homelessness
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Editorial: Progress on encampment polilcy, no easy fixes
Good progress. That’s an apt reflection of the town of Middlebury’s effort to manage its relatively small, and mostly cooperative, houseless population.
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Letter to the editor: Homeless need public safety
At a recent meeting with colleagues, in which we were discussing how to engage a broader audience regarding services to unhoused people in our area, one person uttered…
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Ways of Seeing: The unhoused could easily be us
I pull up to the stoplight, and there she is, standing with her cardboard sign — HOMELESS. ANYTHING HELPS – looking hopefully to each driver. It’s morning. By…
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Letter to the editor: Houseless, and their resources, deserve our support
These are all real people with individual histories like those of us with homes. In other words, they are people, not “problems.”
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Middlebury sees rise in homelessness
A recent spike in Middlebury’s houseless population is prompting a renewed sense of urgency among town officials to enact an “encampment policy” to delineate which parts of the…
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Editorial: Middlebury’s houseless: Inaction isn’t an option
That Middlebury’s houseless population has become more problematic is an outcome of doing too little for too long. The issue has been recognizable for several years but came…
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Letter to the editor: Hope and creativity needed to address housing crisis
We continue to offer outreach, services, and support to the growing community of homeless neighbors, but some of us are starting to wonder: what is the point of…
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Letter to the editor: Harboring transients not healthy for Middlebury
It is not compassionate to have people exposed to the elements. It is not freedom to be allowed to take drugs; drug addicts are slaves to their addiction.
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Letter to the editor: Housing changes will have impact
On behalf of the Addison County Housing Coalition, I am writing to let you know about changes in the State of Vermont General Assistance program for people who…
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Letter to the editor: Enforcement is a better option
I’m confused as to why the approach to the homeless problem in Middlebury would be to criminalize “homelessness” rather than enforce the current laws that are broken on…
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Middlebury eyes homeless encampment policy
The town of Middlebury is considering an encampment policy that would give community officials more guidance on potentially regulating temporary settlements of houseless individuals within the shire town.
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Letter to the editor: Article unfairly invoked suicide
As a person that works with the homeless, not houseless, homeless, and as a homeless person myself, I found the Addison Independent’s July 4 article on Steven Parsons…
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Suicide hits Middlebury’s homeless community
Local advocates and outreach workers shared their thoughts on the current status of the houseless community and how it has reacted to the recent suicide of one of…
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Letter to the editor: Still searching for a home
I’m out here sleeping in the cold. I do work but it takes so much to save and with rising prices on everything it’s extremely hard.
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Living Together: Homelessness has many impacts
During my short time working at the Middlebury Office of the Vermont Department of Health, much of my exposure to homelessness has focused on what is most visible…
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MUHS grad wins $212K business pitch award
When Salisbury’s Zachary Dunn graduated from Middlebury Union High School in 2019, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do — other than attend the University of Vermont.