To the Editor: I am writing in support of Molly Gray who is running for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. Molly has spent her career as a human rights lawyer, fighting for the rights and freedoms of Vermonters. She served as Vermont Lt. Governor (2021-23), Assistant Attorney General, and more recently led the Vermont Afghan Alliance, supporting Afghanis, who risked their lives serving with the US military, in rebuilding their lives here.

We can depend on Molly to be a strong and effective voice for Vermonters. She will protect Vermonters from unlawful and unconstitutional federal action. During a visit to Bennington, she declared, ”I want Vermonters to know that I will continue to use every tool at my disposal to protect the fundamental rights of every Vermonter!”

Born and raised on a vegetable farm in Orange County, Molly knows the many challenges facing working families. She will address the big issues, including lack of affordable healthcare and housing. Molly is a good listener and a great communicator. Her background and skillset is geared for the challenges Vermonters face today.

Molly has been endorsed by Governors Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin amidst over 100 Vermont lawmakers who enthusiastically support Molly. She will be a strong advocate for Vermont Proposal 4, an amendment supporting equal treatment under the law, being written into the constitution that will be on the ballot on November 3.

Molly Gray will have my vote in the August 11th primary. I hope she will have your vote too!

Judy Murphy, Bennington

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Authorities have identified the girl and her older brother who died in a Vermont river after going missing last week.

Sandro Lala, 25, had jumped into the Lamoille River to save his sister, 11-year-old Yazmin Yupangui, when she fell into the Lamoille River near Arrowhead Mountain Lake in Georgia, Vermont, on Wednesday, according to the Vermont State Police.

Autopsies determined that the siblings, who both lived in Cambridge, Vermont, died in accidental drownings, according to police.

Yazmin’s body was found Thursday by a police underwater recovery team, while Lala’s body was found in Arrowhead Mountain Lake on Saturday morning.

Police had previously said a group of relatives were fishing along the shore when a young girl fell into the water, and a man jumped in to try to rescue her. Neither resurfaced after that, prompting a large search, including multiple agencies, on the water near where Lamoille River empties into the lake.