Ways of Seeing: ‘Hard to place’ label gets tiresome

Hercules and Atlas got a lot of notoriety for holding up the world, and admittedly, quite a feat it was. But what of a modern heroine, one who doesn’t hold up the world but one who straddles many?

Lately, I’ve been embracing my European side.

Now that the Addison County Fair Field Days are over, the results printed in the Independent and school is back in session, perhaps it is time to look at what a Field Days of the future might look like.

Gerald Grant was born and raised in Addison County and is known for his honesty, integrity and the respect he has for the people of this community.

While I appreciate the Addison Independent’s interviews with candidates for local and state elections, the Sept. 8 report on Peter Caldwell is a conduit for disinformation.

It’s an obvious metaphor, but it’s true: Where you look is where you’ll go.

The latest news that a top-secret document describing a foreign government’s military defense readiness, including its nuclear capabilities, was found among the documents at ex-president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence is the proof the public needs to … (read more)

On Aug. 22 while hiking with my nine-year-old granddaughter and six-and-a-half-year-old grandson, I fell and broke my hip.

Let’s imagine a house catches on fire one dry summer day, and fortunately, someone gets hold of the fire department.

While riding my bike to work one Wednesday morning I rear-ended a stationary pick-up truck on Main Street during morning rush hour. The pickup won.

As I was listening to President Biden’s recent speech with tears in my eyes, I was so glad to see him talking straight to all of us in such inclusive terms.

U.S. colleges bear considerable responsibility for the student debt crisis.

Since Chief Merkel announced his retirement, Front Porch Forum in Vergennes has been awash in vague and inflammatory posts about city leadership.

It was extremely disappointing to learn that both the town selectboard and the college have strayed from the spirit of our Town Plan by allowing for the conversion of several town residences into student housing.

Health care providers and insurers should not be coerced to perform or cover abortions or transgender procedures.