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Be nice to our water

By
Colby Merritt
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 — Issue 391

VERNON — In our world today, water is becoming polluted and there is not enough water to share for everyone. The water should belong to everyone.

So much water is getting damaged and polluted and so many people could get hurt with the Dakota Access pipeline. The environment is getting hurt and broken and all the animals are dying - help!

People are stealing good water and then they have to pay to get it back even though it was their water in the first place.

So please keep our water clean, and be nice to our water.

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'Public safety' is not community safety

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Jonathan Elwell organizes with Vermont Just Justice, an organization whose mission is "to promote the...

BIPOC homeownership matters

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Elizabeth Bridgewater is executive director of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust. BRATTLEBORO-Every April, communities...

New beginnings

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Libby Bennett

Libby Bennett and Rita Ramirez submitted this piece on behalf of Groundworks Collaborative, where they...

What are we going to do about the women?

By
Elayne Clift

Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the...

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