BRATTLEBORO — Funding should come from fines on violations. You're putting it on the good landlords who already spend more money per unit. This cost will ultimately be borne by the tenants.
Instead of using firefighters and paying overtime - an expensive idea and one that presents conflict of interest issues (some firefighters are also landlords) - I suggest hiring a dedicated inspector.
If this idea seems too costly, perhaps other area towns could share this service and expense.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
The State Board of Libraries in charge of naming geographic features such as mountains and streams will revisit a petition to rename a local brook this month. So far, the conversation around renaming Negro Brook has touched on a multitude of issues: racism, uplifting the stories of Black women, local control, community belonging (or not), language, and reconciling history. The people having this conversation come from a myriad of life experiences. The renaming of Negro Brook represents only one of...
Thank you for being here today. Thank you for coming out and showing up in the memory of Leah Rosin-Pritchard and in support of Groundworks. As I struggled to find the words I wanted to say, I realized that words are important as containers for the thoughts and feelings we want to express. Yet at the same time words say so little - they cannot seem to convey everything we are feeling. The clients and staff of Groundworks are deep...
Borter's Jewelry Studio on High Street announces its summer/fall schedule of beginner- and intermediate-level metalsmithing workshops. Bob Borter, who has been making and selling his jewelry in Brattleboro for more than 30 years, will co-teach the classes with fellow silversmiths Susanna Haas (susannahaasjewelry.com) and Chris Lann (chrislanndesigns.com). In a news release, Borter said the studio's goal is to give budding jewelers a taste of what other Brattleboro collectives such as Brattleboro Clayworks, Fire Arts, and the River Gallery School offer...
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