Community forum: Affordable Heat Act: How it works

As a physics teacher, I used to give an assignment that asked students to do an informal energy assessment of their own homes using resources from Efficiency Vermont.

It’s 2023 and the question is no longer “is climate change here” but “what is Vermont going to do to stop it?”

The service of America’s veterans never truly ends. Even when they hang up their military uniforms for the last time, many still choose to protect us.

If we are serious about equity — providing all children what they need to develop to their full academic potential — we need to defeat the proposed merger on Nov. 8.

The world today would almost certainly be far better off if it were playing by the rules that governed the Cold War.

I want to share some facts about the proposed Silver Lake Hut in Leicester.

Within the framework of policing, I’m daily presented with opportunities to exercise compassion.

We see it every day on social media, where a lie can be shared and spread rapidly, reaching thousands if not millions of people sometimes in a matter of minutes.

If an expanded airport is determined to be a necessary resource for Addison County, then a new, more appropriate site should be established for the facility. 

Despite recent efforts, in our state and nationally, to reduce the housing affordability crunch, it is quite likely we will be in the same discouraging housing situation 20 years from now as we are today unless we make substantial changes to the way we do … (read more)

As a result of steadily declining enrollment and increasing costs, we have reached a tipping point where it is becoming unsustainable to operate our schools as we do now.

To say that we are living in unpredictable and challenging times is an understatement. However, as chair of your Middlebury selectboard, I am pleased to report that our community is clear on our goals going forward.

Having a discussion with an elderly parent about whether they should still be driving may be the hardest thing you’ll ever have to do.

Imagine how you’d react if someone told you a state economic development program created 815 new jobs in Montpelier and Bennington in just a few short years. Sounds good, right?

Most of us do not need to be convinced that the two party system is incapable of solving our challenges. The mutual disgust with how ineffective and corrupt this system is happens to be one of the few remaining areas of agreement between the left and righ … (read more)