Dear Editor, The letter to the editor in last week’s edition penned by Town Manager Seth Webb on the town’s behalf, seemed more of a press release than the answers I was looking for regarding FEMA reimbursement. I posed these questions to Webb in an email a week before writing the letter for publication. I…

By Ed Gogek, M.D. State legislatures across the country are legalizing medical marijuana, but the nation’s physicians aren’t demanding these laws. The American Medical Association (AMA) doesn’t support them, and the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Society of Addiction Medicine both oppose these laws. The American Cancer Society hasn’t demanded medical marijuana, and…

Dear Editor, We have had several letters to the editor in recent weeks expressing their concerns about town matters. I would like to address the issues in the paper as a way of creating an open dialog where all citizens and the Selectboard can come to understand and respond to issues at hand. The Selectboard…

By Guy Page Just because it's summer, that doesn’t mean Vermont has taken a holiday from energy deals and projects. Far from it! In June alone, the wheels were turning to bring more hydro, nuclear (you read correctly), natural gas, and solar power to Vermont–or in the case of hydro, at least through Vermont. Nuclear…

By Rob Roper Tucked away in the education bill just passed in Montpelier – the one that has everybody talking about consolidation – is $300,000 earmarked for a study. A Legislator familiar with the back-room horse-trading that goes into moving these bills into law said that this little provision was key to getting the bill…

The Vermont State Police participated in the July 4th weekend National Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) over the holiday weekend from Friday, July 3 until Sunday, July 5. Sadly, there was one fatality on Vermont roadways this past holiday weekend. There have been 21 total fatalities in Vermont this year to date. 33 percent…

The outage will affect Pawlet and sections of Wells and Rupert. Green Mountain Power line crews need to interrupt electric service to 2,300 customers in Pawlet early Saturday morning so they can safely make reliability improvements to the system serving the Pawlet area. The outage will affect the town of Pawlet, customers adjacent to Route…

By Dom Cioffi Back in the early 1980s, during my junior high school years, I was a fan of the burgeoning New Wave movement happening in music. A friend of mine had a brother who was well versed in obtaining imported records from the UK so besides listening to this new and exciting music, we…

Courtesy of RCMS Julia Salerno and Sarah Whitney Sunday, July 12 at 4 p.m. — ROCHESTER — The Rochester Chamber Music Society opens the Green Mountain Suzuki Institute Week with a kick-off concert by Seeing Double on Sunday, July 12 at 4 p.m. in the Rochester Federated Church. Seeing Double is a unique concert of all duo-violin…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week's Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a late Pisces Moon that turned Void of Course for a few hours, on July 7, right before it entered the sign of the Ram, at around half-past noon on the east coast. There are some interesting…

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Thursday, July 9 at 6p.m.–RUTLAND, VT – The Paramount Theatre located at 30 Center Street in downtown Rutland, Vermont will unveil its 2015-2016 lineup of entertainment at a special event to be held at the historic hall on Thursday, July 9th, 2015 at 6pm. All are invited to attend to learn about what makes up the next season…

Courtesy of American Cancer Society Donning traditional pink attire, breast cancer survivors and supporters raise funds and awareness in the fight against the disease. Thursday, July 9 at 6 p.m. — RUTLAND — Help finish the fight against breast cancer by attending the American Cancer Society “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” planning committee meeting on Thursday, July…

By Bill Jalbert, courtesy of VSO Fireworks conclude the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s summer festival concerts. July 9, 10, 11 — The annual Vermont Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival Tour continues with concerts at three area venues this week. Performances will be held on Thursday, July 9 at Suicide Six Ski Area, South Pomfret; Friday, July 10 at…

Courtesy of Downtown Rutland Partnership Photo One: A crowd gathers on the hill of “the pit” in Downtown Rutland during a Friday night concert. Photo Two: John Popper Friday, July 10 at 6 p.m. — RUTLAND — Friday, July 10 marks the date of the first of three Friday Nights in Downtown Rutland to bring free music to…