Editorial
Dance
Dance Soggy fog: the lake slumps.I was just about to wrap& ribbon it when the one perfect birthdaygift for you seized my wrist & wriggled & twistedoff-key to the wrong song the lakestill likes to pluck its shallow harpstrings to & sing. Martha Zweig, Hardwick This poem which first appeared[Read More…]
Jan. 19, 2025
Jan. 19, 2025 The Lions lost last night.A bummer of a game,A city’s joy deflated,|The ominousness of Monday,Looming as a dark cloud,That will hover,Overshadowing Dr. King,Portending bad times ahead … Ross Connelly, Hardwick This poem was posted at the Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick for the VerseVillage celebration of April Poetry[Read More…]
Sleet
Sleet Sound all around like the drumming of drumsLouder than lightning longer than longEven in the shelter of a warm cosy houseEverlasting sleet pounds on the roofThe fire glows brightly and warms us all up Samuel Brown, East Calais This poem was posted at Front Seat Coffee, Hardwick, as part[Read More…]
A Cardinal in the Snow
A Cardinal in the Snow while cross country skiing with friendswe noticed the rich, vivid red of a cardinalin the middle of the rolling farm fieldabout a hundred yards away, alonein the snow, its slight flickering movementsa sign of life in the empty vast whitenesssharing a moment of joy and[Read More…]
Circular Questions
To the editor:This week a circular went to Greensboro voters entitled “Your Vote Matters,” asking whether the Town Hall should be sold and replaced with an apartment complex.The circular makes persuasive arguments, but it gives no indication from whom it comes. Presumably the source is a committee of citizens opposed[Read More…]
Even More Troubling
To the editor: The Greensboro Select Board’s decision to move forward with the current Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with Rural Edge raises serious concerns. The agreement shifts nearly all risk onto the town while giving Rural Edge broad flexibility and few concrete obligations. It grants the developer an open-ended[Read More…]
Questions on Nature Conservancy Salaries
To the editor: $250,976 salary for a one hour work week sounds great if you’re getting it. Not so great if you’re a taxpayer helping (sic) supply the money. Who is this person and who does she work (sic) for? According to the last tax return I received from the[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
Gen-Z, Apathy, and the Burden of Knowing
HARDWICK — Born in 2001, I believe that I and other early 2000s babies were granted a somewhat unique perspective, because it was a wholly unique time. We are members of Generation Z, also known as zoomers, the demographic cohort succeeding the Millennials. Our childhoods were shaped by the tech[Read More…]
Local Librarian Speaks Out
GREENSBORO — President Trump’s federal executive order titled Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy was issued on March 14, 2025. This executive order poses a serious threat to Vermont’s libraries and the communities we serve, by eliminating funding “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” The order guts[Read More…]
H.479 Important Step to Address the Housing Crisis
The House of Representatives just passed a sweeping housing bill to address Vermont’s housing crisis. We are members of the General and Housing Committee, the committee charged with addressing many issues, including improving access to housing that Vermonters can afford. We’ve heard from builders, landlords and tenants, businesses, the chambers[Read More…]
