Dear Editor, Please join me in supporting Molly Gray to be the next lieutenant governor of Vermont! I am beyond thrilled that she is running and that she already has so much support, including the endorsement of former Gov. Madeleine Kunin. I’ve known Gray for about 10 years, ever since she was serving as a…

Dear Editor, Vibrant. That’s a word you will never hear to describe Rutland, Vermont. A few months back the Rutland Herald published a letter from myself calling for the closing of Center Street between Wales and Merchants row for the summer months. I also had sent a letter to Brennan Duffy with the Rutland Development…

Dear Editor, Many Rutlanders like myself believe that Rutland could lead the country in economic revitalization by voluntarily removing from our drinking water, the neurotoxic fluorosilicic acid, an industrial waste product that accumulates in our bodies over time. Our community have been drinking this poison in our city water since 1984. I was hopeful that…

Dear Editor, In the midst of a global pandemic and national unrest, there is still care and compassion for humankind. It is important to recognize the outpouring of help in the local Killington community that epitomizes the level of care needed for one another during these times. Bryan Gudelis and the staff of the Garlic…

Dear Editor, Congratulations class of 2020!  What an extraordinary time this is. We know that every graduation from pre-school to advanced degrees is a benchmark in the life of a student filled with personal memories, but yours is one that will be remembered by the population at large. You are part of a global collective…

Dear Editor, Donald Trump petulantly stalks out of pressers and haughtily betrays our allies and nemeses alike. In effect, he takes his marbles and goes home. Fine! We’ll just keep on playing. But in fact, there is a silver lining. And that is: the betrayed and disenfranchised are flexing their muscle with a new vigor.…

By Alon Ben-Meir The murder of George Floyd by a police officer in broad daylight came amid a high point in the continuing rampage of the coronavirus throughout the country, killing over 100,000 and infecting nearly 2 million while more than 45 million have lost their jobs. The death of Floyd is no longer seen…

By Angelo Lynn Donald Trump is a failed president. Americans are facing the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression of the 30s, the worst pandemic since the Spanish Flu of 1918, and the worst civil unrest and protests since the riots of the late 1960s. It is no coincidence that these three calamities have…

Attorney General T.J. Donovan sent a letter to Senator Tim Ashe, president pro tempore, and Representative Mitzi Johnson, Speaker of the House, on Wednesday, June 3, urging the Legislature to pass legislation to improve training of law enforcement and to study a change in the standard applied to police use-of-force incidents. In the letter, Donovan…

RUTLAND—At Governor Phil Scott’s press conference Monday, June 8, a reporter asked about a rumored positive case of Covid-19 associated with Mountain View Center located in Rutland. Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., stated that there was a positive case, and that facility-wide testing was being planned. However, Dr. Levine was not aware that the test…

Business owners from the restaurant, construction, retail and agricultural sectors held a press conference on Tuesday, June 2, to urge the Vermont state Legislature to act quickly to release much needed state financial assistance in the form of flexible grants. Various committees in the Legislature have been reviewing the Scott administration’s proposal for a $400…

By Lola Duffort/VTDigger With Vermont seeing one of the country’s slowest rates of growth for coronavirus infections, K-12 officials have said they intend to have students back in classrooms come fall. But schools will look starkly different, they warn. And all plans are subject to change. “The best thing about it is the whole nation’s in…

By Curt Peterson Following a short presentation by Jim Haff (Killington), chairman of the Windsor Central Unified School District buildings and grounds committee, the district board approved investing up to $130,000 to install a “super” dehumidifying system, complete some related electrical work and do some deep cleaning to get the Prosper Valley School in Pomfret…

By Sen. Alison Clarkson This week’s New Yorker magazine cover ,“This Side Up,” illustrates an upside down world, capturing an aspect of how many are feeling right now. Our U.S. government has failed to adequately prepare and protect its citizens from a global pandemic — and our public safety officers, whose job is to protect…

By Rep. Jim Harrison Vermont has a proud tradition of a citizen legislature. Its 180 members (150 House and 30 Senate), are part time and in my opinion, most serve as public servants in the truest sense of the word. The typical legislative session adjourns in early to mid-May. However, this year is like no…