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Letters to the Editor: Grass roots ignored in Meals on Wheels decision

Posted on June 19, 2017 |
By Karan Cutler



Thank you for the article “Meals on Wheels Reduces Staff; Volunteers Are Angry” (June 12, 2017).” Indeed we are! 

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Letters to the Editor: Essentials first in bridge project

Posted on June 19, 2017 |
By Patrick Stine



Major surgery is underway for our town. The surgical plan is very complex, trying to answer present and future needs and trying to do it all in a single operation. 

In my participation in major operations that required coordination among diverse specialties, unexpected intraoperative challenges can so burden the outcome that everyone regrets acceding to the idea that all surgical goals be accomplished in a single trip to the OR. There are limits to how long you can safely keep an elderly patient under anesthesia. 

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Legislative Review, Chris Bray: Vetoes set state towards July 1 shut down

Posted on June 19, 2017 |
By Sen. Christopher Bray



Earlier this month, Gov. Scott vetoed both of the state’s “must-pass” bills — the budget and the tax bill. His vetoes set us on a course for a shut down of state government on July 1. 

This did not need to happen, however, and the governor’s vetoes are both surprising and disappointing.

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Jan Demers, Bridging gaps, building futures: Have you ever asked yourself if you can relate to poverty?

Posted on June 19, 2017 |
By Jan Demers



Can you relate to poverty?

We had moved to another state so that my husband could work on his Master’s Degree. He was making $35 a week. Housing came with a job he had taken while at Boston University and we were paying our bills. How, I don’t know. What I do know is how to make a chicken last a week for a family of four. First you roast it. The next day you make a casserole from what is left. After that, the bones are boiled for a good long time and you make soup. 

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Editorial: Is merging ACSD sixth-graders into MUMS the right move, now?

Posted on June 15, 2017 |
By Angelo Lynn



Whether you think sixth grade students within the Addison Central School District (ACSD) should be merged into MUMS (Middlebury Union Middle School) or stay with their respective elementary schools within the seven towns, what’s important about the question is that it’s focused on academics and improving them for area students. It’s not a question about whether taxpayers can afford the budget, or teacher salaries and benefits, but rather how students can best be served.

That’s refreshing. 

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Eric L. Davis, Politically Speaking: U.S. Supreme Court considers key gerrymandering case

Posted on June 15, 2017 |
By Eric Davis



The Supreme Court will decide soon whether to hear an appeal of a legislative redistricting case from Wisconsin that has implications for nearly every other state, including Vermont.

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Letters to the Editor: Salisbury landfill wasting money

Posted on June 15, 2017 |
By Pedie O’Brien



As most Salisbury residents know, the selectboard set up an Ad Hoc Landfill Committee for the purpose of researching the possibility of closing the Salisbury landfill based on a non-binding vote in 2015. The members of this committee are Martha Sullivan (selectboard chair), Pedie O’Brien (committee chair and landfill administrator), Sid Hutchins (landfill operator), and David Nuceder, Kip Andres and Sheila Conroy (interested citizens).

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Letters to the Editor: Salisbury crash puts spotlight on road safety

Posted on June 15, 2017 |
By Ian Ross



The April car crash that killed a 40-year old man hits home and a nerve for me. While I did not personally know him, some friends of my family were close to him. More to the point, I am almost 36 and have three young daughters of my own. I usually strive to be a safe driver, even more so since my oldest child was born. My wife has even been known to call me grandpa on the road.

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Ways of Seeing, Alice Leeds: Starting the day off on the right foot

Posted on June 15, 2017 |
By Alice Leeds



I am not and have never been an athlete. I do not have quick reflexes. I was never a runner or a member of a high school team beyond the oratory club and the flag twirling squad. When my classmates divvied up for a game of kickball at recess in elementary school, I was the last one chosen. Eventually I stuck with the jump rope crowd. I do have a good sense of rhythm.

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Victor Nuovo: For Machiavelli, realism meant political survival not moral goodness

Posted on June 15, 2017 |
By Victor Nuovo



Were I able to legislate required reading in the education of every citizen, I would choose the political works of Machiavelli — The Prince and Discourses on Livy. The sober realism of both works is reason enough for my choice, but others will emerge. 

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