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Opportunity to limit ICE
To the editor: Our U.S. Constitution gives people in our country the right to peaceably assemble. It promises free speech rights. It assigns to Congress the powers of declaring war and making the rules concerning captures on land and water. It protects us from unreasonable search and seizures. These rights,[Read More…]
Petitions due for town positions
To the editor: There is no better time than now. Be part of Greensboro’s solutions. Greensboro residents have a week left to raise their batons and help lead the community into the future. Petitions need to be handed into the town clerk’s office by January 26 and you only need[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
2001: It can’t just be me?
HARDWICK – When I was eleven, I found a VHS tape in the upstairs bedroom of my grandmother’s home. The tape, titled “2001: A Space Odyssey,” was Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 epic science fiction film. I was curious, naturally, having heard Kubrick’s name in the cultural zeitgeist growing up. So I watched[Read More…]
Somewhere there’s an audacious reporter
EAST MONTPELIER – Political historian Heather Cox Richardson, author of the daily newsletter “Letters from an American,” opined the other day that the news of the past week has seemed to be breaking faster than ever. From the invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president and first lady, to[Read More…]
For the record
Last week’s cover story, “ICE Out for Good rallies demand accountability” should have identified the day of the Hardwick rally as Sunday. The quote attributed to Dana Michaud in the story and photo caption should have been attributed to Rae Michaud. The obituary for Barbara Lightfoot Woodward last week named[Read More…]
Montpelier, The Big Picture
MONTPELIER – The Legislature reconvened on January 6, with education reform being a top priority. That said, 115 new bills (a number still growing) have been compiled and assigned to various committees, including one from a Burlington representative that would establish a 10-member task force to investigate UFO sightings in[Read More…]
Economic ripples put pressure on Vermont
MONTPELIER – Vermont is under real and growing pressure, much of it driven by decisions made far beyond our borders. Tariffs, federal cutbacks and abrupt policy shifts are colliding with an already fragile state economy, intensifying stresses on working families, farmers, municipalities and small businesses. This is not abstract. Vermonters[Read More…]
The Crack of Dawn
When my mind races down the rabbit hole of brokenness, I remind myself of Leonard Cohen’s song, “Anthem.” “There is a crack in everything/that’s how the light gets in.” My inbox has been flooded with the year-in-review emails: all the breaking news of 2025. Well into 2026 now, it seems[Read More…]
The quiet work of local review
HARDWICK – In village centers and along familiar roads, development rarely feels abstract. It arrives as a new building near a town green, a change to a well-known corner, or a proposal that raises questions about traffic or neighborhood character. In towns of all sizes, these moments bring a mix[Read More…]
How to help Evening Grosbeaks and Researchers
Vermont Center for Ecostudies WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Every holiday season, my family and I spend a weekend day cutting down our Christmas tree. We like to go to a local place about 45 minutes away in New Hampshire. The owner used to be a wetlands scientist, and you can[Read More…]
