An angry group of neighbors turned out in force to speak out against state plans to locate a secure youth treatment facility in town, saying it posed a safety risk to the community and the town lacked adequate resources and infrastructure to accommodate it.
NEWBURY, Vt. It was billed as a “listening session,” and the listeners got an earful.An angry group of Newbury residents turned out in force Tuesday evening to speak out against plans by the state to locate a secure youth treatment facility in town,.
Who made the decision that it was fundamentally sound to pursue a proposal littered with inconsistencies and half-truths? Who made the decision to allow taxpayers’ dollars to be used to defend a private company against litigation?
When the Department of Children and Families and Becket Family Services proposed to relocate Vermont’s only juvenile detention facility to the Town of Newbury, in a CD10 District (Conservation District), my initial reaction was to laugh. I wasn’t.