Editorial

Once again two valley towns on leading edge

On Tuesday, voters in Readsboro will cast ballots in a special vote that will go a long way toward determining the future of how children are educated in two valley towns. The vote is not a referendum on the future of the school in Readsboro, at least not directly, but instead voters must decide...

Like them or not, mail ballots are good for American democracy

Like so many things, voting in 2020 will be a completely different experience for many in the valley, across Vermont, and around the country. Driven in large part by the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a big shift across the country to move away from in-person voting and to voting by mail. ...

School openings big test of life as “new normal”

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve reported on how local school districts are planning to restart in-person attendance for the fall semester. We’re excited to see that most primary and secondary schools in southern Vermont will be open come late August. It’s a necessary step to make in...

Shop Local Program a way to support neighbors and the community

With all the talk about the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the economy, there’s an easy way for people to help out local businesses here in the valley, while saving a few bucks in the process.
The Shop Local Program is a joint promotion sponsored by the towns of Wilmington and...

Winning formula: Support local media and businesses

Just in case readers haven’t noticed, it’s an election year. Of course, there is much focus on the presidential election. Understandably so given all that is a stake with the future of the country and everything.
But there are also statewide elections on the horizon, and those elections...

Time to deliver promises of declaration to all

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. -- That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their...

Don't hit the brakes

On Tuesday evening the combined selectboards of Wilmington and Dover signed off on a marketing plan crafted by the bi-town economic development marketing committee and the chamber of commerce (see story on page A1). While not new, as this is the third year the two towns have funded a joint...

Time to stop the denial

“We’re in denial of the African holocaust. Most times, people don’t want to talk about it. One is often restless or termed a racist just for having compassion for the African experience, for speaking truth to the trans-Atlantic and Arab slave trades, for speaking truth to the significant omission...

Virus containment, true equality need to be part of country’s “new normal”

Vermont is slowly returning to a more normal world, or at least a world that is more open than what we have experienced during the past three months. Gov. Phil Scott continues to “turn the spigot” on the economy, as he likes to say. More and more business sectors are being allowed to reopen....

The center of the storm

“Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.”
Martin Luther King Jr. Much of the country and the world has been struck by lightning over the past two weeks. When Minneapolis police detained and eventually killed George Floyd, that incident became the lightning strike that ignited...