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Community Forum: Some health care barriers remain

Posted on June 10, 2013 |
By Kelly Stoddard



This week’s writer is Kelly Stoddard, director of government relations and advocacy in Vermont for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.

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Community Forum: Alcohol awareness needs to start early

Posted on June 6, 2013 |
By Beth Diamond



This week’s writer is Beth Diamond, a regional resource specialist at Vermont 2-1-1 and a member of the Addison County Prevention Partnership.

Each year the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (NCADD) sponsors National Alcohol Awareness Month to encourage local communities to focus on alcoholism and alcohol-related issues. This year, NCADD highlighted the important public health issue of underage drinking, a problem with devastating individual, family and community consequences.

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Community Forum: Middle East policy missteps abound

Posted on May 13, 2013 |
By Haviland Smith



More than two years have passed since a Tunisian man immolated himself and launched what became known as the Arab Spring. While the changes set in motion by the various uprisings in the Arab world remain works in progress, it might still be revealing to examine the role played by U.S. involvement and foreign policy in shaping events.

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Opinion: Pick up after your pets

Posted on May 6, 2013 |
By Lisa Liotta



This week’s writer is Lisa Liotta, park ranger at Niquette Bay State Park in Colchester.

The Scoop on Poop

As a seasonal park ranger at the only Vermont State Park that allows dogs off-leash in a designated area, I pick up a tremendous amount of doggie doo. Recently, I began thinking seriously about the impact of pet waste on our environment, and started doing some research. 

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Community Forum: How not to build a natural gas pipeline

Posted on April 11, 2013 |
By Annette Smith



This week’s writer is Annette Smith, executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, a grassroots nonprofit organization based in Danby that follows major energy projects throughout the state. Its objective is to bring “environmental justice and corporate accountability to Vermont communities.” Smith is a paid staff member, and an environmental lobbyist.

 

How Not to Build a Natural Gas Pipeline

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Community Forum: Society becoming ‘me,’ not ‘us’

Posted on April 11, 2013 |
By Bill Schubart



This week’s writer is Bill Schubart, a Vermont entrepreneur, author and commentator on VPR. He writes about Vermont and the nation in fiction, humor and opinion pieces.

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Community forum: The Little City sets the pace on renewable energy

Posted on March 21, 2013 |
By Anders Holm



This week’s writer is Anders Holm, a longstanding Addison County resident, a senior member of the surgical staff at Porter Hospital and a lifelong renewable energy advocate.

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Community Forum: Health records problems must be solved

Posted on February 25, 2013 |
By Marvin Malek



This week’s writer is Dr. Marvin Malek, MD MPH, who is an internist working at Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin.

The financial problem that occurred recently at Porter Hospital isn’t the first and won’t be the last cost overrun we’ll see in Vermont related to the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). Unfortunately, Angelo Lynn (Addison Independent, Jan. 10) grossly understates the magnitude of the health information technology (HIT) problem in the health sector, dismissing the Porter case as a mere cost mis-estimation.

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Community Forum: Vermont GOP can regain status

Posted on February 21, 2013 |
By Fred Baser



This week’s writer is Fred Baser, who founded Bristol Financial Services in 1987. He ran as a Republican for the Vermont House in Addison-4 District in 2010.

The Vermont Republican Party has an identity crisis. What has caused the party’s image problems? Who are Vermont Republicans? What can the party do to change the current situation?

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Community Forum: A sarcastic reply for the NRA lobby

Posted on January 28, 2013 |
By Joanna Colwell



This week’s writer is Joanna Colwell, director of Otter Creek Yoga in Middlebury’s Marble Works District. She lives in East Middlebury.

Dear NRA member,

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