BRATTLEBORO — People who pick our food might have to work for 10 hours a day, and some have to work for 14 hours a day. Kids sometimes work for 10 to 14 hours, too.
People get really bad fevers in the sun.
These workers don't get a lot of money. I want them to get a lot of money - and a nice, shady farm to work on.
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Michelle Luetjen-Green remains chair of the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) School Board Chair - for now - but only after a chaotic meeting Sept. 14 where some board members looked to oust her from her role. The meeting erupted in shocked outcry from community members after Luetjen-Green, reading a statement, announced that she had been asked to relinquish her leadership. “Today, I received a phone call from [a supervisory union] board member asking me to step down as chair,”
Wildlife advocates recently presented four petitions at the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board meeting, including a petition to restrict recreational trapping. Despite the fact that the petitions were submitted to Fish & Wildlife in February, we petitioners were contacted only one week prior to the June board meeting and were told that we had to attend in person if we wanted to participate. Fish & Wildlife staff responded to the petitions with presentations that were not so much responses as...
The Estey Organ Museum will provide a creative singing and musical history experience, as well as bring the many health benefits of singing for seniors in Windham County starting this May for seven weeks of musical classes. No singing experience is required, and the program is free for adults aged 60 and older. According to a news release, a Creative Aging Grant from the Vermont Arts Council, supporting community-building in and through the arts for older adults in Vermont, was...
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