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"Why should we trust a profit-driven company to hold down costs?" asks one reader from the Merrimack Valley. Another writes, "Repairing the existing structure makes no sense and would be more expensive than a new building."

Instead of pining for the revival of the central business district, we should turn our attention to reviving all those qualities that once made downtown the place where life happened in its various complexities.

Scott should sign universal school meals billAs an advocate, I am writing to express my support for the universal school meals bill, H.165, and to urge Gov. Phil Scott to enact this legislation. This bill, which recently passed through the...

Fretful readers had some strong thoughts on the obligations of good citizenship.

Facts aren’t always flattering My former colleague, Tris Wykes, has received a lot of guff in this forum from some Dartmouth College alumni who lament his reporting about Big Green football coach Buddy Teevens’ unfortunate accident while bicycling...

BRADFORD, Vt. — The dog park wasn’t finished, but the party still started Saturday as dogs and humans alike gathered to celebrate an almost-complete pooch playground at Elizabeth’s Park.The event featured several local food vendors, face painting by...

About 60 people, more than half of them children, showed up last weekend for a puppet show, ice cream, face painting and art kit giveaways to mark the launch of Blake Memorial Library’s summer reading program, according to the puppet show’s...