It is my understanding that there have been four completed suicides from the Transportation Center roof in a little bit over a year.
Surely, the parking revenues are not worth this tragic loss of life. The town needs to close access to the roof immediately, until a different solution emerges.
Leo Schiff
Brattleboro
This letter to the editor was submitted to The Commons.
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