Editorial

Where are the workers?

When it comes to the workforce in Vermont, these are strange days, indeed.
The Vermont Department of Labor announced employment figures for July last week. The state had a record low unemployment rate of 2.1% for the month. On top of that, the participation rate of Vermonters in the...

Changes to dispatching services will risk lives and burden taxpayers

Vermont is headed for a significant change in the way many community police, fire, and rescue departments dispatch their personnel. Those agencies using the Vermont Department of Public Safety to answer emergency calls will need another option because the state wants to get out of the...

Primary results full of surprises across state

The 2022 Vermont primary is in the books. Voters went to the polls on Tuesday, and early results show that turnout across the state was higher than average. Much of that turnout is being attributed to wide open races on Democrat and Republican tickets.
Vermonters will have the final say...

Small state does have an impact

To the Editor,
As a resident of Vermont and a student intern with the Vermont Public Health Association, it was distressing to learn that some Vermonters believe that because our state is small, our efforts to combat climate change are futile. If smaller communities use their size as an...

Governor's new ride a good step for climate

Earlier this week we received a one-paragraph media advisory from Gov. Phil Scott’s office, advising about a photo opportunity. Every media outlet receives a constant barrage of pressers similar to this: “So and so will do such and such, and here’s when, where, and why.”
They generally...

The housing dilemma

It’s no secret that there is a shortage of affordable housing here in the valley. In fact, it’s a problem just about everywhere across the country. When prospective tenants can find a place to rent, chances are the cost is well above the general financial benchmark of 25% of monthly income. ...

With such a large potential turnover, your vote is more important than ever

“I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.”
Gov. James H. Douglas The weather is heating up this week, and so is the political climate around Vermont. The state primary day is less than three weeks away, on Tuesday, August 9. ...

The real election thief

The ongoing hearings in Congress about the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol building in Washington, DC, appear to be heading to a conclusion. People across the country, including many here in the Deerfield Valley, have been transfixed by the revelations of how desperate former President...

Vail sticks to the plan

A couple of weeks ago, Mount Snow officials held an online meeting to update the public on its master development plan. As news editor Mike Eldred reported last week, Vail is sticking with the current master plan developed a decade ago by the Dover ski area’s previous corporate owner, Peak...

Independence Day is a time to look inward as a nation

“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.”
Thomas Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence “Then join hand in...