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Recent contributions of $1,442.25 to the Athol Santa Fund boosted the fund drive past its $11,000 goal.
■Riverbend School recently began its Peer Mediation program. Seventeen fifth- and sixth-grade students received 20 hours of training over four weeks under the auspices of the Franklin Mediation Service in Greenfield. Peer mediation seeks to have students learn to solve problems peacefully by talking them out with one another and working towards achieving win-win resolutions in which neither party loses and both parties meet their needs. The program will not supplant the school’s current discipline program but will be an adjunct to it. It is seen as an addition to the school’s and the students’ repertoire of problem-solving skills.
A step for effective change : West Haven votes to declare racism a public health crisis
Pam McLoughlin
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WEST HAVEN The City Council joined at least 19 other municipalities in the state unanimously passing a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis in the city.
Mayor Nancy R. Rossi called it a “living, breathing document,” that can be changed monthly or quarterly.
Council Majority Leader Robbin Watt Hamilton, D-5, called it a “very sensitive, emotional resolution.”
“It’s a long time coming,” she said.
The resolution’s creation was a monthslong process with vast input and overseen by the West Haven Community Alliance, a nine-member committee established by Rossi and led by City Council member and civil rights activist Treneé McGee, D-7. The committee includes Police Chief Joseph Perno and Deputy Chief Carl Flemmig.
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Change begins on the ground : Orange task force to examine racism as a public health issue
Pam McLoughlin
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ORANGE - The Board of Selectmen voted to make an oral statement that racism is a public health crisis and to form a task force to explore the issue.
The board did not create a written resolution stating that racism is a health crisis, after a motion was made to do so.
Following a showing of residents in favor of a resolution at a prior forum, the board recently had a discussion of the issue before taking the vote to form a task force and to make a statement.
there has to be a meganism in place if they don t have meals they get them. eric: every school in country has mechanism. andrea: absolutely. bob: good. b. i remember my teachers, they weren t that healthy. for a teacher to come over. i should leave it at that. bob: my teacher smoked in glass. not dope. cigarettes. dana: open the window? bob: no. andrea: what grade was this? bob: third. they had ashtrays. seriously, ashtrays on the desk. greg: those were the day days. n.b.a. sensation jeremy lin is on fire. that s highly dangerous. that s a metaphor. he hit a game-winning home run in the basket match they play with the orange board. we ll discuss it next. leave now and i ll cry myself to sleep.