What a lovely piece! It's so hard to make such a huge sacrifice, even when we know it's the best and right thing to do.
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...
Panhandling. Begging. Asking for donations. Regardless of the terminology, asking people for money has remained a hot-button issue for the community. From conversations at Selectboard meetings to special community discussions about the topic to printed booklets, everyone has an opinion. Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union weighed in. As part of a national campaign, the Vermont chapter sent letters to six Vermont towns with anti-begging ordinances on the books. At stake for the ACLU: towns potentially infringing of people's First...
State Treasurer Michael Pieciak thinks high rent causes homelessness. Typical of a state treasurer to think like that! Homelessness has many causes, but the majority of them are discrimination, mental crisis, and substance disorders - all of which require compassion, trust, and intensive prolonged social services. Building new housing will destroy the natural habitat and bring in tax revenue only, which should be obvious coming from the source. There is no correlation to investors building housing and ending homelessness, so...
Poets within a 50-mile radius of the Tri-State region around Brattleboro are invited to send no more than two poems to Write Action for the third annual Poems Around Town. Poems will be chosen to appear in downtown shop windows during April, National Poetry Month. Here are the guidelines, according to Write Action: — There is no theme. Poems should be recent (written within the past year, preferably). — Poems must fit on a single page and be at least...
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