Issue: April 2017
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Free clinics try to fill region’s gaps in medical care
Free clinics try to fill the gaps in region’s medical system By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer Dr. Richard Dundas, right, started the Bennington Free Clinic eight years ago after retiring from a 40-year medical career. Sue Andrews became the clinic’s executive director. The clinic is one of several in the region at which doctors volunteer… read more
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Rediscovering an ancient elixir
Couple’s health scare gives rise to kombucha-brewing business By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. Ryan and Jennifer Bremser hold bottles of Simply Kombucha, the beverage they now produce commercially in Hudson Falls. The Bremsers started making the slightly fermented tea for themselves two years ago as Jennifer underwent cancer treatment, and the project… read more
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In Vermont, many moves to shield immigrants
State, towns push back against federal crackdown By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer Vermonters have lately been taking action at the state and local levels to push back against a federal crackdown on undocumented immigrants – and to oppose any effort by the federal government to create a registry of Muslims. Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican,… read more
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In blue Berkshires, election spurs new activism
Groups rally, petition, and look beyond state line By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer Almost from the moment Donald Trump upended the predictions of pollsters and pundits by winning the November election, progressive activists in the Berkshires have been organizing to counter the new president’s agenda. In the past few months, a series of new citizens… read more
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On health care vote, hiding in plain sight
Say what you will about John Faso, but at least we know where he stood. As the House was nearing a vote last month on the most contentious issue so far in the new Congress – repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act – the freshman congressman from the Hudson Valley came out strongly in… read more