Opinion Steve Martin Opinion Steve Martin

LETTER:  Supporting two new choices

To the Community: It was the property tax increase projected late last year that first caught my attention. While watching that school budget process play out I realized that only part of the local budget was actually in local control.

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Opinion Emerson Lynn Opinion Emerson Lynn

Op-Ed: Another $7B bill for Vermont’s taxpayers?

In 2023, the Vermont Legislature passed Act 18 – the Clean Heat Standard – as a crucial step to meet the goals set by the Global Warming Solutions Act in 2020. Its purpose was to focus on how best for Vermont’s homeowners, and businesses to transition to heating solutions that produce fewer emissions.

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OPINION: Mourning the loss of Harwood’s trees
Opinion Maddie Thibault Opinion Maddie Thibault

OPINION: Mourning the loss of Harwood’s trees

The trees standing outside the front of Harwood Union High School have diligently watched over the school and its students for years, welcoming the new ones, greeting the returnees, and waving goodbye to the graduates. The students, however, were unable to say their goodbye to the trees when, without warning, and mere weeks before the start of the school year, they were cut down. 

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