Too much speed on too much ice propelled a Connecticut snowmobiler facedown into a stream.
Guy Page
Guy Page is the editor and publisher of the Vermont Daily Chronicle.
Water Cooler: Gas prices soaring / Caviar Emptor / privileged Vermonters / Bus drivers have new contract
For rural Vermonters who depend on the bus, a new labor contract ensures they can still get to work, the doctor, and the store. This story and others from today’s Vermont media headlines.
Virologist: COVID race stats need review
Although the dominant official and media narrative says Covid-19 harms more black people than white people, the actual data says otherwise.
Gun bill veto ‘compromise’ lets out-of-staters use high-cap magazines
A ‘compromise’ bill to the vetoed S30 was approved by Senate Judiciary today. It creates a seven-day waiting period, allows gun seizure without due process, and lets out-of-staters use high-capacity mags.
Bananas: How to be an anti-racist, Vermont style
Whiteness is an essential feature of systemically racist Vermont, particularly in winter, where the outdoor topography can be seen covered in soft blankets of snow, knitted by an equally racist Mother Nature.
Dame: this war is Putin’s fault, not Biden’s
Pretty refreshing to see a national leader grab for a rifle instead of a ride out of town. Would ours do the same for us?
Evslin: call the Russian Bear’s bluff
Vladimir Putin NEEDS to export oil and gas. If he didn’t, he’d have threatened to cut off NATO Europe weeks ago. Call his bluff.
Opioid settlement upped $1.2 billion
Vermont AG TJ Donovan and other AGs get another $1.2 billion out of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in the opioid crisis. The Sacklers also must “express regret.” But the deal doesn’t send them to jail.
Mountain medic appointed to Vermont House
Mountain safety expert and former Lyndon State College Prof. John Kascenska replaces former Rep. Patrick Seymour (R-Sutton) who recently resigned.
McClaughry: Expanding parental choice in education
The Supreme Court said the state must pay tuition to sectarian schools, if that’s what the parent wants. Because, school choice. But the Vermont Senate Education Committee chair says students and staff must be “protected” from religious schools.
