By Angelo Lynn Score a small victory for Vermont’s Democratic Legislature as they managed to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the recently passed minimum wage bill. The proposal increases the minimum wage from $10.78 an hour to $12.55 by […]
Category: Opinion
Letter, Opinion
Mosquito district work in Salisbury costly, ineffective
Dear Editor, In January, the Salisbury selectboard voted unanimously to separate Salisbury’s payment to the Brandon-Leicester-Salisbury-Goshen-Pittsford Insect Control District (BLSG) into Article 11 on the town meeting ballot. On Election Day, Tuesday, March 3 (Super Tuesday), voters in Salisbury will […]
Letter, Opinion
Vote to take care of your neighbors
Dear Editor, Our centuries-old Vermont tradition of Town Meeting Day is just days away. This year, perhaps the presidential primary on that same day is getting most of the attention, but remember that other important business will happen on Super […]
Letter, Opinion
Thank you, Slate Valley board
Dear Editor, Editor’s note: This letter was directed to the members of the Slate Valley Unified Union School District, which includes Orwell, and shared with the press. I am writing to thank you for your service. I want to thank […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Why Trump will lose the election
By Greg Dennis Fear not, my fellow liberals: Donald Trump is a one-term president. If you believe, as I do, that anyone who says they know what will happen in the 2020 presidential election actually has no idea what will […]
Letter, Opinion
Impeachment can be a lesson to youth
Dear Editor, When I was listening to the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, something just crossed my mind: I hope that every American university, college and high school student in the United States had an assembly in the auditorium to […]
Letter, Opinion
America is lost, ‘God Trump’ has corralled enough puppets
Dear Editor, On Thursday, Feb. 6, James Hall had a letter in the Rutland Herald discussing Nancy Pelosi’s childish, provocative comments about Trump’s Tuesday night campaign speech. Hall further indicates that the Democratic Party under her is withering away. Hall […]
Letter, Opinion
Health care is broken, fly to Mexico
Dear Editor, I was still trying to get used to the idea that some Americans are going to jail because they don’t show up in court when hospitals sue them for unpaid medical bills when I came across other news […]
Letter, Opinion
Honor loved ones by giving blood
Dear Editor, Did you know that patients fighting cancer need more blood than patients fighting any other disease? Cancer patients use nearly one-quarter of the nation’s blood supply. In fact, five units of blood are needed every minute to help […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
State’s food system is critical to identity and quality of life
By Jake Claro I encourage everyone to read through the Vermont Agriculture and Food System Plan recently released by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) and the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) in fulfillment of Act 83. […]