Finally, voices of reason! I have watched this situation unfold, and I am flabbergasted how quickly it got out of control.
I waited and waited for reasonable voices to make their thoughts known. Thank you for speaking up!
Cassandra Holloway works for a nonprofit that focuses on substance misuse prevention and youth empowerment. Gavin...
WESTMINSTER WEST-The United States is in a different place from where it was seven months...
GUILFORD-I want to commend Steev Lynn for correcting the historical record in response to Tristan...
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A trained recovery coach at Turning Point of Windham County and an emergency coach at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Vanessa Santana is a person in long-term recovery who works with folks whose lives are affected by addiction. During this pandemic, she also created a new outdoor program - Adventures in Recovery - for Turning Point. We talked about her personal journey, and also her collaborative work with local police and other community members who are bringing help and hope to those...
Betsy Kalin's documentary East LA Interchange - which explores the tensions between community and “progress” - will be screened by the Kopkind Colony on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 7:30 p.m., at the Organ Barn in Guilford. The screening is free and open to the public and will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. An exploration of social activism and love of place, originally workshopped at Kopkind's seminar/retreats with the Center for Independent Documentary, East LA Interchange has sparked...
The Green Mountain Care Board has recently granted double-digit rate increases to Vermont's largest insurance companies. The board was created to oversee the transition to universal health care. It is now chaired by a Koch brothers operative, appointed by a governor who is a Koch brothers beneficiary. The board's functional mission now is to enrich insurance companies, reward hospitals for profiting from the sick, and oversee the handing over of Vermont's health-care system to a corporation, One Care, that is...
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