I was very sorry to read this article, which painted the actions of several loyal public servants, particularly Louise Luring, in such a bad light.
The expression “If you want something done, ask a busy person” could have been written for Louise. She has volunteered for and/or led numerous local organizations and served on countless boards and committees since she moved here with her family almost 40 years ago.
She knows Vermont's laws and rules inside out, and as chair of the Saxtons River Board of Trustees for the last 20 years, she has followed them implicitly.
Her knowledge of Robert's Rules of Order is so legendary that when anyone questions a procedural step in a meeting, the response is often “Where's Louise?"...
This is to alert your readership to the fact that lately there have been many attempts to scam local residents into thinking that their computer has been hacked, or a “firewall has been breached” and the computer needs to be “cleaned” by an “Expert Computer Service.” If a box...
The letter below was written by Sophia Ali-Khan, a Muslim-American woman. After she posted the letter on Facebook and it went viral, she was interviewed by Thomas Roberts on MSNBC. I learned about the letter after reading it on my grandson's Facebook page; I thought it was so powerful...