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After voters approved the Champlain Valley School District’s revised budget this month, the district will have to grapple with staffing reductions and deferred facility maintenance going into the next school year.

For Bernie Cieplicki Jr., being named to Vermont’s high school sports hall of fame means more than the wood-framed parchment he’ll receive next month.

The 35th COTS Walk will take place on Sunday, May 5, at 1 p.m. in Battery Park in Burlington. It’s the nonprofit’s largest annual event and fundraiser to provide shelter, services and housing to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Vermont.

Works by Castleton artist Richard Weis, art professor emeritus at Green Mountain College and Fulbright award winner, are on display at the Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne through May.

As the chair of the Burlington School District School Board, I am fortunate to witness firsthand the profound impact of educational policies on our diverse community.

That’s it. The truth is unavoidable. I’m officially old. Truly, I am not ageist, nor do I have anything against aging. Who wouldn’t prefer it to the alternative? I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’m still a kid inside or at least in my 20s.

Eight years ago, when I made the decision to run for the Vermont House of Representatives, I asked for input and support from my constituents in Shelburne and St. George, and I also asked for your vote at the polls in 2016 and again in 2018, 2020, and 2022.

In consideration of the recent rash of out-of-control autos driving into the Shelburne Post Office, I would like to suggest that about five or six of these interesting sculptures be placed between the building and the parking lot.

Senate bill S.258 has passed and is now in the Vermont House of Representatives. This bill was pushed by and written in cooperation with animal rights groups.

In the April 18 issue of The Other Paper (“Ethics panel: no violation against Sen. Ram Hinsdale”), Sen. Ram Hinsdale tried to defend herself against the conflict-of-interest complaint filed by 14 Vermonters. Here are examples of the senator’s flawed defense.

I must take issue with Marc Schauber’s letter to the editor regarding Act 127. (“Act 127 overdue, and good law,” April 18, 2024)