A snack for all seasons
From the Editor
Last autumn sometime, I read a news article in the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal about the passing of U.S. food marketing maven Arch West.
Vermont’s tick invasion
From the Editor
The weather seems to be on our minds lately, especially with the arrival of cooler than normal temperatures for the merry month of May.
Guest Viewpoint: Earth Day in Vermont
This week, in honor of Earth Day, the Agency of Natural Resources will be issuing a report on the health of Vermont’s environment. What we learned from this report is: in nature, as in life, everything is connected.
From the Editor: Illegal immigration in Vermont
Is it just me or are there still a few law-abiding, logically minded Vermont citizens remaining to seriously question why the Vermont State Senate would pass a bill (S. 238) that would ok the creation of a committee to study whether illegal immigrants should be given driver’s licenses and I.D. cards?
Guest Viewpoint: The day I became a conservative
It was the fall of 1981. The United States was coming out of a recession. Ronald Reagan had been president since January. Among his first acts in the White House had been to dramatically cut spending for social programs...
From the editor: Running on empty
Vermont is a place where you hear a lot of talk about “peak oil”. The term is defined as the point of maximum oil production from proven reserves.
From the Editor - Service without a sale
There are many signs that things just aren’t what they used to be.
Guest Viewpoint: Reforming the school board
Vergennes School Board Chairwoman Cheryl Brinkman has been in the news in recent months appearing before the Vergennes Board of Aldermen. Brinkman has focused on changing a law that permits five percent of eligible voters to petition their school board to "reconsider" a vote within 30 days of the original vote.
From the editor: A Hobbs Act violation in the State House?
Just as our teachers are on an on-going crusade against school bullying, Vermont’s minority political party is on a similar crusade, too. The Vermont GOP believes the state’s teachers’ union has played the bully in the “school” of state politics.
From the editor: Vermont’s legal bungee jumping
Vermont taxpayers just witnessed a multi-million dollar effort fail miserably in a U.S. District Court in Brattleboro Jan. 20.
From the Editor: Where did everybody go?
Back in kinder, gentler days when telephone prefixes incorporated quaint names, such as HEmlock 4-6523, a person could pick up a Bell Telephone-Western Electric rotary or Touch-Tone telephone and generally—perhaps with a little assistance from an operator or a receptionist—reach out and touch someone inside a business or public service agency.
From the editor: Caution, parent-driver on board
I’ve lived around school zones most of my life. I have seen school zones turn from quiet places at 10 a.m. to figurative combat zones at 8 a.m. and again at 2:30-3 p.m.—the dreaded parent/kiddie witching hours.
From the editor: Here’s to all the volunteers
Volunteering in our local community has its up and downsides.
Guest Viewpoint: Legislature needs to strengthen embezzlement laws
In recent years, there's been a significant increase in embezzlements in Vermont. Last year Auditor Tom Salmon created a ten member Vermont Municipal Advisory Committee to address embezzlement.
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