VERNON — Well, it sounds like a variation of the proverbial “you reap what you sow,” only in this case, Windham County will reap what those in Montpelier and elsewhere have sown.
Just remember: I told you so.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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