Aging Does Not Cause Bigotry I am offended by Gary Lavalette’s using the presence of “a couple of older folks” as an excuse for removing the gay pride rainbow.  Aging may cause problems with hearing, vision, and memory. For example, an older person may not be able to remember whether he turned a sign around. But… [Read More]

Pride Sign is For Always, Not Just June The Office of Tourism’s rainbow Pride sign was turned around backwards after a town committee [Historical Commission] met in the Visitor’s Center in the Academy Building. The Historical Commission’s chair­person Wayne Oliveira comments that “it should not be on display in a government office,” and is inappropri­ate if… [Read More]

Firefighters Union Responds to TA’s Remarks The union would like to respond to the statements that Ms. Ellison made at the Select Board meeting on 9/19/22 (see 9/22/22 issue). The only accurate statement that was made was “when you call 911 for an ambulance, an ambulance will go, fires will be put out”.  She is… [Read More]

Save Taxpayer Money: Send Hodgson Into Retirement With seven active lawsuits against Sheriff Hodgson, frequent payments made for positive accreditations, sponsoring non correctional related programs, travel and extra curricular activities, are there sufficient funds available for him to efficiently fulfill his elected role as superintendent of the incarcerated? Due to the lack of systemic over­sight… [Read More]