Letter to the editor: Some violating billboard law

In 1968 our state legislature passed a law effectively banning roadside billboards. The statute is detailed in various sections of Title 10, Chapter 21. Each day as I drive along Route 7, 22A, and even when I’m venturing further afield on I-89 and I-91, I am so thankful to our representatives of yore who had the foresight to enact this law.

Letter to the editor: Nation’s leader is incompetent

With 29,000 hours in the logbook and dozens of landings on runway 33 at Washington National Airport, I find recent comments by the President of the United States pathetic at best.

Letter to the editor: Deportation will hurt our nation

Last week I was asked to grocery shop and deliver to a family of four undocumented migrant adults and one child on a dairy farm who ran out of food the day before but were too afraid to go to the store. They knew the reports of Immigration and Customs Enf … (read more)

Letter to the editor: Power of community can put us back on course

I think it’s plain to say we are in trouble here. I’m not even going to get into the left/right politics of it all. I think every Vermonter would have a hard time looking around these days and saying “yup, things are just fine, nothing to worry about here … (read more)

Letter to the editor: Urge Vt. lawmakers to fight ‘Constitutional Crisis’

I hope you will join me in urging our Senators to do everything they can to push back against the following Presidential power grab and to oppose confirmation of Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

Letter to the editor: College choral ensemble presented unique concert

The Middlebury College Choral Chameleon Ensemble put on a most unusually staged concert at several locations simultaneously in the MAC hallways and main concert hall the evening of Jan 22.

Letter to the editor: Criticizing Israeli regime is not antisemitism

I would like to offer another (Jewish) perspective on the Apartheid Free Communities measure on the Vergennes town meeting ballot.

Letter to the editor: Counseling Service of Addison County is here for you

At the Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC), we want our community to know: We are here for you. No matter your background, immigration status, or identity, if you need mental health or substance use support, you are welcome at CSAC.

Letter to the editor: Despite national politics, there’s hope for Vt. education

Wow! A lot going on in the U.S.A. and Vermont these days!

Letter to the editor: City ballot item called ‘divisive’

I write to oppose the anti-Israel non-binding referendum on the Vergennes Town Meeting Day ballot. Israel is a vibrant democracy. Palestinian Israelis vote alongside Jewish Israelis in all elections. Arab countries of the Middle East and Africa are weak d … (read more)

Letter to the editor: What is proper growth for Vermont?

Art Woolf (Community Forum January 23) rightly notes that prosperity “is easier to achieve with a growing population.” However, in his advocacy for the easy answer of population growth there is one glaring omission: the resulting population.

Letter to the editor: Rodenticides threaten wildlife

I am a conservation biologist with a specific interest in wildlife. Last April I wrote and submitted a paper to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board summarizing the results from numerous studies across the US and Canada indicating that anticoagulant rodent … (read more)

Letter to the editor: New administration sparking ‘constitutional crisis’

The current administration appears to be launching the country into a constitutional crisis with no apparent regard for the opinions of citizens of the U.S. who are not billionaires. A new Wall Street Journal poll revealed two days before the inauguration … (read more)

Letter to the editor: ‘Moral injury’ of Vietnam War resonates 50 years on

This is a little story of Vietnam and Moral Injury. I am in Vietnam. It’s 1968, maybe already 1969, and my tour of duty goes on.

Letter to the editor: Local police are a boon to area

After just reading the January 16 issue of the Addison Independent, I am struck by two articles. One is about the Middlebury Police Department letting people sleep on the floor of their station when they have nowhere to go.

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