Letter to the editor: Ed reform effort going too fast

I strongly believe that H.454 is being rushed through without enough scrutiny and support, either from the Legislature or from Vermonters. 

We urge all voters in the Addison Central School District to vote for Jess Venable-Novak and Ron Makleff as new school board members from Middlebury.

Last Saturday, on a bitterly cold and snowy day, I attended a rally with 100 other Vermonters at the Vermont headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service to call for a stop to the destructive Telephone Gap logging project.

Senator Chris Bray (and other legislative leaders) are working hard to help Vermonters move off of the high-cost, price-volatile roller coaster of imported fossil fuels. He deserves our appreciation for this important work.

The Spirit In Nature Annual Meeting for 2024, held at the Ripton Community Center on May 12, combined tradition and innovation as SpIN celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding on Mothers’ Day 2009.

How fitting that on June 17, the first day of National Pollinator Week, the members of the Vermont House and Senate overrode Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of H.706, known as the Pollinator Protection Bill.

The Spirit In Nature Interfaith Paths organization will celebrate its 25th Anniversary May 12 by giving its Eco-Spirit Award to the Pollinator Pathways founders.

I was appalled to read the letter from J. Beamish about the destruction on the east side of Snake Mountain due to what looks like unwise logging that has already occurred and is ongoing, so I decided to have a look this morning.

Fall is the time of year we generally begin to put our gardens to bed. I have recently changed my garden practices considerably since learning that our gardens can be important havens for pollinating insects and other wildlife during every season of the y … (read more)

Here in Addison County, people are celebrating National Pollinator Week June 19-25 with garden tours, book displays at libraries, and more. 

Does it matter if someone running for the Vermont State Legislature states publicly that the 2020 Presidential Election was stolen?

Pollinators have become the new “buzz” word in the last several months.  We now have National Pollinator Week, June 20-26!

In addition to being local parents and educators, Joanna and Jamie are committed to a vision for a just, multiracial democracy that works for all.

I have one question about the plan by the Vergennes City Fire Department to conduct a planned burn of the building at 40 North Street (“City Firefighters Plan Training Burn,” Addison Independent, May 6, 2021).Has anyone considered how much carbon dioxide, … (read more)

I support Cornwall resident Chris Kramer for the At-Large School Board seat in the upcoming Addison County School District election on Town Meeting Day March 2. His name will be on the ballot in every town and citizens in all member towns can vote for him … (read more)