WESTMINSTER — The story in the November issue on the Twelve Tribes, the new owners of the Common Ground Restaurant in Brattleboro, erroneously described the religious community as a tax-exempt organization.
“We pay property taxes and school taxes (and then home school our children),” notes Melavav, a member of the community who runs the group's Common Loaf Bakery.
The Commons regrets the error.
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The Selectboard has asked town department heads to review their proposed budgets once again and find more ways to cut the town's fiscal year 2012 budget. The draft budget discussed at Monday's special meeting shows a 4.6 percent increase over last year's level-funded budget. Selectboard Chair Dick DeGray said he preferred to see only a 3 percent increase for FY 2012. During the meeting, Town Manager Barbara Sondag and department heads suggested saving money by cutting funds for road paving...
Vermonters pride themselves on being independent. Regulations are few and frequently ignored. For the most part, a live-and-let-live attitude rules. Drive a few miles south, and you will find yourself in a strange land. A security camera sits atop a sign near the Massachusetts border. This is the first of many cameras you will see on a trip to the Bay State. They are everywhere. Most of them are atop traffic lights but, if you look carefully, you will see...
Roots on the River Festival, produced by Vermont Festivals LLC, will celebrate its 19th year on Friday, June 8, at 3 p.m. when the gates open on a full weekend of music. “It's an enviable record for any all-volunteer event,” promoter Ray Massucco said. The festival has announced that this year's nonprofit beneficiary of the festival is the Bellows Falls Fire Department, members of which will also be on hand as volunteers throughout the weekend. “We are proud to recognize...
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