To the Editor:
What a wonderful event last week at Memorial Hall.
It was a beautiful evening, and when I walked in a large crowd was taking advantage of the scrumptious buffet and open bar inside.
Local musician Logan Boyd opened the program by singing some of his own...
To the Editor:
The outrage and hyperbole expressed by authors of the letters published in the August 14 issue of the Valley News because of information released by Gov. Scott to the Trump administration on the SNAP food assistance program is uncalled for. With a federal budget deficit that...
To the Editor:
I’d like to thank the Jack Pines Pirates OHV Club and their generous sponsors for hosting this year’s Poker Run in Readsboro.
The event was a lot of fun and it was great to see the strong turnout in support of the club, including local riders from southern Vermont as...
To the Editor,
End Homelessness Vermont is both stunned and outraged after learning of the egregious privacy breach executive order by the Scott administration.
On Monday, August 4, 64,000 low income Vermonters who rely on food assistance had their private information shared with...
To the Editor:
I share Vermonters’ anger and deep concern over the Scott administration’s decision to release sensitive SNAP (3SquaresVT) data to the Trump administration. This action was not legally necessary, ethically defensible nor protective of the privacy and dignity of our neighbors...
To the Editor:
First came ICE, now comes the food police. And yet again, Gov. Phil Scott has proven his willingness to disregard the most vulnerable Vermonters.
This time he chose to send the Trump administration sensitive personal data of Vermonters on SNAP food assistance. This...
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Dover Free Library staff and trustees, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all who attended the dessert social! We had more than 100 people come to town hall to help celebrate the library. This year’s bakers went above and beyond with their desserts...
To the Editor:
Preserve local school boards, preserve local democracy. We won’t always agree with every decision our school boards make—but we should all agree on this: they must exist. Without them, we lose local democracy, community involvement, and taxpayer oversight. Whether you’re...
Editor's note: This is a "My Turn" op-ed by James Dassatti, excecutive director of the Living Histoy Association.
A winter rumor was that the town of Wilmington was considering the purchase of the Sitzmark property for a trail or recreation area but the idea was set aside...
To the Editor,
Last week, Wilmer Chavarria, superintendent of schools in Winooski, and former highly respected principal of Readsboro Central School, returned from visiting his mother in Nicaragua with his spouse. Even though he is a naturalized US citizen, Wilmer was detained at the...