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"Silver St. will be closed while work progresses. This is slated to be an eight week project. The library will be open during normal hours unl…
"The Tutorial Center offers programs and services that enable our clients to become contributing members of the community; however, maintainin…
Decades ago, Stephen Vincent Benet wrote a beautiful story titled "By The Waters of Babylon." It spoke of annihilation, but its cadence was bi…
Father’s Day and fishing go together like Valentine’s Day and divorce. You wouldn’t impale your dad with a sharp hook—so why do it to a fish?
The Anti-Defamation League's 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents [https://newengland.adl.org/news/2024-audit] reported a deeply troubling rise…
Letters to the editor
"Silver St. will be closed while work progresses. This is slated to be an eight week project. The library will be open during normal hours unless it becomes unsafe or impossible to access the entrance."
In May 1939, the United States denied entry to 907 German refugees, their families, women & children, all abord the M.S. St. Louis, trying…
On April 10, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, passed the US House and is on its way to the Senate. The League of Women Vot…
The Governor's property tax bill kicks the can down the road. Unfortunately, the VT Legislature failed to adequately fight back and stand up f…
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It was, unequivocally, wrong to prove Charlie Kirk wrong.
"Senator Bernie Sanders repeatedly lambasts corporations and wealthy people for having huge incomes and paying little in taxes. If he looked o…
"For me, patriotism means the rejection of blind loyalty, the refusal to stay silent in the face of injustice, and the courage to do better wi…
"I felt the anguish of Vermonters as they saw their fellow Americans sick, injured, homeless and hungry. The people of our great state are by …
Columnists
"Hospitality isn’t just about being polite; it’s a spiritual practice. It opens a doorway for God to show up in unexpected ways."
Do we all experience obsessions in life, or am I just part of a minority of freaks who do? As a kid, I was obsessed with cars, motorcycles, ha…
Thirty years ago, a small group of farmers, gardeners, and food lovers gathered in Wilmington for what they called the Southern Vermont Garlic…
Donald Trump has announced himself “disappointed.” He had such high hopes for Vladimir Putin.
Vermonters have learned a hard lesson from past disasters: being prepared makes a difference.
Editorials
"The news that two Manchester residents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday has had a powerful and polarizing…
Poverty and food insecurity are two words rarely uttered outside non-profit board rooms and hunger coalitions, but for those people in the cou…
A pivotal point has arrived in the cataclysmic six‑month war in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces’ killing of seven foreign aid workers and thei…
“The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.”
Once again, our kids are making headline news for all the right reasons – and, we hasten to add, making us proud for reasons that don’t make h…
Editorials
"The news that two Manchester residents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday has had a powerful and polarizing effect within our communities. The Journal’s careful approach to covering this story as it unfolded proved similarly polarizing – but we stand by our…
Many of us have now lived through two catastrophic storms in Vermont — Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and the flooding that began July 10 and ha…
Daniel Banyai remains a free man. And that is both puzzling and disturbing.
Vermont communities are cut from granite and marble. Vermonters are born from scrappy generations of hill farmers, stone cutters, factory work…
Yes, it’s hot and humid. We Vermonters love to complain about the weather – too darn cold in February, too darn muddy in April, too darn muggy…
Local Business News
MONTPELIER — Middlebury retailer Flora Cannabis and the Vermont Cannabis Action Fund reached…
BENNINGTON — The Better Bennington Corporation (BBC) hosted its annual meeting on Thursday, …
MONTPELIER — On Friday, the Vermont Department of Labor released data on the Vermont economy…
"Manufacturing sustains almost 30,000 Vermont jobs and exports over $2 billion in goods each…
UNDERHILL — In 2025, University of Vermont’s Extension Maple Program was awarded a grant ($1…
NEWFANE — Continental Screen & Glass developed and designed a new machine for installing…
Vermont Day typically sees the largest attendance of the 17-day event, bringing in more than…
MONTPELIER — Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) has announced the release of the Vermo…
On Wednesday, September 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Northshire Bookstore will host auth…
BRATTLEBORO — At the Putney Road Redemption Center, cans and bottles become cash or charity …
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It was, unequivocally, wrong to prove Charlie Kirk wrong.
Stuart Hurd worked for the Town of Bennington for 52 years and served as Town Manager a mere three days shy of 33 years. If we are lucky his influence will last another 33 years. It was a unique tenure, and Stu was a unique individual. The toughest part of having a difficult job is that even…
"Senator Bernie Sanders repeatedly lambasts corporations and wealthy people for having huge incomes and paying little in taxes. If he looked out his Burlington office window, he would see how this is so."
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The morning air was humid as I picked up my hammer at Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity's Women Build event on August 21. Around me, committed men and women gathered to frame walls and raise hopes. As I drove those first nails into two-by-fours, I wasn't only thinking about what we were bu…
As a resident and an ardent naturalist/ornamental horticulturalist and retired environmental educator of this small town, I had the woeful experience in the past year of witnessing local neighbors and local parks landscaping efforts on their properties that utilized destructive virulent ecoc…
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