WESTMINSTER — Here's a modest proposal: a swap of westbound road names for Brattleboro and Westminster.
Both towns have only one paved road to their west villages.
Westminster's road is free of potholes and worthy of a grand-sounding name like “Western Avenue” to go along with “King's Highway.”
The Patch family wouldn't object if Brattleboro borrowed the existing name. That way, Route 9 would have periodic street signs that state “Patch Road.”
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It took two hours of sometimes contentious debate, but a revised municipal budget was overwhelmingly approved Monday night at a Special Representative Town Meeting in the Brattleboro Area Middle School multipurpose room. In a roll call vote, Meeting Members approved the new $15.7 million budget, 112 to 12. The final total represented a series of 1 percent department cuts, delayed capital purchases, and changes in staffing such as reducing the hours for the animal control officer from 40 to 30...
On Jan. 4, I saw our new Windham County senators sworn in. We will be well served by Sen. Wendy Harrison and Sen. Nader Hashim. It was a bittersweet day for me. For the first time in 20 years, I will not be serving in seat 16. Although it always sounds a bit trite, it has truly been an honor and a humbling experience to have had the faith of Windham County for two decades. Thank you. When I first...
MARLBORO-Juno Orchestra presents "Bach!,"a program that includes one of the composer's best-known works, as well as selections from his son and other composers. Now in its second season as a BMC program, Juno, the region's hometown chamber orchestra, "charts new territory while amplifying long-time musical influences and bringing together some of the area's finest classical players," event organizers report in a news release. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2:30 p.m. at Persons Auditorium in Marlboro. The...
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