BRATTLEBORO — I agree the wording on the ballot seemed biased.
The issue is the amendments were poor options for the most part, regardless of how they were presented.
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Green Mountain Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (GMRSVP) would like to thank the voters of...
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The state recently handed down a mandate to municipalities: Do a better job inspecting rental housing. And find a way to pay for it. The ordinance change goes into effect Oct. 20. The Selectboard held a second hearing and voted unanimously to adopt a change to the town's rental housing ordinance at the Aug. 21 meeting. While the change doesn't affect what's legal and illegal in rental housing, it does expand the municipal health officers' scope in responding to complaints...
When a small community hospital makes a $1.655 million mistake, there needs to be some degree of accountability to the public to let them know what happened and how it happened. Brattleboro Memorial Hospital paid that amount in civil claims because it “knowingly presented false claims for payment to Medicare and Medicaid,” according to a Feb. 27 news story in the Brattleboro Reformer. It appears that the problem resulted from errors in coding and that the money in question was...
The Sarasa Ensemble presents "French New Wave Baroque" on Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Brattleboro Music Center. The 7 p.m. concert will feature Ashley Solomon, flute; Susanna Ogata, violin; Jennifer Morsches, piccolo cello; Timothy Merton, cello; and John McKean, harpsichord. The "nouvelle vague" of French Baroque music heralded a wealth of chamber music from the likes of Couperin, Jacquet de la Guerre, Mondonville, and others. According to the BMC's news release, "Telemann caught the wave with great panache, resulting in...
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