Columnists
What if I told you that there is a superpower you could learn? It’s scientifically proven to make you happier, deepen your relationships, redu…
At 4 a.m. the day before every election, my team and I set out on a 14 County Tour, visiting all of Vermont’s 14 counties in one day. This 500…
Once again, Vermont Rail is renting out our backyards as a cheap parking lot for dangerous oil trains. For the past five years, autumn has bro…
As autumn winds down and our Green Mountain fields and forests prepare to rest, we give thanks for the bounty of the seasons. In the coming weeks, Vermont food will be at the center of the table as many of us celebrate with family and friends. Maybe the meal will begin with an appetizer plat…
With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, many people will soon be telling turkeys to get stuffed, and then inviting guests to come get stuffed as well. But arguably, the origin of Thanksgiving was not with the pilgrims, but with one man being told by the pilgrims to get stuffed. And that man w…
In the early 1990’s I joined the Vermont Republican Party. I did so because the VTGOP recognized five core principles: a free market economy; a local and efficient government that kept taxes within reason; an educational system that enabled our graduates to compete in a global marketplace; i…
While working outdoors in the past weeks, I observed many flocks of Canada Geese on their way south. It is quiet up on our hill, which enabled me to hear the honking before I saw the V-formation at relatively high altitudes. That reminded me of when I worked at Dartmouth Medical School in th…
In the Nov. 4 Wall Street Journal, Jayson Gay detailed Miller Bugliari’s accomplishments: in a week or so, coach Bugliari will have completed his 63rd year as Pingry School’s soccer coach in Basking Ridge, N.J. In the world of high school soccer, the coach is legendary.
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This holiday season, go plaid and go small.
In the early days of the environmental movement Vermont passed Act 250, a land use and development law aimed at preventing uncontrolled growth…
Okay, we confess to being infected with the Mount Anthony Union High School fever following this weekend’s thrilling victory by the football t…
Watching the Veterans Day parade Friday as it moved down Main Street and on to the VFW and the Vermont Veterans’ Home on North Street for a wr…
Southern Vermonters have a lot to celebrate following Tuesday’s general elections.
America is at a cultural and political tipping point as we head into next Tuesday’s midterm elections.
When Vermont News & Media posted online on Tuesday that Susan Johnson, Bellows Falls Middle School principal, was placed on paid leave wit…
The Taconic & Green Regional School District Board of Directors is starting to consider the most important question it has faced since vot…
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders heard from local students and community leaders during a visit to Bennington on Wednesday about a host of issues that…
The Spinelli Field Ad-hoc Committee is taking important steps to ensure the Spinelli field remains safe for student athletes, usable for other…
Letters to the Editor
I recently became reacquainted with the word polycrisis. The Cascade Institute has listed a number of crises that need fixing: climate heating…
The Bennington Museum hosted a two-day search for American samplers recently, searching for all samplers made in Vermont. Over 100 samplers we…
In the true Spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to sincerely thank the voters of Bennington District 5, for returning me to the Vermont House…
The effort for significant carbon cuts at COP27 appears to be weak. One of the key issues of contention at the United Nations climate conferen…
Both I and my wife, like many others, I am sure, were brokenhearted to learn of the future closing of Jensen's Restaurant on Northside Drive. …
The article, "Winter storm still tracking this way; slop coming this Wednesday," (Nov. 15) was right; most Vermonters woke up to snow on Wednesday.
This reader and Manchester Village resident was surprised and disheartened to hear that the board issued a fine and denied a variance to the E…
It is with tremendous gratitude that I acknowledge the voters of Bennington County for electing me as their next sheriff. Your support, votes …
This reader and Manchester Village resident was surprised and disheartened to hear that the board issued a fine and denied a variance to the E…
