Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:
I would like to make local high school students and their parents aware of a unique opportunity open to Vermont students who are currently enrolled in grades nine, 10, or 11. It’s called the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV).
This summer GIV will offer eight one...
To the Editor:
As we turn the page on the holidays, I want to thank our customers in Jacksonville, Readsboro, West Halifax, and Whitingham for the patience, kindness, and support you showed our local Postal Service team during the busiest mailing and shipping season of the year.
Our...
To the Editor:
During the holiday season, the Deerfield Valley Food Pantry again witnessed the generosity of the Deerfield Valley community.
The board of directors of the food pantry would like to express their sincere appreciation to the many individuals,businesses, and local...
To the Editor:
Happy New Year everyone. Let it be a year full of eating at old and new treasured restaurants. Most of all, let it be a healthy year. If we have that we can do anything, eat anything to make it a year we have all been looking forward to.
Speaking about restaurants and...
To the Editor:
Over the past 22 years, I have worked with many people who have heating problems in their homes caused, in part, by leaky windows. Replacing windows is too expensive for most people to consider. However, I was approached this year by an organization called Window Dressers,...
To the Editor:
On December 1, we received another double-digit estimated property tax projection. The continued growth in our property taxes is unsustainable and unaffordable for Vermonters across the state, and is forcing school districts to make difficult cuts that are impacting our...
To the Editor:
On September 17, Gov. Scott issued Executive Order 06-25, Promoting Housing Construction and Rehabilitation. It has prompted much concern among local environmental groups, legislators, and private citizens.
Housing is, of course, a deeply pressing issue, and not...
To the Editor:
On Wednesday, December 10, around 7 pm, I suffered a medical emergency during the peak of the snow storm. We called 911 and they alerted Deerfield Valley Rescue.
We live at the top of Chimney Hill on a Chimney Hill Road, that the Town of Wilmington does not plow. Our...
To the Editor:
In an article in the News & Citizen December 4 edition, Lauren Young, executive director of activities at the Vermont Principals Association (VPA), recently commented on the shortage of referees for high school athletics in Vermont: “As the VPA ramps up their recruitment...

Zoie Saunders Vermont Secretary of Education
Education transformation in Vermont is not just about property taxes. It is about building and sustaining the best education system in America.
At a moment when nearly every other state is diverting dollars away from public education, Vermont has chosen a different path. Earlier this year...

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