By Lee H. Hamilton It’s no news that Congress is unpopular. In fact, at times it seems like the only real novelty on Capitol Hill would be a jump in its approval rating. So here’s the interesting thing: nearly three-quarters of Americans want to throw out most members of Congress, including their own representative, yet…

A Montgomery, Vermont, man was charged by the Fish & Wildlife Department for intentionally feeding bears.    Jeffrey Messier, 54, of Black Falls Road was charged with feeding bears after Game Warden Sgt. Carl Wedin received a report of a bear being killed in self-defense at a neighboring residence on June 22, 2014. Sgt. Wedin responded and…

Dear Editor, On Friday, June 11, I received an email notice of the awarding of excess millings from the repaving of Killington Road with the following chart. I thought a lottery was supposed to take place if there were not enough millings to go around? A town notice clearly stated: “If we do not have…

By Lee H. Hamilton Like other federal scandals before it, the mess involving VA hospitals has followed a well-trod path. First comes the revelation of misdoing. Then comes the reaction: a shocked public, an administration on the defensive, and grandstanding members of Congress. Finally, major reform bills get introduced, debated, then put aside when the…

“There they go again.” The Gipper (President Ronald Reagan) said it of Democrats in the 1980s for what he claimed was twisting the truth in congressional battles. The same phrase could be used in Vermont these days as opponents of Gov. Peter Shumlin and his administration produce a continous chorus of negativity about the state’s…