town of Williston

Paul Dame: Optimism in the final week

What the Democrats are doing is downright frightening. They voted three times to let other unelected bureaucrats increase the cost of heating your home. Some are trying to give your kids puberty blockers without your permission. Others are trying to legalize prostitution. Meanwhile Democrats try to play make-believe that gas prices are fine, crime is fine, our schools are fine.

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Ted Ropple: Pandemic amnesty? Seriously?

Today I read an article in The Atlantic titled “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty.” Central to the piece is a plea to let bygones be bygones, forgive and forget because everyone involved in the pandemic response was working in everybody’s best interests. I use that stuff to fertilize the garden.

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Absentee ballots show higher voter turnout

Barre Town Clerk Tina Lunt said out of the more than 6,230 absentee ballots sent out for the General Election in November, just over 1,500 had come back to town officials as of Oct. 19. That’s at a higher rate than during the summer primaries, Lunt said.