Editorial: A bargain at $49.5 million?

Editorial: A bargain at $49.5 million?

This Town Meeting, Middlebury residents will decide their largest bond vote ever: a $49.5 million makeover of its 25-year-old sewer plant. Built in 2000, the 20-year projected lifespan of the plant is five years past that due date and will be forced to hobble along for another five years (if the bond is approved this March) before construction on the renovation can be finished in 2029.

Ways of Seeing: Vermont spirit is one way forward

Ways of Seeing: Vermont spirit is one way forward

As a small child, if I got hurt, one of my parents would tend to my injury. Then they would “kiss it to make it better.” Did a kiss actually fix my skinned knee? No, but it did help. I felt better with that kiss. If I got a shot at my doctor’s, they would offer a stick of candy. I could anticipate that as I bravely put up with the injection. If I was sad, worried, or sick, I would be held, sung to, or read a story. It might not take away the issue, but it did bring me comfort.