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Susan Culp: Democracy in Vermont is not doing so hot

The state’s project in Newbury has been an endless parade of deception, broken commitments, and misrepresentation all to circumvent legitimate local land use laws. ....

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Newbury voters express strong opposition to state's plan to house a secure youth treatment facility

In a ballot measure, residents fought the plan to convert a former bed-and-breakfast site to a high-security detention facility. The effect of the non-binding vote remains to be seen. ....

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Susan Culp: There goes Vermont, wasting taxpayer money again

After getting $5 million in taxpayer money for renovations, Becket/VPI will also be contracting with the state to operate this facility for six individuals for approximately $3.9 million per year. That translates to $1,774 per bed per night every single day, whether it’s occupied or not. ....

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Valley News - Column: Newbury residents must reject proposed juvenile detention center

The state of Vermont has screwed up big time. The Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex was mismanaged by the Department for Children and Families for years. It was closed last fall not only because it was outdated and underused, but also. ....

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Valley News - Neighbors express reservations about planned juvenile detention facility in Wells River

Neighbors express reservations about planned juvenile detention facility in Wells River
Modified: 3/6/2021 10:18:42 PM
NEWBURY, Vt. Neighbors of a 280-acre property slated to become home to a six-bed juvenile detention facility are questioning whether their small, rural community is the right place for such an institution.
The proposed Covered Bridge Treatment Center would replace the former Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex, Vt., which closed in October when there were no residents occupying the jail-like facility’s 30 beds and the state faced legal battles related to employees’ previous use of restraints on young people.
The idea of bringing boys between the ages of 12 and 17 who have committed acts of varying levels of aggression to the town of roughly 2,200 “threatens my perception of Newbury as being a safe place to live,” Joanne O’Meara, a survivor of long-term violence and abuse who lives on Fish Pond Road within walking distance o ....

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