To the editor: “If we don’t spend it, we won’t get it next year.” Our(?) Vermont legislature’s motto. The progressive and liberal democrats control the legislature. They’ve decided to reallocate the wealth of America from your pocket to theirs. I always thought they spent it faster than we can make[Read More…]
Editorial
Posted Photos Could Lead to Tragedy
To the editor: Just be advised, your current edition posts photos of kayakers in recently iced Lake Caspian. They are not prepared for the cold water conditions, despite wearing PFDs. Dry suits or full wet suits are indicated. Their reader-submitted photos should have been rejected for public safety reasons. Please[Read More…]
An Open Letter to Jules Rabin
To the editor: Dear Jules Rabin, April 18, 2024 I am writing to you with infinite compassion for your virtue-signaling on the occasion of your 100th birthday when you chose to celebrate by serving up the most up-to-date blood-libel against your fellow Jews. What a shame you feel you have[Read More…]
Eight More Community Newspapers Soon Will Vanish
The internet and social media won’t fill the gap in civic awareness. Local government officials will go largely unchecked. “If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, judges and governors shall all become wolves.” – President Thomas Jefferson on the dangers of[Read More…]
How Easy is it to Forget
To the editor:A quick look at the Internet provides ample evidence a lot of people in Vermont and around the country don’t have a place to live or enough food to eat. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reports about 653,000 Americans experienced homelessness in January 2023. That’s[Read More…]
Sims Shares Priorities and Lots of Legislative Work to Do Before May Session End
CRAFTSBURY – As your representative, my job is to ensure that your values and your needs are not ignored and that our towns can thrive for generations to come. Like other rural regions of Vermont, the Northeast Kingdom’s priorities don’t align neatly with the agenda of a particular party–and neither do[Read More…]
Representatives Work on Taxes, Senate Bills
WORCESTER – The House Ways and Means and Education Committees are working on a number of bills dealing with property tax and education funding issues that have been front and center this session, as they have been in the Senate as well. These include the annual “Yield Bill,” the chief[Read More…]
Moving Towards Empathy in Addiction Discourse
To the editor:In a departure from my usual topics, I’d like to take a moment to express my appreciation for Paul Fixx’s recent message in the Gazette. His candid reflection on his evolving understanding of addiction language struck a chord with me. And I think it’s worth applauding.As an attorney,[Read More…]
The Sun Is In Your Eyes
In the run-up to Monday’s total eclipse of the sun, almost all of us have heard warnings not to look at the sun without special dark glasses made especially for viewing it. We’ve probably also heard that it’s okay to look at the fully eclipsed sun during totality. Why is[Read More…]
Cabot Fire Department Enters Its Temporary Home
CABOT — By the time you read this, Cabot Fire Department (CFD) should just be settling into the new, temporary building next to the recreation field on South Walden Road. After nearly nine months without a centralized space to store equipment and train our members, it’s safe to say our[Read More…]
Be an Eclipse Ambassador
I have an informal poll going with some of my friends. Will we see a trickle of visitors in town this coming weekend and Monday of the solar eclipse, or will it be a wave? As the Vermont adage goes, “hard tellin’ not knowin’…” Whatever happens, I hope we’ll be[Read More…]
