BRATTLEBORO-For many of us, recent events have been quite fraught. The violent attack on a man who was exercising his Constitutional right to campaign for public office on July 13 was shocking, as was the death of a man who simply came to the event to listen.
The president and the candidate have both called for unity, civility, and respect in our interactions with one another.
On a recent evening, I was standing on the side of the road in West Brattleboro talking with a family member, when a car loudly took off across the street as the driver yelled "Hey, Jew!" out the window. Nobody else was in sight, so it was clearly intended as an epithet directed at us.
Soon afterward, a large pickup truck drove by, and the driver blared the horn at full volume just as it passed us. As my hearing is sensitive, that was something of an assault.
Ballots have been mailed to the members of the Vermont State Employees Credit Union (VSECU), seeking votes to support a merger with the New England Federal Credit Union. As a 40-year member of VSECU, I was curious about what this merger could mean for me and the family of...
Walking down Elliot Street last week, enjoying the sun and the breeze as I headed back to my office mid-afternoon, I noticed a man sitting on shop steps about a block ahead of me. As I got closer, he slowly started to tip over, leaning toward the step on...