Columnists
With the 2021-2022 legislative biennium closed, some emerging themes will have major implications for civil liberties in Vermont communities. …
Wonder why it is so difficult to find young workers in Vermont? Please stick with me and follow what might be the major reasons for the shorta…
Sometimes my life is a lot like a haunted steakhouse: I have beef with ghosts.
There is a great line in Alan Parker’s 1988 film “Mississippi Burning” that I have quoted before. It should be dusted off from time to time. Perhaps it should even be framed and hung on the walls of a few prominent lawmakers in Washington to whom maintaining civility takes precedence over ac…
On May 11 the short life of the Clean Heat Standard (CHS), promising “clean heat for a cooler planet”, came to sudden but probably not final end.
Let us make no mistake. The Supreme Court’s attack on a person’s right to control their own body is an attack on workers rights. We, as working women, are not machines to be regulated by men regardless of their status within the halls of power. Just as we reject the notion of the worker devo…
“Marijuana is the most dangerous drug in America today” - Ronald Reagan
I have been starting my column in pretty much the same way for the last two years. I will continue as long as the omicron variants threatened our normality. The state and federal mask mandates have pretty much lapsed. Unfortunately, another omicron variant is making waves in Vermont and else…
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Bennington community remembers Alexander Mahar
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Lu French, Northshire Bookstore co-owner and Renaissance woman, remembered for many interests and kindnesses
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Former Hoosick Falls Police Chief denies theft, takes plea for family and health reasons
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Emerging leaders of Southern Vermont
There’s a sea change taking place in Montpelier.
Sen. Patrick Leahy took to the floor of the U.S. Senate this week in defense of the Women’s Health Protection Act. The vote failed.
Governors typically stay on topic at media briefings, adhering to pre-planned talking points and always trying to bring reporters’ questions b…
The Bennington Select Board and Sen. Bernie Sanders are being asked to back a proposal to create a Vermont Legal Aid office in town. The propo…
The coming weeks at the Statehouse in Montpelier are critical for those in Bennington County who lack housing, and those who are committed to …
It appears to be a hate crime. And hundreds of Vermonters signing an online petition at change.org seem to agree. But we need to let it play out.
The state set a grim record in 2021: 210 Vermonters died from drug overdoses. Sixteen of them were our neighbors in Bennington County; 20 live…
Around Vermont, as municipal boards reorganize, set goals and undertake housekeeping for the term ahead, one of the things every town and city…
Americans who followed the four-day confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson last week were treated to a rare disp…
There’s a lot to smile about these days in Bennington. Just take a look around.
Letters to the Editor
I was fortunate to meet the Mahar family early in my 30-plus years in Bennington. Though it took a while, the process was an evolving experien…
My dad Stephen E. Racz passed away last evening at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Dad was a veteran of the US Navy. He was assigned …
Vets Home property is not a short cut
Thanks from The Tuscan Sunflower
We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered and bought tickets to our Fundraising Gala on April 30!
I am announcing my candidacy for Bennington County Assistant Judge. My name is Mary Frost and I have held this position since being appointed …
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May 14 is Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Contribute to 30th annual food drive
