RUTLAND—The annual Mini Gift-of-Life Marathon is scheduled for Tuesday, July 18, from 12-6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn located at 476 Holiday Drive in Rutland. This blood drive comes when the Red Cross is facing a critical blood shortage and […]
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Op - Ed, Opinion
Why we need to scrap the debt ceiling
By Lee Hamilton Back when I was in Congress, I got a call from a constituent one day. I’d recently voted to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, and the man was more than irate. “Don’t you understand that we’ve got […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
We need to safeguard the “public” in public office
By Lee Hamilton For the last few years, I’ve been keeping a file of clippings about the erosion of transparency and candor in government. I’m sorry to report that it’s getting rather full. This is not a good thing. Public […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Vermont has what businesses really need
By Jon Margolis, VTDigger “It is almost impossible to start a small business now,” said the president of the United States the other day, and he knew why. It was, he said, “because of regulation.” As has been noted elsewhere, […]
Letter, Opinion
We need more Bradys
Dear editor, If the audacious come-from-behind win pulled off by the New England Patriots at this year’s Super Bowl has taught us anything, it is that no matter what, we should never stop believing in our abilities to succeed, even […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Operation Dolls and More provides holiday support to those in need
Thursday, Dec. 1 at 1:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—RSVP Operation Dolls and More project will holds its annual holiday support event on Thursday, Dec. 1 at Trinity Church, 1:30-4:30 p.m. This project provides holiday support to families and children. The program is volunteer […]