine Pelletier shows Pelletier on[Read More…]
Late Night in the House
MONTPELIER – I am writing to provide an update to the end of the 2025 legislative session. Friday, May 30, shortly before midnight, the House gavelled out without receiving a final bill on H. 454, the education transformation plan. The Committee of Conference, made up of members appointed from both[Read More…]
Bill to Increase Debt, Benefit Wealthy
To the editor: The big beautiful bill has passed the U.S. House by a one-vote margin. As we await the vote of the U.S. Senate, let’s look at some of the effects of this proposal. Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, has written the following information, and he encourages[Read More…]
Gentle Words
To the editor:I would like to express my appreciation to Elsa Schultz for her recent, extremely eloquent letter to Greensboro residents as published in last week’s Gazette.Elsa expressed so beautifully how many of the silent majority have felt about the Town Hall struggle.There are no bad guys in the situation;[Read More…]
Education Reform: Trust Vermont Values
GREENSBORO – The road to education reform in Vermont has been long and winding, and we are at another crossroads. Driven by increasingly unaffordable property tax bills, House bill H. 454 attempts to use district consolidation as a cost-saving measure along with a funding formula change meant to contain spending.[Read More…]
Memorializing Holch
To the editor: Friends of The Bread & Puppet Theater may join us in memorializing Meredith Holch at 4 p.m., Sunday, July 6, at The Bread & Puppet Theater. We will gather in front of the house at 753 Heights Road in Glover and process across the pageant field to[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
Springfest a Success Despite Drizzly Days
The 46th annual Hardwick Springfest celebration this year, marked a new collaboration between the Hardwick Kiwanis Club, the Farmers Market, the Hardwick Downtown Partnership, The Civic Standard and American Legion Post #7. The Memorial Day weekend activities were a striking success, with many participating despite a light rain that fell[Read More…]
For the record:
Last week’s story, “Fire Ignited by Crashed Car Destroys Iconic Red Barn,” should have referred to Bruce Fortmann as the driver who stopped to help and not Brian Fortmann. In addition, one of the captions misidentified the crashed vehicle as a truck. It was a car. Manny Fliegelman’s last name[Read More…]
Troubled by Trial Outcome
To the editor: As members of the Religious Society of Friends, we grieve the tragic death of Fern Feather, a beloved transgender woman whose life was taken in April 2022. Fern was known for her kindness, joy, and strong connection to nature.We are also deeply troubled by the outcome of[Read More…]
Kick Out the Clowns
To the editor: Join your neighbors in Hardwick on Saturday, June 14, at 11 a.m., at 101 S. Main St. (Front Seat Coffee) to protest the illegal suspension of due process, the destruction of our social safety net to provide a tax cut for the billionaires, and the Congressional Republicans[Read More…]
