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Negro Brook in Townshend is now Huzzy Brook

TOWNSHEND A state panel on Tuesday unanimously approved renaming Negro Book in Townshend in honor of local early Black settlers. ....

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TOWNSHEND—The ankle-deep waterway that runs through the Townshend State Forest, under State Forest Road, and into the West River — raising debate over racial justice, economic equity, inclusion, gender identity and equality, and the role of government in citizens’ lives — is again on the front burner here. Proponents . ....

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'How Does One Get Accuracy?': The Complicated Conversation Around Renaming Negro Brook

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A social justice group from Chittenden County wants to rename Negro Brook, which runs through Townshend State Park in southern Vermont. But during a recent hearing with the state board in charge of considering name changes to natural areas, not everyone agreed the current name was problematic.
The Rename Negro Brook Alliance has been working for more than a year, doing research, gathering signatures, and getting ready to make their case before the seven-member Vermont Board of Libraries.
At the hearing earlier this month, Alex Hazzard, who identifies as a man of color and is one of the founders of the alliance, said he thought it was an open-and-shut case. ....

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