Junior year is a pivotal time in the lives of high school students. Junior year marks a transition to upper classmen, and students begin to ponder their post-high school academic careers around this time as well. The college preparatory process […]
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Act 60 turns 20
By Jack Hoffman The Equal Educational Opportunity Act, better known as Act 60, is 20 years old on Monday. On June 26, 1997, at an outdoor ceremony in Whiting, Gov. Howard Dean signed into law Vermont’s unique and groundbreaking education […]
Affordable Care Act needs expansion, not repeal
Dear Editor, Last week, the Republicans in Washington revealed their plans for replacing the Affordable Care Act. Unsurprisingly, their plan would hurt poor and working-class people and women while creating billions of dollars of new tax giveaways to corporations and […]
An act of mercy: “Let them eat cake!” Health care. part I
By Marguerite Jill Dye I was outraged to hear Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz comment that low-income Americans could sacrifice their new iPhone for health care instead. I wondered how he could be so blind to the struggle of America’s […]
M.R. students to perform one-act play locally and regionally
Thursday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.—CLARENDON—Mill River’s Stage 40 will be performing its one-act festival play, “The Illusion,” written by Tony Kushner ,Thursday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. in the Mill River Auditorium. General admission is $5. Stage 40 will also be […]