Out of the gate at the Sept. 12 public forum at Brooks Memorial Library, Assistant Town Manager Patrick Moreland surprised some by recommending the Selectboard choose a fire-based EMS service for the town - a move supported by the 10 other town staff members present, each speaking in favor of it. "I believe we have a fantastic opportunity in the municipal model," Moreland said. He continued to note that after reviewing the Request for Proposal (RFP) responses from American Medical...
Over two decades ago, international scientific consensus established that emission of greenhouse gases, due to human economic activities, had increased the average global temperature and that, without immediate action, that temperature would continue to rise. The consensus asserted that inaction would result in severe climate disruptions to which living systems would not be able to adapt. Since then, greenhouse-gas emissions have continually increased, exceeding the safe level of 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide and, this year, exceeding...
What are the consequences of obsessing over a dream in order to leave a legacy? Brattleboro-based filmmaker Angela Snow considers this question in her newest documentary, Mortality of Dreams, about a passionate, 81-year-old retired cardiologist who attempts to construct a hospital in Peru in memory of his mother. “Dr. Luis Vasquez dreams of a state-of-the-art and volunteer-run hospital which will provide health care for all,” Snow says. “The catch? It will be over 600 miles from Lima, in his mother's...
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