Seventy years ago the world was embroiled in World War II. There were few places on the globe that were untouched by the fighting. The United States, after the vicious attack by the Japanese on P...
Buy local, eat local More than 1,500 miles … That’s the average distance most food travels from where it’s harvested, slaughtered or manufactured to reach the average kitchen in the United States. Even here in Vermont...
A difference of perspective The Vermont Legislature appears headed toward the end of its 2013 session. The final gavel could fall as early as Saturday, or sometime next week, but in any event the finish line is in sight.
Wh...
Frustration about funding Rep. Ann Manwaring’s recent update from the Statehouse in Montpelier, on page 5, sheds some interesting light on how our Legislature works, or in this case, doesn’t.
In talking about changes to ed...
Plans just part of the puzzle Community leaders and business people around the region have been meeting this week to offer input on a comprehensive economic development strategy plan. The idea is to develop a document that can ...
Town not ready for a fight One of the great things about life in a small town is that residents often feel invested in every aspect of the community. Much of that comes from knowing just about everyone, and the feeling that...
Doyle poll offers insights One of the great traditions of one of Vermont’s greatest traditions is the annual Town Meeting Day Survey. The poll, conducted since 1969 by Washington County Sen. Bill Doyle, is one of the state’...
Nobody likes the idea of uncertainty, especially when it comes to emergency services. That probably explains why the pending dissolution of the Whitingham Ambulance Service is a difficult proposit...
For the uninitiated, this week’s information meeting on the future of health care in the Deerfield Valley and southern Vermont was a real eye opener. (See article on page 1.) There are big changes ...
It’s maple festival weekend, but in some ways it sure doesn’t seem like sugarin’ season. With another foot or more of snow blanketing the region, the weather is more like early February than late M...
At last week’s Town Meeting, voters in Whitingham were not in a spending mood, cutting more than $1 million in proposed spending from the proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-2014. Most of the cut...
Town Meeting has come and gone for 2013. Looking back at Tuesday, it’s safe to say there were a few surprises, as is always the case.
School budgets passed with little or no rancor, some even ha...