On a long walk through deep woods you rarely think about property lines, but a logging project on your own land will bring them into sharp focus. You don’t want to make the mistake of cutting your neighbor’s trees. In late fall, when hunting season.
Strafford woman navigates cancer, chronic pain as the opioid crisis complicates treatment
Katrina Short, of Strafford, Vt., has suffered from chronic pain since 1990 when she was injured while working as a nurse’s aid at a nursing home, and it has intensified over the past year as a result of spinal injuries, osteoporosis and lung cancer. After trying to help her husband David Short, left, make breakfast, she braces against the pain and nausea that prevent her from eating the meal on Friday, May 7, 2021. “I’ve always been a goer, a doer, and it really works on you mentally - not being able to do anything,” she said. “I’d really like to live a life off the couch.” (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Column: Return from N.Y. in a Vt. state of mind
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My friend and neighbor Randy Coffin, long ago rode the bus from Strafford to New York City to see her future husband, The Reverend Bill, who was staying with Arthur Miller. She carried a pumpkin under her arm for making soup, and may as well have worn long braids and a handknitted sweater, for she was a Vermonter. The British songwriter Sting sings about an Englishman moving through the streets of New York, his walking cane and manners making him feel like an alien. “Be yourself no matter what they say,” he admonishes the listener.
Column: Love in the time of COVID-19
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A year ago, as he finally came to accept that no matter how hard he fought, he was not going to beat this one, Carl looked at me and asked if I would ever marry again. “I don’t think I’m allowed to,” I said. “Too many men have come to an early end on my watch.”
Even as I said that I had a feeling it was not entirely true. Marriage was of no interest, but the possibly of being in love again sounded hopeful. My denial fell into the category of the gentle white lies we tell the dying.
Strafford approves cannabis dispensary, community forest plan
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STRAFFORD Voters in Strafford on Tuesday opted to authorize cannabis retailers in town when sales of recreational amounts of marijuana becomes legal in 2022 in a 293-176 vote.
Residents also voted 399-70 to accept a donation of 106.7 acres of land in Strafford from the Alliance for Vermont Communities. Sharon voters later this spring will decide whether to do the same with 150 adjoining acres. Together they comprise the Ashley Community Forest. The proposed donation to the two towns includes $20,000 to seed a management fund.
Both the $1.15 million town budget (434-29) and the $3.35 million school budget (388-77) easily passed.