Editorial

Support Scott in November

To the Editor:
I believe we all want the same things for Vermont. We want to make the cost of living more affordable, including the cost of healthcare, housing, and education, and we want a safe, clean environment. But we have different ideas about how to achieve those goals.
As a...

Alden Wicker

Guest editorial: I’m a former second-home owner. We should tax second homes higher.

A high tax on second homes could push more properties back into the hands of year-round residents In 2014, I bought an income-restricted co-op in Brooklyn for $250,000. The market price for that apartment would have been around $650,000, but it was under New York City’s...

For the first time in two decades, international observers are not invited to this year’s pivotal election

We hope that the Deerfield Valley voters who attended this week’s meeting on voting rights with three local town clerks came away with a better understanding of Vermont election laws and practices, and we hope they feel assured that Vermont election officials take election integrity and security...

Mike Edred

Editor's Desk: Archaeology brings the past into the present

I’m so excited that The Deerfield Valley News can publish the piece by Robert F. Smith, which originally appeared in The Commons, about the recent discovery of the granite foundations of a 1760 blockhouse built along what was once the shore of the Connecticut River. The blockhouse was one of the...

Delays with your paper: We are working on solutions

Some subscribers to The Deerfield Valley News might have some things to say about recent newspapers — that is, if they even got them yet.
One of the perennial frustrations of small newspapers is the sheer capacity of the United States Postal Service to slow delivery, adding logistical...

Addie Lentzner

Guest Editorial: Stop telling Gen Z to save the world

Growing up in rural Vermont means experiencing both day-to-day survival and pressure to fix a broken world — and that tension is pushing young people out of the movement for change.
My generation — Gen Z — has been told repeatedly that we can save the world. Policymakers...

A property reappriasal could result in a lower tax bill

With Dover’s recent reappraisal and ongoing related process, and so many towns under orders from the state to perform a property value reappraisal, we’re hearing a lot of valley property owners express the opinion that their property tax bills are going to increase along with their property value...

Safe, secure, and fair elections require adequate funding

Guest editorial by current Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas, and former secretaries of state Deb Markowitz, Jim Condos and Don Hooper. We write as current and former Vermont secretaries of state. We have not always agreed on every policy question, but we share a common...

Transitions can be difficult, but friendships will survive

As with any business, The Deerfield Valley News has always had employees who have come and stayed a while, contributed much, and moved on to other opportunities. We feel fortunate that, almost always, we part on good terms and wish them well with their next adventure. And we’re particularly proud...

WSWSU has come a long way in two years

Last week we reported on a recent meeting of the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union board with the headline “WSWSU will start year with a deficit, despite projected end-of-year surplus.”
During the meeting, the superintendent told board members that the supervisory union was expected to...