The U.S. Forest
Service is investigating a fire that destroyed a hiking shelter on the Long
Trail about a mile from Sherburne Pass in Rutland County. The Tucker-Johnson
Shelter is a lean-to structure near the intersection of the Long Trail and the Appalachian Trail in Mendon.
Few of us know what it’s like to be homeless. In today’s world, the people who are homeless may be mothers, fathers … working people. This is the story of one of those families.
Reporter John Gregg of the Valley News spoke
with VPR’s Steve Zind about plans to build a homeless shelter in Hartford and community reaction to the project.