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Voters turn down Mountain View, Wolcott school budgets a second time
HARDWICK, WOLCOTT – The second round of school budget votes failed today in both the Mountain View Union and Wolcott School Districts. Both school boards submitted the same budget that had been submitted on Town Meeting Day, saying a state buy down would lower tax rates, but voters rejected that.[Read More…]
Special town meeting could threaten future of democracy
To the editor: The Hardwick Select Board has been forced to hold a special town meeting to vote on two petitions that could threaten the future of democracy in Hardwick. The first petition speaks for itself and asks that all items be voted on via Australian ballot at future town[Read More…]
Heller’s World
People before profits, greed
To the editor: On Sunday, over sixty people turned out on a rainy evening to see gubernatorial candidate Amanda Janoo speak at Front Seat Coffee. Her message of hope and transformation was a ray of sunshine in the gloomy weather. A seasoned economist who has worked for the U.N., Amanda[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Democracy is currently being dismantled
To the editor: Life can feel disorienting these days. The news is lurching from one emergency to another, while our day-to-day lives go on. So it can be useful to look at the big picture. The Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem) is an organization that specializes in the big picture.[Read More…]
Heller’s World
The power to reverse this nightmare
To the editor: March 28, “No King’s Day,” brought thousands of Vermonters together in protest of the Trump administration’s cruel and authoritarian regime. In Morrisville alone, hundreds of people came to make their voices heard. Lamoille Valley Visibility Brigade continues to rally and organize and we invite you to join us. Our[Read More…]
Fundraising for bells and chimes
To the editor: A couple of weeks ago, Raymonda Parchment wrote a wonderful article on the St. Norbert’s Community Handbell Choir. I am a 15-year member of the bell choir and enjoy playing. In the article, Raymonda stated that the bells and chimes will be headed to Pennsylvania for repairs[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
No paywalls ever, thanks to reader support
Many newspapers have retreated behind paywalls, requiring subscriptions to access their content. Recently, Forbes Magazine profiled a billionaire with a plan to “save America’s newspapers” that will include paywalls around all the content his papers produce. Seriously, have we learned nothing from Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post? That will[Read More…]
