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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