Opinion

Crime increasing while enforcement is eroding

To the Editor,
As acting United States attorney for Vermont, I have spent the last few months visiting local, state, and federal law enforcement partners throughout our state, as well as many of my prosecutorial colleagues in the state’s Attorneys offices. At these meetings, I sought...

Reclassification would not impact lake use

To the Editor,
I am writing to clarify the impressions left by the recent article regarding the A1 reclassification of Lake Raponda and the assumptions made by the town of Wilmington selectboard in their reaction to the Lake Raponda Association’s explanation of the program at the Tuesday,...

Groups must keep up pressure on Legislature

The inequitable formulas used for the distribution of school funds in the state of Vermont is something we’ve reported on numerous times over the past few years. The formulas go back years in Vermont, but until recently there wasn’t enough of an outcry based on real evidence to change them. ...

Humans need an “other” to affirm legitimacy

Aging in Place By Claudette Hollenbeck It has been my observation that just about everyone in Vermont is grouchy by the time spring comes around. Winter has hung around too long by that time and this year combined with the pandemic crush, irritability is...

"Now it's the whole darned world"

Now it is not just the oldsters “Aging in Place,” it is the whole darned world. Who would have thought such a thing could or would happen? When the Aging in Place initiative got off the ground in the first place, I think it must have been at least five years ago, it was because of newcomers to...

Your Turn: Wilmington Fire Department asking for help

This Town Meeting, March 3, Wilmington voters will be asked to appropriate $221,000 toward the next phase of the public safety building project. This project was initiated when $39,000 was approved (December 2019) from the 1% fund for a feasibility study, in concert with the re-convening of the...

Education-enterprise collaboration a key to growing area workforce

A week ago we published a story about an innovative program being developed by Southern Vermont College and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. The program hopes to fend off a looming nursing shortage at SVMC by creating what is essentially a feeder program at SVC. The college will educate...