TOWNSHEND — I am also one of the residents of West River Valley Senior Housing, and all I can say to this letter is, “Amen.”
After the fire, I went to Pine Heights in Brattleboro, and was treated exactly the same as the writer described. The staff members there were wonderful, and I will never forget all the employees there whom I now consider my friends.
Thank you, Pine Heights.
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