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BRATTLEBORO â Setting the town on a path toward evaluating systems and addressing injustices, the Select Board unanimously voted to authorize town staff to move forward on implementing recommendations outlined in a community safety report.
âWe acknowledge the centuries of white people holding power in our country including here in Vermont and here in Brattleboro has perpetuated systemic racism that has caused and still causes harm to people of color throughout our country,â Town Manager Peter Elwell said in a statement read at the board meeting held remotely Tuesday, adding that systemic oppression also affects the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with disabilities, psychiatrically labeled individuals and other historically marginalized groups. âWe acknowledge that, as documented in the community safety review teamâs report, people here in our community have experienced harm from the existing systems in
Town acknowledges harm, implements safety report
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BRATTLEBORO â Fire Chief Mike Bucossi is retiring after working for the Brattleboro Fire Department for 43 years in jobs he called âa lot of funâ and âvery gratifying.â
âThere certainly have been the ups and downs,â he said, as he was a shift captain on duty one night when a child died in a fire and had been on the department when a fellow firefighter died in the line of duty. âIâve also been part of some very happy times. Weâve made some very successful rescues. I just think weâre part of making somebodyâs life a little bit easier in their worse moments, you know. I think thatâs what is most gratifying whether that be a medical call, a fire or a car accident.â
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Cassandra Holloway, director for Building a Positive Community in Brattleboro, holds a map that shows the youth rate of smoking marijuana.
Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
On March 2, the town of Brattleboro will vote to allow or deny the retail sale of recreational marijuana.
Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
On March 2, the town of Brattleboro will vote to allow or deny the retail sale of recreational marijuana.
Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
On March 2, the town of Brattleboro will vote to allow or deny the retail sale of recreational marijuana.
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BRATTLEBORO â With Select Board members unable to reach consensus or enough support for a majority vote during a sometimes tense meeting, town staff will be gathering more information about how to approach investing in Cow Power.
Brattleboro Energy Committee Chairman Oscar Heller described the Green Mountain Power program as one in which âanyone can buy into, even just regular users, and it essentially pays local farmers to set up systems that allow them to convert methane on their farms into electricity using various digestors and stuff that I donât fully understand.â
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