A reduction in staff has led interim Brattleboro Police Chief Mark Carignan to reduce coverage from three shifts to two.
In practice, the schedule is a little more nuanced.
According to Carignan, the goal for the change - which took effect May 23 - is to ensure that remaining officers no longer work multiple overtime shifts or more than 16 hours a day.
Consequently, the department will reorganize its foot patrols to align with when the town requires the most coverage. During less busy times, officers may be on call rather than on duty at the station on Black Mountain Road.
Newly elected Rep. Leslie Goldman, D-Rockingham, sat alone at her computer feeling sad. The Vermont Legislature had just adjourned. Instead of a celebration with colleagues, Goldman exited her first legislative session by clicking the Leave Meeting button on her Zoom account. “I would imagine, it's like when you do...
In an effort to make serving on the Selectboard easier and to break some of the financial barriers to town government leadership, the town will begin reimbursing its members for child care and elder care. In the new fiscal year, which begins July 1, board members will be able...
“Do you have something to say? Are you just frozen with your hand up?” DVFiber Chair Ann Manwaring asked while taking a vote during the annual online meeting of the communications union district (CUD). “I think I'm frozen on your screen,” a member called out. Manwaring shook her head. “These are the joys of virtual meetings and absolute evidence about why we need to get to work and get this system done,” she said. Despite the frozen video images, the...
By a vote of 508–126, voters of the Windham Southeast School District authorized spending up to $2 million to renovate portions of the Academy School on May 11. The school, in West Brattleboro, serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The renovation project includes improving indoor air quality, replacing windows in 14 classrooms, reconfiguring a classroom to support small group learning, demolishing a temporary modular unit, and adding an approximately-2,000- square-foot addition. Engineering and architecture firm Stevens & Associates of...
Vermont's creative sector can contribute to thriving post-pandemic communities. To do so, the creative sector - and the people who work within it - require state and local investment. So said speakers at the May 3 launch of CreateVT Action Plan. The plan is centered around two ideas: that the arts are part of Vermont's essential infrastructure, and that the state and communities will benefit from funding and supporting the arts just as they do roads, bridges, and schools. “We...
Voters of the Windham Southeast School District will decide on Tuesday, May 11 whether to authorize borrowing up to $2 million to renovate the Academy School in West Brattleboro, which serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The proposed renovations include measures to improve indoor air quality, replacing windows in 14 classrooms, reconfiguring a classroom to support small group learning, bulldozing a temporary modular unit, and building a 2,000-square-foot addition. In a press release, engineering and architecture firm Stevens &
Funding for infrastructure work at the Tri-Park Cooperative Housing is one of 10 projects selected by U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., for Community Project Funding (known as earmarks) in the federal fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill. If authorized, the organization could receive up to $1.3 million. “This is very exciting and very wonderful,” Tri-Park Board President Kay Curtis said. According to Curtis, in 2011, Tropical Storm Irene damaged 20 homes in the park. If the park keeps losing homes to...