Differences Exist, Respect Shown
     If you’ve had the opportunity to attend a selectboard meeting during the past two years, you may have appreciated the air in which the five-member board conducts the business of the town: Selectboard members, along with the valuable support of Assistant Jackie Higgins, working together in harmony do...
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Recommends New
GOP Tax Plan
     Welcome to the Vermont Local Education Affordability Formula (LEAF).
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Will Committee Overlook Facts?
     The recent announcement by Condoleezza Rice of the establishment of an oversight committee to examine the political use of oil is laughable in its hypocrisy. Unless this committee's first area of scrutiny be the country for which Ms. Rice is a politically appointed mouthpiece, this committee should ...
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Another Voter
For DeFrietas
     This letter is in support of Joe DeFrietas, a candidate for selectman for the Town of Bethel.
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Now Is the Time
To Elect a Woman
     There are candidates in both parties who are intelligent, decent and concerned about the appropriate issues.
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DeFrietas Ready
To Serve Bethel
     This letter is in support of Joe DeFrietas who is running for a position on the Bethel Selectboard.
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'Honk & Wave'
For Candidate
     For those of you who may be Barack Obama supporters, Vermonters for Obama is holding a Honk and Wave event on Friday Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. until dark. We will gather at the South Royalton bridge (Route 14 at the intersection of Route 110).
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Hometown News
To Pennsylvania
     Hi! I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy reading your newspaper. I live near Pittsburgh, Penna., but my cousin, also a southwestern Pennsylvania native, became a resident of Randolph a little over a year ago.
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Lack of Evidence
From ClearSource
     Your front-page article of February 14, 2008, regarding ClearSource and the recent Act 250 Ruling by the District 3 Environmental Commission, omits a crucial point.
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Granville Gets It!
     The ECFiber.net project faces two important milestones. The first is asking the residents of the 24 towns in our region that have expressed interest, to approve (on Town Meeting day) joining a new Interlocal Agency to carry out the project of bringing high-speed internet, TV, and phone to our region...
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Dentist Supports
Fluoridation
     I am writing to remind readers in the Randolph Water District of an important meeting concerning continuing water fluoridation in the district. The district has had water fluoridation for approximately 10 years, helping to reduce dental decay and improve the dental health of children in the system.
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Return Amsden
To Selectboard
     I am wholeheartedly in support of the incumbent, Ernie Amsden for Royalton Selectboard.
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DeFrietas Backed
For Selectboard
     The Town of Bethel is fortunate to have Joe DeFrietas as a candidate for the Selectboard position being vacated by Rick Benson. We certainly have appreciated the years that Rick has devoted to the town, serving very capably in this position.
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We Can Join
'Winter Soldiers'
     Winter Soldiers, according to founding father Thomas Paine, are those who "stand up for the soul of their country, even in its darkest hours."
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