Opinion: Governor Scott has got to go

“Governing by veto puts far too much power in the hands of a single official and discounts the work of hundreds of others.”

Governor Phil Scott is far too quiet when it comes to disavowing the values of his party. Unlike Republicans at the federal level, he says he believes in due process for all — something so obvious it should not even need to be said.

Carolyn Keubler’s debut novel, “Liquid, Fragile, Perishable,” was published this past May. It’s a finalist in the Fiction category.

On a book tour, they are the authors — with their shiny new novels, radiating the word “published!” to all the awestruck novices. But here, they live across the bridge and over the fields — they are all that and more; they are our neighbors. Isn’t that wo … (read more)

There are so many things in Carolyn Kuebler’s “Liquid, Fragile, Perishable” that ring true. The cast of characters in Kuebler’s new — and first — novel, are so real, so believable, they could be the person walking by you on the street. 

Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater will host three free programs next month that you don’t want to miss. Composer Mathew Evan Taylor and choreographer Laurel Jenkins will present “27 Breaths,” a live music and movement piece on Sunday, May 5; former dean of t … (read more)

Anyone paying attention to the relentless stream of “natural” disasters around the world knows that we need to make big changes to how we make and use energy, and we need them yesterday.

Where is all the honking and splashing on Otter Creek, the signs of spring that usually come as a relief from the existential dread of yet another winter with temperatures too warm, with mud season too soon?

As a new justice of the peace Carolyn Kuebler was more nervous than the couple she was marrying.

There’s a lovely row of young evergreens along the gravel road leading to Wright Park. They were clearly planted with purpose and care and have done a beautiful job masking the construction staging area behind it and doing all the other amazing things tre … (read more)