Letter To The Editor – Focus On Christ During The Holiday Season

To the Editor: Two things drive me crazy during this season: the focus on the secular and (ashamedly) the never ending requests for donations. The latter changed Saturday when I visited my sister. She is schizophrenic and in a nursing home. She has been crazy for 51 of her 69 years, yet she is a [...]

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Letter To The Editor – The Armory’s Great Potential

To the editor, Thank you to the over 40 people who attended the public hearing on Hoosick Falls Armory mostly speaking in favor of keeping the Town offices at the Armory and to the 350 people who signed the petition. So, we begin with a vision, a vision of success, a vision for the next [...]

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Letter To The Editor – Fix The Problems

To the Editor: First of all, I have to agree with Mr. Nash. We do have serious health, safety and ADA compliance issues in this district. That is where it ends. These problems are not from neglect. Many times referendums have been drawn up to correct the problems. They have always been voted down.

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Letter To The Editor – Become Informed Before You Vote

To the editor: On December 13th the Berlin Central School District is asking residents to vote on a $6.8 million dollar referendum. I am asking for the taxpayers to inform themselves before they vote. On the surface it looks like a reasonable plan. However, if you dig deeper you will find there are many unanswered [...]

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Letter To The Editor – A Brief History Lesson

To the Editor: If you have been paying attention to the discussion around the Goodermote-Willis building referendum you know I do not support this plan. The primary reason being that I was not aware of a plan until it was presented at the September BOE meeting when I was informed that I would not be [...]

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Letter To The Editor – Be Vigilant And Vote

To the Editor: I would like everyone in the Berlin Central School District who cares about our children and/or our school tax bills to continue, or in some cases to begin, being vigilant regarding the plans and activities of our current School Board. We MUST also, in whatever forms are available to us, communicate our [...]

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Letter To The Editor – Make A Wish Makes A Difference

Dear editor: About a year ago our son (Dalton Stevens) was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called MECP2 duplication syndrome. There are only two hundred known cases in the United States. It is a progressive disorder which causes a lot of respiratory infections, and it becomes life threatening after a while. Recently Dalton was [...]

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Letter To The Editor – Pondering The Grafton Budget

To the editor: Here are some questions one can ponder about our Town Budget. 1. Why do the Grafton Town Council members get paid ($250) per month, twice as much as Petersburgh and Berlin ($125) for attending one meeting a month. Is it allegiance to the Republican Town Chairman (Supervisor). Who voted on the salaries? [...]

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Letter To The Editor – Case Of She Said, She Said In New Lebanon

To the Editor: J. Johnson Smith made a serious allegation against me and two other people, New Lebanon Town Board member Doug Clark and Town Supervisor Candidate Mike Benson, in a letter published by you on October 21. I sent Mrs. Johnson-Smith a record of email correspondence that proves that those allegations are false and [...]

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Letter To The Editor – A Voter Rights Issue In Grafton

To The Editor: It is really sad, to hear about voter rights issues on the day they honor Martin Luther King. What is going on in Grafton? Petersburgh, our neighboring town, has citizen government as described by our founding fathers. No one in Petersburgh stays in political office for life. In Grafton the Town political [...]

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