BRATTLEBORO — I watched the three-plus-hour Brattleboro Selectboard meeting concerning the Golden Cross Ambulance contract, and at the very end of the meeting, the motion was made and immediately a vote was taken without a second.
According to Robert's Rules of Order, a second is a must before a vote is taken.
Just questioning a legal vote.
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In 2017, after searching for three decades, a master diver rediscovered a documented but long-lost Indigenous relic in the cove at the confluence of the Connecticut and West rivers. These petroglyphs - etched carvings in rock, made by Indigenous peoples thousands of years ago - have been submerged for a century, under water displaced by alterations to the river's flow from hydroelectric power stations upstream. Now, the Atowi Project - a two-year-old nonprofit that is reclaiming and revitalizing the area's...
Seeing the picture of Byron and Lee Stookey reminded of the years of effort this couple has given to the community, and I say “hats off” to both of them.
Back from a one-year pandemic hiatus, the annual Friends of Music at Guilford (FOMAG) Labor Day Weekend Festival returns for a 55th season on Sunday, Sept. 5 at the Organ Barn at 158 Kopkind Rd. The outdoor concert begins at 3 p.m. and will last approximately an hour, without intermission. The Guilford Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ken Olsson, will perform works by various composers, including Gluck, Mozart, and Fauré, as well as lighter contemporary fare. The concert will conclude, as...
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