Letter to the editor: Turn down the heat at night

When I was young, over 70 years ago, everyone knew that turning down the heat at night made sleeping more comfortable. And it used less fuel.

Another Town Meeting Day has come and gone, accompanied by not only praise for a tradition handed down over multiple generations, but also questions about the viability and future of an institution which some would say has outlived its usefulness.

I am writing to convey my sincere distress over the proposed logging at Telephone Gap.

Aristotle recognized three broad types of interests and things: common, private, and public. We are at a time when we need to remind ourselves of what he said and why it was important.

In reading the back-and-forth comments about the Affordable Heat Act, S.5, I hear the frustrations of many voices.

I always enjoy town meeting, but last Monday night at Ripton was truly special.

One would assume that taxpayer dollars which are diverted to independent or private schools through the town tuition program would be administered and monitored as those dollars that go directly to public schools — but that has not always been the case.

Human-wildlife conflict poses a major challenge for the conservation of carnivore species globally.

This is in regards to your article about the Haven portraits.

Bill S.5 the “Unaffordable Heat Act” is an insidious way for the Legislature to force us to use green power, i.e. by making other forms of energy too expensive.

I am a working-class mother of a 9-year-old child here in Ripton, Vt. This last year I struggled with a severe medical condition that required intensive ongoing treatment.

I read with dismay in the most recent edition of the Independent that the Affordable Heating Act, S.5, has been put on hold, and will become another study for the two years, of what to do to address climate change.

As to “playing a vital role in the health of the state’s agricultural industry” let’s put sympathy momentarily aside and have a cold, hard look at an underlying problem. 

What used to be called “catastrophic” insurance has been rebranded as “high deductible” insurance.

Recently, my wife, Sharon and I headed south on our own Spring Break. She did all the planning.