The oldish woman sat on the dock in the chilling shade reading a book, alone, except for a lone paddler in an orange kayak on the wind rippled lake. She purposely was sitting there to be by herself while she finished the last pages of a book that she didn’t want to end. It ended. She[Read More…]
Editorial
Home Fries
Significant Change Needs More Engagement
To the editor: Last week the Town of Greensboro held the required public information meeting prior to the Australian ballot vote on the conveyance (Purchase and Sale Agreement) of the Greensboro Town Hall to Gilman Housing Trust (Rural Edge). While the meeting provided an opportunity for members of the community[Read More…]
Start With Why
To the editor: The only spokesperson is the select board, all five of them. They are pushing the sale of Greensboro’s Town Hall.The only fearmongering, the deliberate arousing of public fear, is the fear of those in town to speak up due to possible retribution. How can one be fearful of[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
“I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR SURVIVING AS LONG AS YOU HAVE!”
Let’s All Stand With Harvard
In her Monday blog post, Heather Cox Richardson, an American historian and Boston College professor wrote, “The Trump administration announced on April 11 that it would withhold from Harvard University $2.2 billion in grants already awarded and a $60 million contract unless Harvard permitted the federal government to control the[Read More…]
Why Review Copley Birthing Center
MORRISTOWN – In 2022 regional legislators voted on behalf of their constituents to find ways to reduce health care costs. As a result, Act 167 was passed and the state hired the Oliver Wyman team to determine how to streamline healthcare in Vermont. The final Wyman report recommended Copley consider several[Read More…]
Smart Growth is Trojan Horse for Developers
WALDEN – Economist Kenneth Boulding famously said, “Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist”. Boulding’s words came to mind recently during Vermont Natural Resources Council’s (VNRC) Smart Growth Conference in Montpelier, which I attended. Don’t get[Read More…]
Will They Round up the “Homegrowns”?
CRAFTSBURY – The Bill of Rights in our Constitution explicitly provides freedoms of speech and assembly via Amendment l. Amendment lV provides protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. Amendment XlV states those residing here cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. The Constitution was written[Read More…]
Inspiring Others to Stay Engaged
HARDWICK – As people in our community and around the world call for change (many with groups like Indivisible and 50501, and some coming out in peaceful demonstrations in the streets/public places/town hall meetings, as well as the huge rallies being held by Bernie Sanders and AOC all around the[Read More…]
Committee Envisions Volunteer Drivers Recruitment
CAMBRIDGE – On Friday the Senate Transportation Committee voted out our version of the FY 2026 Transportation Bill. It is my first transportation budget as chair of the committee. The Transportation Bill (T-Bill) is the spending that operates the Agency of Transportation each year. The T-Bill this year included nearly[Read More…]
For the record
The remark attributed to Liz Baum in last week’s story, “Residents Offer Climate Action Plan Input,” should have been attributed to Liz Steel. In addition, comments attributed to Sophi Veltrop should have said, “A look at the sources of Vermont’s energy identified only 25% of fossil fuel energy spending recirculating[Read More…]
