It’s no secret that the Upper Valley, and more broadly the entire region, has long suffered from a chronic shortage of housing for people of lower and moderate incomes. Then along came COVID 19, which unleashed a gold rush of wealthy out-of-staters.
The plateau north of downtown White River Junction known as Taft’s Flat was once farmland that over the last century transformed into working-class neighborhoods.In the early 1950s, Taft’s Flat named after the farm family that settled the area .
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A project to build a low-income housing residence next to a planned shelter for the homeless has hit a setback this week that has one of the partners “assessing” a plan that was meant to help relieve the paucity of labor-class.
Northern Stage deserves support and appreciationI’ve been thinking a lot about Jim Kenyon’s Dec. 8 column (“Background actors”) and have decided to add my two cents in response.I mean no disrespect to the preservationists referred to in the column,.
Ordinarily, it would seem out of character for a professional theater company to shun the spotlight. But the last thing Northern Stage wants at the moment is to draw more attention to its behind-the-curtain dealings that are helping pave the way.