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Editorial: Sharing thoughts on Notre Dame

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Angelo Lynn



As fire engulfed the 800-year-old oaken roof of Paris’s iconic Notre-Dame cathedral this Monday, the world seemed to stand still for a few moments as so many watched a world treasure erupt in flames. When the cherished 295-foot wooden spire toppled, crashing through the cathedral’s roof, audible gasps could be heard from the crowds of onlookers in Paris, and most likely wherever else anyone was watching around the world.

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Opinion: Business owners back wage hike

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Sivan Cotel and Sam Hooper



The Vermont legislature has spent considerable time over the past two years evaluating legislation that will raise Vermont’s minimum wage to $15/hour. The current bill being considered would increase the minimum wage incrementally to $15 by 2024. On the national level, there is also a push to double the federal minimum wage to bring it up to $15/hour.

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Ways of Seeing by Rebecca Kneale Gould: Hope springs eternal from peepers

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Rebecca Kneale Gould



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Last week I was poking around a vernal pool in Massachusetts when I heard a late-afternoon sound that I ache to hear every early spring. It was the first few peeps of the spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer for the budding naturalists among you).

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Greg Dennis: Choices for the desert island list

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Greg Dennis



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If you were to be stranded on a desert island, what would you want to take with you?

BBC Radio has been asking that question for nearly 80 years. The show’s guests, known as “castaways,” are interviewed about what eight pieces of music, along with one book and one luxury item, they would choose to accompany them should they be banished to their own personal Elba.

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Eric Davis: Democrats must expand electoral base

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Eric Davis



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The Electoral College has recently been the subject of considerable debate and discussion among presidential candidates and newspaper op-ed writers. Regardless of one’s views on the merits of the Electoral College, it does provide the rules under which the 2020 campaign will be conducted, and an advantage to President Trump’s bid for re-election.

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Victor Nuovo: John Adams on government

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Victor Nuovo



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Editor's note: This is the 14th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition.

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Letter to the editor: Carbon dividend law could work

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Jon Andrews



If you’re concerned about climate change, then there’s something you can do right now to fight it: write to Rep. Peter Welch and ask him to cosponsor H.R. 763, The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019. This bill seeks to create a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend program like the one recommended in the bipartisan Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends published in the Wall Street Journal on January 17 — the largest public statement of economists in history, with 3,508 signers from across the political spectrum.

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Letter to the editor: Climate group sets meeting

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Fran Putnam



I am happy to see the increasingly robust coverage in this paper of the many aspects of the looming climate emergency. Angelo Lynn’s editorial, “The Biggest Issue of our Times,” makes it clear that he is tuned in to what is going on both in our community and worldwide. We are long past the point where any reasonable person can deny that the world we live in has already been deeply changed by human activity. The question is, what can we do now?

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Letter to the editor: Neighbors Together working to help downtown Midd

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Amy Hastings



Having recently spent several weeks in the deep south of our country, I was frequently reminded of what deserted small downtowns look like. They’re all over and we certainly don’t want to imagine that happening here. But, as Middlebury’s railroad construction continues and intensifies, as a recent writer wrote, we’re going to have to “pull together as a community.” If we don’t, perhaps we might risk some unimaginable losses to our downtown.

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Note of appreciation: Community helped Bridport suppers succeed

Posted on April 18, 2019 |
By Barb Wagner and Katie Welch



The 11th year of the Bridport Community Supper program has ended for the 2018-2019 winter season. Our suppers are provided free of charge to the community every Friday night at the Bridport Grange Hall from December through March.

Wow what a rewarding season! Barb and I once again enjoyed seeing old friends and making new ones. Thank you to the following sponsors for their continued support and to those who were new in helping this year. Without their support these supper would not be possible. They all play their part in helping build a stronger community:

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