Will Mathis and Snowplow Frosty Keeping Lincoln’s Roads Clear
Will Mathis is a lifelong Vermonter, a part time ski-patroller, a member of his local snowmobile club, and the Highway Supervisor for the Town of Lincoln. As supervisor, he leads the highway crew, managing Lincoln’s bridges, culverts, ditches, and more than 50 miles of roads – some of the steepest and most rugged in Vermont. The maintenance done by Will and his crew often requires early mornings, late nights, enduring bad weather, and plenty of hard work.
Our Third Annual Youth Chess Day
On Saturday, 160 young Vermonters and their parents joined me and my staff at the Vermont State University in Randolph for our third annual Youth Chess Day. The reason we hold a Youth Chess Day is to encourage young people to learn how to play an intellectually challenging game that is many hundreds of years old and is enjoyed throughout the world.
We Must Not Move Toward Authoritarianism
It is no great secret that our country is divided politically. I would hope, however, that all Americans and Vermonters come together to support our democratic way of life and oppose the very aggressive movement toward authoritarianism that the Trump administration is pursuing.
The Lake Champlain Pond Hockey Classic
Dear Fellow Vermonter, Vermont has some great traditions that go on year after year after year. Pond hockey is one of them. Every year, as the temperatures go down, ice skating rinks across the state go up. Whether it takes
Join Me in Listening to More Than 135 Vermont Students Celebrate the Arts
More than 135 Vermont students, ages 8 to 23 and from around the state joined me at Vermont State University Castleton for a choral concert and town meeting on the importance of arts education in our schools and communities.
My Thoughts on the Disastrous Budget Resolution
At about 3 AM on Saturday morning, the Republican-led Senate passed a disastrous budget resolution. This resolution lays the foundation for a “reconciliation bill”, which will likely come before the Senate in the next month. In my view, this budget gets the priorities facing our nation exactly backward.
