The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in...
This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
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Eyebrows were raised around the country in January when Gov. Peter Shumlin devoted the bulk of his State of the State address to what he called a “heroin epidemic” that affected people in every corner of Vermont. National press attention soon followed - not all of it positive. In a New York Times article on March 5, Vermont State Police Senior Trooper Wayne Godfrey described rampant drug use at Bennington's Mount Anthony Union High School, prompting outrage at the characterization...
I remember the moment that food shopping became a chore, a burden, something to just be gotten through. The scene is etched into my memory. I was in the Pathmark supermarket on Route 1 South in North Brunswick, N.J. It was the frozen food aisle, to be exact. In my mind, the scene exists as a still photograph. I am standing in the top quarter of the aisle. My right hand is on the edge of one of those older-style...
Three lectures on the history of the Gordon and Mary Haywards's House and Garden will be presented at the Congregational Church in Westminster West at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday evenings, Feb. 18 and 25 and March 3. On Feb. 18, the Haywards will explore the history of what is, since 1983, their house, originally built by the Ranney family ca. 1790. First, Westminster historian Jessie Haas will offer context of the early history of Westminster West Village, and start the...
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