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Letters to the editor may be sent by  U.S. Postal Service or by e-mail to the editorial department.

Before sending letters or opinion pieces for publication please read our letters policy below:

About letters, editorials, and opinions

The Chronicle welcomes letters from our readers from all points on the political spectrum.

The deadline is Monday at 5 p.m.  Letters may be dropped off, mailed, e-mailed, or sent by fax.  Letters on paper must be signed, and all letters must include a telephone number for confirmation.  All letters must include the writer’s town.

We will not publish a letter that has been sent anonymously to this office.  In rare and extreme circumstances, we will publish a letter without the writer's name.  If we refuse such a request, the writer has the option of withdrawing the letter.

Please keep your letters brief.  Most letters over 250 words will be edited for length.  Length aside, we reserve the right to edit letters for content.

Letters should be about public issues, not personal gripes.  We will not run letters that are libelous, racist, or contain personal attacks.  We welcome robust debate but won’t print letters which, in our opinion, are merely offensive.

If you have had a letter published lately, we won’t be likely to print a second one for a few months.  This is simply to give everyone a turn.

Thanks for your help making our pages thought-provoking, lively, and interesting.

the Chronicle also is happy to print press releases from local organizations as space permits.  Please read our submissions policy below:

Submission guide

The Chronicle welcomes submissions from the community.  We print news about schools, students, events, meetings, etc.  All submissions should be typed and should include a contact name and phone number or e-mail address.  We prefer e-mailed submissions.  The Chronicle reserves the right to edit or reject submissions.

Photos may be sent to accompany releases, but will not be used without full captions written in complete sentences identifying each person shown.  Photos will only be returned when accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Press releases are used only when space allows and might not be printed for several weeks.  Schools, businesses, and community groups should send only one release per month.  Upcoming events take priority each week.  We will run one press release per event to be fair to each group.

The deadline each week for events is noon on Mondays, and for press releases, 4 p.m. Mondays.  Submissions received after that time will not be used that week.

If sent by e-mail, photos must be in jpeg format and text must be either in Microsoft Word format or pasted into the message box.

Send submissions to the Chronicle, P.O. Box 660, Barton, Vermont 05822; fax to (802) 525-3200; or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  For more complete guidelines, call Jennifer Hersey Cleveland, co-editor, at 525-3531.