Faith Gong: The first snow (a sort of Thanksgiving)

On Thanksgiving morning, we learned that our entire family had been close contacts with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Our three youngest children, all only partially vaccinated or too young to be vaccinated, would need to quarantine until they could be tested and receive negative results.

In a world beset by seemingly inescapable human woes and suffering, how do we grasp those nuggets of thanks that keep us unbroken and make the morning shine?

We here in the United States have taken the quality of journalism in this country for granted for far too long.

With domestic violence surging globally during the pandemic, and countless people trapped at home with their abusers, advocates needed a simple way for someone in distress to signal a silent SOS.

The way I remember it, I did not choose to be my husband’s barber. I am, as I made clear on Saturday, in no way qualified for the job.

There is a growing program in the U.S. that is guaranteeing both breakfast and lunch to all public school students: Universal Meals.

Our unhoused neighbors are our neighbors. They deserve our attention, our action and our admiration, not our fear or disdain.

My heart breaks for everyone in our district: students, staff, parents, administrators and board. How did we get here?

The tributes started flowing moments after Sen. Patrick Leahy’s historic announcement Monday that he would retire after his current term ends in 2022.

The other night I was listening to the radio while washing dinner dishes. The Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was in the news again.

Voters in all six New England states, as well as New York state, will elect governors in 2022.

In December a group of eight legislators will present pupil weighting recommendations as instructed by the legislature.

Winning a state championship is a thrill of a lifetime. Repeating that feat is incredibly rare, but winning four in a row is nearly unheard of!

On behalf of the 30 nonprofits that United Way of Addison County (UWAC) funds, I would like to thank the towns that have waived the petitioning process for organizational town funding requests.

Remember that the cashiers or waitstaff are most likely getting late breaks or having to forego them altogether.