Nothing 'Safe' About It [Re "Burlington City Council to Study Needle-Exchange Program," October 28, online]: Howard Center provides great value to the Burlington community. However, its irresponsible management of the Safe Recovery program on Clarke Street is a disgrace. The staff admits it hands out 20,000 needles a month without requiring an exchange and therefore is responsible for 15,000 needles discarded in Burlington every month. Additionally, the staff condones open drug use and loitering on its property, which has turned the center into a de facto injection site. Livability on Clarke Street has declined dramatically, with more frequent break-ins, discarded needles, verbal abuse of residents and even human defecation on neighboring properties. Howard Center is no longer operating a needle exchange program; it is a drug paraphernalia distribution facility. Howard Center should be embarrassed to be violating its own code of ethics with the harm it is doing to the neighborhood and the city. Instead, it places the perceived needs of the drug abusers over its neighbors and the city. While other Howard Center programs work well, the Safe Recovery center is a blight on its otherwise positive reputation. Robert Perry Warren Cue the Savoy [Re "Merrill's Roxy Cinemas in Burlington to Close," November 8, online]: I thought it might be helpful to remind Chittenden County that there is a great art-house theater in Montpelier, on Main Street, that is quite a gem. The Savoy Theater routinely hosts unique events and has incredible titles you won't find elsewhere. All flood renovations are complete. To quote James O'Hanlon, the kind and thoughtful owner, "the Savoy Theater is Vermont's coziest 2-screen cinema offering art-house films in a historic building. Our mission remains to provide Vermont with the most thought-provoking documentaries, independent features, and international offerings." While in central Vermont, enjoy the shops around Main Street, most of which have reopened since the floods. See you at the movies in Montpeculiar, Vt.! Support local business! Anne MacLeod Calais Doctored Photo? This is not something I would consider a big deal, and I hesitate to put this out as criticism, but I am quite curious about a photo shown on your "Contents" page in the past two issues [November 13 and 20]. The photo shows Joseph Pell Lombardi on a village green. Last week I noticed something strange about the photo and, upon closer inspection, we can see that while the subject's face is…