Costanzo Issue Was Disturbing
     I am concerned about actions of the selectboard in Bethel. Chris Costanzo, a citizen or our town and reporter for The Herald of Randolph was ordered by the selectboard chairman not to talk during future meetings.
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A Vet’s Advice for Pet Owners
     The sad story about tainted pet foods has recently been reported. Since that time numerous questions have been asked and a few answers have been found.
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Maple Syrup
And Computers
     The March 29 Herald had quite an article about making maple syrup. It brings back so many precious memories of when my Dad made maple syrup. Hard work, indeed it was, because we didn’t have an evaporator.
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Brookfield Boy
Supports Amtrak
     (Evan Roe is a sixth grade student at Brookfield Elementary School in Sara Davignon's class, who has been working on persuasive writing skills. Below is a somewhat shortened version of Evan's final piece that he is sending to President Bush.)
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VA Not Ready
For Iraq Vets
     While we’re awash in banners, magnets and signs saying "support our troops" we, the general public, don’t seem to be doing a lot about it. I don’t know about you but I don’t get up every day and think about a sacrifice I can make or an action I can take that will bring our troops home and ...
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Schools Need
New Leadership
     What do the upper White River Valley towns and large Vermont municipalities have in common? They can't afford their school systems.
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Explains Reason
For Resignation
     I am writing to set the record straight regarding the minutes of the March 26 Bethel selectboard meeting, as they appear on the Bethel website.
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His Proposal
To Shorten War
     The fact is that much of life is driven by money. A most distrubing event regarding how long we will be in Iraq and our potential involvement in Iran is the decision by the company Haliburton to move its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Persian Gulf.
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Governor Wants
It Both Ways
     Your report on the March 28^th legislative breakfast in Bethel suggests a conflict that is not supported by the actual conversation. Although the governor may still be open to ideas about "school funding," that does not mean he is willing to discuss moving to an income tax as pro...
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Bethel Reporter
Is Valuable
     We just found out that Chris Costanzo has resigned as our reporter from Bethel after an incident at this evening's selectmen's meeting.
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Douglas Won't
Coöperate
     Our governor can’t seem to make up his mind where he stands on school taxes. In his inaugural address he said that he wanted "to ease the weight of property taxes on working Vermonters, without shifting it to another tax."
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Catamount Health
A Feeble Effort
     At Governor Douglas’ ap-pearance at the Bethel breakfast, the governor noted his satisfaction with Catamount Health.
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Teens Showed
Their Leadership
     The Teen Leadership Conference last week was a great success. Studies have shown that the peer pressure is one of the largest influences in a young person’s life and the group of RUHS peer leaders who helped at the conference have taken that concept and turned it into a positive cycle that will bene...
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Co-op’s Demise
A Great Loss
The Randolph Co-op has reached its final days. 
     Upon receiving a text message about the closing, my initial reaction was denial. Despite the financial troubles the Co-op was experiencing, I believed it would pull through, as it usually did, and execute its fresh business plan that would hopefully benefit the people of the community and the Co-op ...
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