“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.
In a letter to the editor, Howard Lisnoff writes, "Perhaps we believe we are invulnerable in a rural area from the worst force of this pandemic, but that is not what experts say, who have studied this disease and where it might continue to spread."
The dark side of this story, and it seems that there is always a dark side, is that some people are getting antsy about the new folks who are arriving.
Second-home owners have no voting rights in Massachusetts, so their influence in state and local affairs is necessarily limited. They certainly are permitted to attend town meetings and, in most towns, are allowed to speak at the discretion of the moderator.
