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Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
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Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
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People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
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BRATTLEBORO â Ian Goodnow had quite the first year to serve on the Select Board.
âI donât think I could have chosen a more challenging time to join the Brattleboro Select Board but Iâm grateful I ran and was elected,â he said. âCOVID-19, the global pandemic, created a number of new challenges that we had to face as a town and having an opportunity to be part of the leadership to address those challenges was a real honor and Iâm really grateful for the opportunity.â
While COVID-19 will continue to be something to grapple with on many levels, Goodnow said heâs filled with âa deep sense of optimismâ moving forward as the pandemic has forced creative thinking on issues and led to more people being engaged in town government. He said he feels the town can âcapitalize on that energyâ and âwe can do really great things in Brattleboro.â
To the editor: Brattleboro prides itself on its democracy, and rightly so. And in many years, serving on the Select Board can be an apolitical exercise in good government and