Letters to the Editor

The Value of District Schools

To the editor: As the father of a student at Woodbury Elementary School, I want to advocate for Lakeview to remain open. Why do I care about Lakeview since my daughter attends a different OSSU school? I care because I see the value of our varied schools in our district.[Read More…]

An Unequal Holiday

To the editor: This past Monday, Jan. 15, was the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As with other federal holidays, many private businesses and public organizations, including schools — locally, state-wide and nationally — were closed in observance of the day.The calendar of the Orleans Southwest Supervisory[Read More…]

Bring the HA Bell to Hazen Union

To the editor: I am writing in support of bringing the Hardwick Academy school bell to Hazen Union School. I graduated from Hardwick Academy in 1945 and my six kids all graduated from Hazen Union. They are our two schools. I would think our community would like to see its[Read More…]

Save Our Planet!

To the editor: Plastic bottles litter our roads, and rapidly fill up our one remaining landfill in Coventry. Instead of being recycled for further use, millions of them are also dumped out at sea, polluting our precious oceans. With one easy action YOU can be an advocate for positive change:[Read More…]

The Bell Needs to Stay

To the editor: The class of HA (Hardwick Academy) Class of 1970 preserved the bell for the Town of Hardwick and the HA Alumni. Our class gathered over 400 signatures on a petition in June, 1970 and presented it to the Hardwick Town School Board requesting the bell remain in Hardwick. The[Read More…]

Protecting the Rich

To the editor: The newly elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has revealed his priorities: protect the Republicans’ rich backers. Funds from the Inflation Reduction Act to allow the Internal Revenue System to ensure that large corporations and high-income and high-wealth individuals pay taxes owed, will[Read More…]

Who Decides?

To the editor: Who decides whether a woman has autonomy over her own health/body decisions? The woman in consultation with her doctor, or five male Justices who were hand-picked for nomination by the Federalist Society, a right wing, conservative organization led by an ardent forced birth advocate, and then shoehorned[Read More…]

Off the Rails!

To the editor: Last week’s events have shaken me to the core. There seems to be a concerted effort to attack our democratic institutions from MAGA Republicans who are willing to use their political power to crush any opposition and ignore democratic rules in the advancement of their own agenda.[Read More…]

Support Your Local Florist

Often at the end of obituaries, it says “in remembrance” donate to a certain nonprofit. Often, that nonprofit is the Nature Conservancy. One location is in Montpelier. The Nature Conservancys is a 501CE organization and pay zilch in taxes and are required to let the public know what they are[Read More…]

The Rich Get Richer

To the editor: The Vermont Land Trust gave Don Joslin of Waitsfield, zero dollars (information from the Vermont Property Transfer tax returns) for the development rights to his scenic (views of all three ski areas) 150-acre dirt farm, with no running water, three-hole outhouse and knob and tube wiring. Yet[Read More…]