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New Brattleboro homeless shelter to replace Morningside House
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (WCAX) - The Brattleboro homeless shelter where a staff member was brutally murdered a year ago will be torn down and replaced with a new shelter. “We want to start fresh with a building that is designed to be a shelter,” said Libby Bennett with Groundworks Collaborative, the agency that provides housing, food, and wrap-around services for those in need in the Brattleboro area.
Clutch homers and big performances on the mound: Cast your vote for the Hometeam Baseball Player of the Week
There were plenty of great performances on the diamond last week, and Rich Garven found some of the best for readers to vote on to decide the Hometeam Baseball Player of the Week. Congratulations to Bay Path's Jake Delvalle for taking the top spot in last week's poll with 686 votes (28.8 percent)...
The future of fertilizer? Pee, says this Brattleboro institute.
The institute, its partners and others in the sustainability industry see the practice — dubbed “peecycling” — as a cheap, easy and less-destructive method than synthetic fertilizer. Read the story on VTDigger here: The future of fertilizer? Pee, says this Brattleboro institute..
Libby Bennett and Rita Ramirez: Groundworks reimagines Morningside House
For the past several months, we have put a great deal of thought into the building and the programmatic changes that we expect will be notable improvements for shelter residents, Groundworks’ staff and our neighborhood. Read the story on VTDigger here: Libby Bennett and Rita Ramirez: Groundworks reimagines Morningside House.
State Ethics Commission’s Alleges Former Leyden Police Chief Galvis and Captain Galvis Violated Conflict of Interest Laws
Couple allegedly sold town-owned equipment for personal profit and steered town work to their private automotive business. The Enforcement Division of the State Ethics Commission has filed Orders to Show Cause today alleging that former Leyden Police Chief Daniel Galvis and former Leyden Police Captain Gilda Galvis violated the conflict of interest law by selling Town equipment for their private gain, contracting to repair Town vehicles for profit through their co-owned auto shop, and other actions implicating self-dealing and misuse of their official positions. The two Orders separately initiate adjudicatory proceedings against Daniel Galvis and Gilda Galvis, who are a married couple.
Jonathan Elwell: A new prison is nothing new
The new prison that DOC is trying to build is not a way out of the trauma and systemic violence of incarceration — it's actually how we got to this present moment, and is a new version of the same problem. Read the story on VTDigger here: Jonathan Elwell: A new prison is nothing new.
Amid empty storefronts, Brattleboro asks a statewide question: What’s the future of downtown?
“It does seem like we’re in a bit of a trough,” one developer says, “but I see good signs in terms of coming out of it.” Read the story on VTDigger here: Amid empty storefronts, Brattleboro asks a statewide question: What’s the future of downtown?.
S. Hadley man held without bail after allegedly stealing $100K in jewelry, coins, flatware
NORTHAMPTON — More than $100,000 in rare coins, bracelets, earrings and other jewelry were stolen in two burglaries of Deerfield and Northampton shops last year, according to police. In connection to those thefts, Steven Skea, 64, plead not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Hampshire Superior Court. Skea is...
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