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TOWNSHEND—A seeming lack of accountability regarding mislabeled masks being sent to schools and businesses has teacher Dan DeWalt worried and upset. “It’s not about what happened or didn’t happen in my school,” says the Leland & Gray Union High School woodshop teacher. “It’s about the state got their hands ...
NEWFANE—In the Groundhog Day edition of The Commons, columnist Elayne Clift bemoans “circumstances grounded in the principles of our country’s founders are slipping away.” She then goes on to write about voting rights and voter suppression. Our founders saw fit to own slaves and protect slavery. They suppressed the ...
NEWFANE—It took a couple of amendments and a defeated paper ballot request, but 65 voters who turned out for Special Town Meeting Dec. 7 have agreed to buy about 21 acres of land for $450,000 to use as a town gravel pit.Voters also agreed to borrow up to $600,000 to ...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. NEWFANE â Discussion on a proposal for the town to offer anti-bias or diversity training to town employees, town officials and any interested community members will continue but not without debate on its necessity and whether it is in the municipalityâs purview. âWe will keep this on the agenda as a working item,â Select Board Chairwoman Angela Sanborn said at the board meeting held in person with remote options Monday. âI think itâs an important topic. I donât think we can mandate anyone to do the traini...