VERGENNES — Vergennes resident Alicia Grangent gets a pat-down search from TSA guards at the Burlington International Airport every time she travels. She receives remarks about how she “might be more comfortable” if she lived in Burlington. She said she is constantly being followed by store security when she shops. And sometimes, the former Northlands Job Corps Center director, who is African American, is told she “sounds white” over the phone. “People don’t see that, people don’t hear that, and people wo … (read more)
