Stephen C. Terry
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Community Forum: A personal recollection of Gov. Tom Salmon
Former Vermont Gov. Thomas P. Salmon, who died Monday at age 92, was a plain-spoken politician, lawyer-businessman and Democrat with a deep-seated aversion toward the left-leaning wing of…
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Guest editorial: Can Trump be kept off the Vt. primary ballot this March?
In the country’s 234 years, no American current or former president has been indicted on either the federal or state level. On Aug. 1, 2023, a federal grand…
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Guest editorial: Truth to power(lines)
The electric power industry has not been known for rapid changes in technology, thinking, or standards of practice.
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Letter to the editor: Great Ice Storm of ’98 recalled
As Vermonters recover from two back-to-back, end-of-year, severe storms that hammered homeowners, businesses and farms, some may recall the Great Ice Storm of early January 1998.
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Groundbreaking journalist Walter Mears dies
Walter R. Mears, the legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning political journalist who died at 87 on March 3, began his reporting career at Middlebury College for the Associated Press and then became the…
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Community forum: Racial attack echoes in Vermont history
Racism punched Vermonters hard in the face with the shotgun attack by three white night-riders on the home of a Black minister in Irasburg in the early hours…
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Letter to the editor: We owe much to Gov. Hoff
It is long past the time when Vermont should pause and honor the many significant contributions to this state by former Gov. Philip H. Hoff.Quite simply, the Vermont…
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Opinion: Why Vermont is different once again
As Vermonters, we are used to seeing ourselves compared to other states or regions of the country. Some positive, other negative, assessments. We are usually associated with California…
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Opinion: Why good journalism must survive
There is no more important factor for the health of a community than a strong and viable source of trustworthy information. Those of us living in Addison County…
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Guest editorial: The day Sen. Aiken planted his anti-Vietnam War acorn
What happens when you speak truth to power? Often no immediate impact. But the words themselves can be like planting an acorn that grows into an impressive oak tree. It usually…