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BELLOWS FALLS â Finding a cop to fill several vacancies in the Bellows Falls Village Police Department has proven to be a major challenge, Municipal Manager Scott Pickup said this week.
Pickup, along with Police Chief David Bemis, gave the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees an update on staffing at the department Tuesday evening, and the outlook is pretty pessimistic.
According to Pickup, Bellows Falls isnât alone in its recruitment problems. He said while Bellows Falls has relied on âpoachingâ officers from other departments in the past, even those departments are having their own staffing problems.
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BELLOWS FALLS â Gary Foxâs ears must have been burning Tuesday night, when the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees heaped praise on the work he was doing for the village and the town of Rockingham.
But that praise didnât translate into immediate financial support to turn Foxâs three-quarters job as development director for Rockingham into a full-time position, with financial support from the village of Bellows Falls.
Fox, who was present at Tuesday nightâs meeting, heard plenty of praise from the trustees who were at the meeting: James âJiggsâ McAuliffe, Village President Deborah Wright and Trustee Jeff Dunbar. Trustee Wade Masure attended via Zoom, and he also was supportive of Foxâs work. Missing was Trustee Stefan Golec.