Vermont Viewpoint

Vermont Viewpoint


Brad Ferland talks Town Meeting Day Votes, Writers for Recovery and Author Stephen Russel Payne

March 11, 2025

9:00 to 9:30


Rachel Feldman

Shalom Alliance


Update on town meeting day votes


9:30-10:00


Gary Miller


Gary is the creative director of Writers for Recovery, a series of workshops for people recovering from susbtance use disorder. He is the co-host of My Heart Still Beats, a project of Writers for Recovery.


10:00 to 11:00


Author Stephen Russel Payne


Stephen Russell Payne is a fourth-generation Vermonter from the Northeast Kingdom town of St. Johnsbury. A lifelong writer, he has published fiction, non-fiction and poetry in a number of publications including Vermont Life magazine, the Tufts Review, The Vermont Literary Review, Livin’ the Vermont Way magazine and Route 7- Vermont Literary Journal.