SAXTONS RIVER — RE: “Former library director envisions lawsuit” [News, Sept. 25]:
It's about time someone revealed the truth. Thank you for your reporting on this very serious injustice.
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
On Labor Day, Sept. 7, 1942, far from the horror of World War II, local farm families set aside time to catch up during a pause in the season between haying and cutting corn. “It was also a chance to celebrate soldiers coming home from the service,” Harry Evans says. Evans was 5 years old at the time of Guilford's first Old Home Day, which over the next 75 years would evolve into the Guilford Fair, an upbeat two-day festivity...
I support the direct-care staff and what Eileen Glover had to say! Twenty years ago, my husband and I left the Brattleboro Retreat for some of the very same reasons. I was a registered nurse there and he, a mental-health worker. We woke up one morning and both realized how the administration's unrealistic changes to direct-care staff was having an impact on the safety of our clientele, as well as our ability to sleep well! We moved to the Concord,
Winners of the 2017 Write Action Poetry and Prose Contest were announced at this year's annual picnic by judges Joe Mazur (prose) and James Kate (poetry). For prose, Elayne Clift took first prize for “Navigating the Unknown.” Steve Lloyd won second place for “Like Any Boy,” and Andy Reichsman was third for “Winter.” Beneth Goldschmidt-Sauer won first prize in poetry for “Dream” (for HFC, 1959-1977). There was a tie for second place between Lynn Valente for “The Wind,” and Melinda...
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