MONTPELIER – Amid this legislative session’s turmoil over Act 181’s land use revisions to Act 250, adding three tiers and a road rule, and the turmoil of an extended floor debate last week, Rep. Greg Burtt (R-Cabot) scored a win for Republicans. His two pro-farm amendments to Senate bill S.325,[Read More…]
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Craftsbury residents green up
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NEK Broadband, CVFiber launch fiber internet plan
ST. JOHNSBURY – NEK Broadband and CVFiber (collectively, NEKCV) recently announced their newest internet offering: a 50/50 Mbps plan for $59 per month. NEKCV Executive Director Christa Shute said, “This price reduction is possible because of Vermont’s commitment of ARPA grant dollars and Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant[Read More…]
Our children need your vote
To the editor: The schoolchildren of Greensboro, Hardwick, Stannard and Woodbury need your vote to pass their budget. Twice now, a small number of budget opponents, roughly or less than 10% of our towns’ combined electorate, defeated the proposed budget of Mountain View Union Elementary School District. On March 3,[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
It’s time to take the train
HARDWICK – Every so often, amid the ever flowing stream of garbage coming up from Washington, D.C., something gets lost and forgotten. This time, it is the functioning government we expect our taxes to be paying for. Did anyone else forget we were in the midst of a historically long[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Nowadays it’s most likely a Sharpie
EAST MONTPELIER – Charles Dickens, as most of us have read, went to work in a boot-black factory at the age of twelve to help with his family’s expenses after his father, John Dickens, had been sentenced to debtor’s prison. The factory, not surprisingly, was in a sagging, tumbledown old[Read More…]
Town meeting is more than voting
HARDWICK – This year’s Hardwick Town Meeting was one of the best in years with an impressive turnout of 250 people. The only other time I see that many people come together in town is for a Hazen basketball game or the school’s graduation. This town has had its share[Read More…]
Legislators consider yield, other education bills
HARDWICK – We continue to pay close attention to our legislators and the Governor in Montpelier. As I write this report, we have the Senate and House converging on a bit of a showdown on Act 73 legislation. The House adopted H.955, which has a built in period of time[Read More…]
Vermonters made their voices heard
MONTPELIER – It has been a pivotal week in Montpelier as we near the end of the biennium and work to finalize major legislation before adjournment. The biggest development this week was the passage in the House of S.325, legislation updating portions of Act 250 and Act 181. This bill came[Read More…]
