I cannot express how badly I wish I was not writing this column. I had another topic in mind, but then learned of the incomprehensible tragedy in Jackson that has rocked the valley. I don’t need to regurgitate the story. Suffice it to say a beautiful, gifted and very much loved young woman, Esmae Doucette, was shot and killed and her boyfriend has been charged.

The entire Mount Washington Valley and beyond has been deeply affected by this act of violence, so shocking and senseless beyond words. As a community we are heartbroken. Losing a child is horrific. Losing a child to random violence ups the ante. But losing a child to domestic violence is unparalleled.

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