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BRATTLEBORO-Property taxes are expected to increase by 12.1% over this year if voters approve the Selectboard's recommended $25,184,081 million fiscal 2026 town budget at the Saturday, March 22 Annual Representative Town Meeting (ARTM). Total expenses are actually up 9.2%. "This budget is not about process," Town Manager John Potter told the Selectboard Jan. 21. "It's about policies and priorities that the Selectboard has chosen this year." He said the budget's objective is "maintaining quality of life in the face of...
WILLIAMSVILLE-The Rock River Players will host open auditions for The Freeing of Mollie Steimer by Brattleboro playwright Patrick Keppel. The play follows the life of an early 20th-century anarchist who, at the age of 20, stood up to intense U.S. political oppression, refusing to back down in her fervent fight for a freer world. Auditions will be held at the Williamsville Hall, 35 Main St., on Friday, Jan. 24, from 3 to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m.
Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of the town's energy committee. Everywhere I look, I see the failure of the idea that someone else has to lose for someone else to win. And, if I look beyond the news of the day, I see examples of what happens when a win-win approach is tried. The rise to prominence of those who have insatiable appetites for power, money, and attention is driving much...
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