Last year, Brattleboro Community Television went before selectboards in our service area for the first time to request funding to support video coverage of municipal meetings and Representative Town Meeting.
The request was initiated in response to a proposed change by the Federal Communications Commission to the Cable Act, which established cable-subscriber fees as the primary source of support for public access television in 1984.
As the town of Brattleboro welcomes a new Selectboard, we acknowledge the contributions that outgoing members Dick DeGray and Dora Bouboulis made to Brattleboro Community Television (BCTV) during their tenures on the board. Both advocated using BCTV to provide increased transparency and public involvement in local government. Dick and...