Friday, Feb. 5, 2010  Once again, talk of school consolidation is in the air. There seems to be an emerging consensus among some politicians, educators and members of the public that if the amount of money being spent on public schools is ever   Full Story

Last week, the changes sweeping through the newspaper industry caused a ripple here locally, and it was interesting to see that despite reports to the contrary, the staid old traditional printed newspaper still has some sort of hold on the day-to-day lives of ordinary people.   Full Story

Many readers over the past couple of weeks have no doubt been following the efforts undertaken by one of our sister papers, the Bennington Banner, to promote and place an article on the warnings of several towns concerning the use of executive sessions during meetings of municipal boards and commissions under the state's Open Meeting Law. The Journal heartily supports this initiative.   Full Story