Letter to the editor: Field Days can plan to go green

Now that the Addison County Fair Field Days are over, the results printed in the Independent and school is back in session, perhaps it is time to look at what a Field Days of the future might look like.

Gerald Grant was born and raised in Addison County and is known for his honesty, integrity and the respect he has for the people of this community.

While I appreciate the Addison Independent’s interviews with candidates for local and state elections, the Sept. 8 report on Peter Caldwell is a conduit for disinformation.

On Aug. 22 while hiking with my nine-year-old granddaughter and six-and-a-half-year-old grandson, I fell and broke my hip.

As I was listening to President Biden’s recent speech with tears in my eyes, I was so glad to see him talking straight to all of us in such inclusive terms.

U.S. colleges bear considerable responsibility for the student debt crisis.

Since Chief Merkel announced his retirement, Front Porch Forum in Vergennes has been awash in vague and inflammatory posts about city leadership.

It was extremely disappointing to learn that both the town selectboard and the college have strayed from the spirit of our Town Plan by allowing for the conversion of several town residences into student housing.

Health care providers and insurers should not be coerced to perform or cover abortions or transgender procedures.

It has become increasingly apparent that over the last decade or two both the Republican and Democratic parties have been so influenced by the philosophies of the extreme fringe of their respective parties that now the good of the party is taking preceden … (read more)

I was momentarily stunned to read that George Merkel has given his notice, but I totally understand why he has.

I was so happy to read the article in the August 25 issue of the Addison Independent on the Expanded Learning Program in the MAUSD. This truly is a treasure of one of the many programs in our area that support our school-age students.

The 43rd Annual Middlebury Festival on-the-Green is now just a fond memory. We had a week of glorious summer weather, a fabulous lineup of talented performers, a hardworking crew of volunteers, and large appreciative audiences.

“We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies.” Abraham Lincoln wrote these words for his First Inaugural Address delivered as civil war loomed.

Field days has come and gone, but the residents on Quaker Village Road are still in awe of the amount of traffic that utilizes this very convenient back way to the fair.