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VOL. VI NO. 03 02/15/2025

Reader to Reader

Reader to ReaderThank you to everyone who said “welcome back” to Stockbridge Updates. It is good to be back.

Carole:

How everything has changed in three weeks is ——-, I don’t know what to say. Freezing federal funds is cruel. A farmer I know wanted to put in an irrigation system, and he received federal funding to cover part of the cost. However, he needed to spend the money with the expectation of being reimbursed by the feds. He would never have undertaken the project without the guarantee of reimbursement. Now the government is holding the funds he is owed and needs to buy the seeds, etc., that he needs, or he will lose more income. As you said, it’s mean.

Dear Reader,

Thank you for sending this note underscoring how the stark, swift political changes are hurting real people – our friends and neighbors.

Carole

To All Stockbridge Updates Readers:

We are off to Boston February 27, 2025.

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