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Ashley Jamele 
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Re: “Whither Chelsea? A Confluence of Challenges Imperils the Orange County Seat”

I'm sure you were attempting to convey a frustration that you thought must accompany residents of this town because they live in a small community lacking the ammenities of some neighboring towns and cities, but I find that this article is missing the big sense of community that I see in Chelsea all the time. Just one example I can think of: the chili cook off hosted by the Friends of the Library this past summer drew over 100 people and contained a wonderful display of love for the community- a local man won a raffle and he donated all the money, which was over $100, back to the library! While this community is certainly upset about the loss of its high school, they were facing a choice that many towns in Vermont are facing due to an aging population and lack of students. And that picture of the kids-I'm sure it illustrated your point well of how sad the kids are that their high school student friends are gone but I can't believe that throughout the halls of Chelsea school you encountered wave after wave and classroom after classroom of sad children. In short, I think its unfair of you to lampoon Chelsea in this way when so many towns in Vermont are trying their hardest to solve this exact problem, and to me, Chelsea residents seem to do it with a pretty good sense of community, something this article does not show.

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Posted by Ashley Jamele on 12/07/2018 at 1:48 PM

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