Community Note: Newsroom trauma, thankful outcome

A brief note to report that our beloved sports columnist and retired Middlebury College professor Karl Lindholm had a health scare here at the office Tuesday morning.

In this era of narcissistic leaders and misplaced values, it seems more important than ever to honor those who work for the common good.

On Friday, the Vermont House of Representatives unanimously approved the final version of the landmark S.325 bill that reigns in the overreach of Act 181

Tim Steele and Sean Flynn led a team that saved our construction crew months of hard labor.

There is little, if any, evidence supporting Trump’s lawsuit claims that he and/or his family were unfairly targeted by government investigations or prosecutions.

Heffernan says “My comments were never about denying anyone fairness, dignity, or respect.”

We can choose to plant native plants that we know will benefit wildlife and the ecosystem.

One amount of money per pupil cannot provide equal educational opportunities for 80,000 students, because uniformity is blind to the differences among schools and pupils.

As pointed out in the Independent, Identity of gender is a human choice or function of biology and does not make one not a human being.

Vergennes truck bypass project will never get cheaper.

There’s a huge disconnect between the Scott administration’s affordability mantra and reality.

Can we spend at least a little time each day “making our minds vast, like the sky” and envision a world where we hold life to be precious?

Standing on the Senate floor and claiming you are a dog to mock civil rights isn’t dignified, and hiding in the bathroom during a constitutional vote is the definition of weakness.

Those of us who live in Addison County deserve representation grounded in basic decency and respect for human rights.

If you’re not sure what’s offensive about it and feel sincerely curious to hear one humble answer, feel free to reach out to me, and we’ll bumble through it together.