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 this when there is literally no room at the inn?

As the Emergency Services Coordinator at Counseling Service of Addison County, I read Chris Mason’s article ‘New Mental Health Strategy Needed’ from last week’s paper with concern and an active desire to connect with him and others in the community about … (read more)

After sitting through a meeting with MUMS parents and school administrators this morning, I think I am starting to get a hint of why the ideals of ‘tolerance’ and ‘color blindness’ arose in the ‘80s.

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