Braintree’s Side
In Controversy
     First of all, let me say that the current negotiations between Randolph and Braintree regarding the Fire Services contract in NO way reflects any dissatisfaction with the department, its members, or its services.
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Police Access Is
Fairness Issue
     As most folks know by now, I'm very in favor of expanding the police district to all of Randolph and I'm willing to pay whatever taxes necessary without complaint.
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Pond Decision
Was Reasonable
     I know I felt a pang of regret about the Stevens' decision to fill in their chain of frogponds in Bethel Lympus, even though their decision does not impact me in any way.
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U. S. Too Wimpy
To Protect Food
     It seems that the United States is showing its colors as being a wimp nation on one hand and a bully on the other.
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Requiem For
The Fish Truck
     The fish truck is no longer, and all of us faithful customers will mourn for many Fridays to come. It was a wonderful tradition, one of those delights we in "quaint rural Vermont" could take such a pleasure in recounting to friends elsewhere in the flatlands.
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Poor Response
On School Issue
     Apparently the quality of School Supt. Brent Kay's mercy is strained through a gauzy film of situational ethics and convenience. In his remarks concerning the extent of drug use in our (his) school among our children, he states he hears "people say there is a drug problem in the school.
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Supports Police
In Whitney Case
     It is hard for me to believe that our Police Department would single out a man as Ms. Jarvis has determined (letter, 6/7). There is a reason that you see Harvey’s name in the paper so often and it is not because of our police force.
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