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By Richard McDonough
Can you imagine being imprisoned simply because of your heritage? Can you imagine being given a day or two or a few weeks to be able to settle your affairs rent or sell your home, sell or close your business? Can you imagine being denied the right to the money in your own bank account?
It may be hard to imagine, but for more than 112,000 Americans with Japanese heritage, it was reality. From 1942 to 1945, the United States of America imprisoned these individuals, from babies to senior citizens.
But because of efforts by the U.S. military and religious leaders from a number of faiths, some of the young people were able to be released from the prisons to continue their educations. Individuals and organizations within the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) were among those that helped lead in this movement. Antioch College was one of several hundred colleges and universities that offered to educate American citizens with Japanese heritage.
SANDWICH A new budget, a commercial plastic water bottle ban and a request to help restore a historic meetinghouse are among the items that passed muster with town meeting voters Monday.
Just over 200 residents showed up to this year s spring session, held Monday night in the Sandwich High School gymnasium. COVID-19 safety measures were in place, including mask-wearing and social distancing.
Fiscal 2022 budget
Voters approved an $82,431,491 budget for the coming fiscal year, which starts July 1.
Town Administrator George Bud Dunham said town officials adopted an approach of “patience, prudence and, most importantly, flexibility in preparing the new budget, which represents about a 3% increase over the current fiscal year.
Tony Crofts obituary
Tony Crofts at Windsor Terrace in Bristol, where he turned his house into a community project. Photograph: Ian Valkeith/IV Photography
Tony Crofts at Windsor Terrace in Bristol, where he turned his house into a community project. Photograph: Ian Valkeith/IV Photography
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My friend Tony Crofts, who has died aged 81 of Covid-19, had a varied career as a journalist, publican and teacher, but was also a pioneer of the community land trust movement in England, campaigning for public land and affordable housing. Starting with a small trust in the village of Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, he later created housing projects in Oxford and Bristol.
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