Every weekday I go to my post office box in Montpelier, slip the big, industrial strength key into #1547, and hope to see a letter from a reader. 

The dictionary defines crowdsourcing as “the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.”

I never imagined a readership like this when in January, 2017 I started blogging about State House news for a small circle of family and friends.

We like to think we punch above our weight, hitting tough subjects with questions and perspectives other Vermont media won’t touch.

Subscribing readers react strongly to PayPal’s threat to seize funds from users who the online giant says practice ‘discrimination against protected groups.’

Unlike many of his critics, Mark Coester would never denigrate the Constitution as the oppressive tool of rich, white, male, musket-toting, slave-owners. 

Happy Fourth to all of the Nation Makers of today! The Vermont Daily Chronicle office will be closed Thursday, June 30 – Monday, July 4. Comment moderation will be slight and the editor won’t be returning emails. An edition will be published Friday, July 1, but not Monday, July 4.