Category: Community Voices

Though Gerald wanted to help concerned people understand why and how other people became addicted to drugs, he most sought to reach addicted individuals at their lowest to offer compassion, hope, and a path to treatment.

While we crave meaningful relationships with those around us, we are often scared to engage in the meaningful conversations that could create those bonds.

Bristol County will now have a sheriff who will honor the oath of office, respect the staff and make every effort to provide the incarcerated and detained an opportunity to become contributors to the community and not be re-offenders.

“My teachers have always told me that I can use my voice for good, and this year I actually did just that.” — Xavier Echevarria-Mojica, a high school student at Global Learning Charter Public School

“Sen. Markey needs to use his office to clarify how the tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act will be implemented so that Avangrid can move forward with reasonable confidence.”

Removal of the literature that has been objected to by a small minority of people … would only serve to further mistreat and stigmatize our minority student population.

“If the majority of voters who recognized the harm a second Trump presidency posed do not come out and support the candidates in the coming election, then the trajectory to autocracy or a civil war is almost inevitable.”

May 1, 2020, should have been a wake-up call for anyone who hadn’t been paying attention to how their tax dollars are spent. On swag and swagger and pointless pandemonium.

A large number of Americans say they feel skeptical of our current voting systems and are at least somewhat convinced that there is a possibility for the upcoming elections to be stolen. The voting system itself is key to democracy, and roughly half of our people feel that they can’t trust that their vote is heard and that it matters.