GUILFORD — It's an old but valid observation that one is more effective leading by example than by admonishment.
While admittedly an observer and not a participant, it seems to me the great majority of young climate activists are more wagging fingers than setting examples.
Had I seen placards proclaiming “I never use a clothes dryer,” “Told my parents: will walk to school, thanks,” Or, “One shower per week for me,” I'd have been a lot more impressed.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
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After being closed for the last three years, the historic Miss Bellows Falls Diner appears to be headed for new ownership under a community nonprofit, a thorough restoration, and a reopening in 2025. Rockingham for Progress, Inc. signed a purchase-and-sale agreement in January with owner Brian McAllister, with plans to close in mid-June on the sale of the 1941 Worcester Lunch Car. In December, Jeff Dunbar, a local resident and a village trustee, broached “the idea that something has to...
Recently, The Commons has published several stories about our community's robust welcoming of refugees and asylum seekers. Thank you! Unfortunately, if the “asylum transit ban” currently proposed by the Biden administration had been in force for the past five years, fewer than a quarter of the asylum seekers currently supported by the Community Asylum Seekers Project (CASP) in southern Vermont today would be here. They would likely be stuck in one of the countries they passed through on their way...
“Putney Immigrant Stories,” short films made by Putney Central School eighth-graders about individuals in their community who came to the U.S. from other countries, will be shown at Next Stage Arts Project, 15 Kimball Hill, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. According to a news release, each student was paired with, interviewed, and photographed an individual in the local community who was born outside the U.S. Countries of origin of the community members include Afghanistan, Mexico, Japan, the Netherlands,
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