UPDATES
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MIP Letter to the Editor: Speak up, stand up to bigotry and hate
The same week our community came together for a Kristallnacht-Holocaust remembrance, a Westmoreland church was defaced with white supremacist, homophobic graffiti, and we had reports of vandalism and racist, anti-semitic graffiti in several Keene High School...
Asylum Seekers Need Host Homes in Monadnock Region
Project Home is an all-volunteer organization bringing asylum seekers into host homes in the Monadnock region and supporting them fully as they navigate the asylum process. Hosts provide food and shelter for up to a year, supported by a coordinated team of Project...
Reader Opinion: We need more to deal with homelessness, by Rev. Michael J. Hall
In our community we have many people experiencing homelessness sleeping in the woods. They are people with inherent worth and dignity, yet sometimes living in squalid conditions. Expanded housing options and services are needed to keep them safer and embraced as...
Sentinel Opinion: Housing trust; A trust to help spark affordable housing in the region is a worthy idea
Trust funds are often associated with the wealthy, but these legal entities designed to hold assets for the benefit of people and organizations aren’t just for the rich. For example, they can provide means for a community to acquire affordable housing. A group of...
Congratulations to Sandra Whippie
Congratulations to Sandra Whippie who was instrumental in the founding of MIP, a Guiding Council chair, co-leader of the MIP Make a Difference training, and is now a part of the Clergy Team. Sandra’s leadership has helped MIP become the vital community resource it is...
Extraordinary Women: Sandra Whippie
Sandra Whippie is an educator. Always has been, always — even at 86 years old — will be. Her range is all-encompassing, scholastically to ministerial, the arts to physical fitness. And she loves to dance. Read more...
A trust fund to spur affordable housing development could be coming to the Monadnock Region
A group of Monadnock Region activists and officials have banded together and are working on a proposal to create a housing development trust fund to help combat the crippling scarcity of affordable housing in the Granite State. Read more...