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The town's representative to the Windham Solid Waste Management District says that, despite the best efforts of its staff and volunteers, the District is struggling to make ends meet and is considering new sources of revenue and changes in personnel.
Michelle Cherrier told the Selectboard on Sept. 9 that, given a sharp falloff in sales from plastics, the projected closure of the Brattleboro landfill, and pending state mandates over recycling, the District is under pressure to adjust its business plan.
Though prices for plastics types 1 and 2 are moderate - “thought not great,” she said - types 3 through 7 are suddenly no longer marketable, though the District will continue accepting them from consumers.
“We want to do that. We don't want people to have to think about what they're putting in. Which means we're sorting out [and throwing away] everything that's type 3-7,” she said.
The Selectboard on Aug. 28 approved a Planning Commission request for a resolution to pursue a $15,000 grant toward a 2014 zoning study of the Interstate 91 Exit 4 area. The study, if funded by the state's Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development, will allow Putney planners to...
Residents and the chair of the town's Planning Commission spoke out at the Aug. 28 Selectboard meeting against the stated intent of AT&T to site a temporary, 85-foot-tall mobile cell tower on land across from the Basketville store on Route 5. “It's dreadful siting; it's the most visible part...
The Selectboard on Aug. 26 voted to explore dissolving Algiers Fire District No. 1 in preparation for absorbing it into the town, and to bring on an attorney as early as October to help guide the work. Residents of Guilford established the district in 1993 to provide sewer service to those who lived in the village of Algiers. Since then, it's outlived its usefulness, the Selectboard said, so they'll turn again to Town Meeting voters to see if they'll authorize...
Selectboard members say they are looking forward to welcoming former WKVT “Live and Local” host Steve West to the Sept. 9 meeting to discuss his proposal to land the town's information technology support business. “He can talk us through it. He's a good talker,” said Katie Buckley, town administrator, during the Aug. 26 Selectboard meeting.” West left WKVT in May after seven years hosting his talk show to focus full-time on Fearless Computing, the Brattleboro-based computer sales and service business...
The Selectboard agreed unanimously Aug. 21 to approve a request from the Vermont Land Trust for a letter of support for their application to purchase the development rights on the Bunker/Cassidy farm. The 169-acre plot, formerly owned by Dummerston residents Larry and Lynn Cassidy, will become the site for Bunker Farm, LLC through a proposal selected by Vermont Land Trust's Farmland Access program. The property, located on Bunker Road and now owned by the Vermont Land Trust, will be operated...
A member of the Town Energy Committee has apologized to the Selectboard for not running the town's recent residential energy survey and its cover letter by them before mailing it to the town's nearly 1,000 residences. Some residents have complained to board members that they object to their names being associated with their survey responses. Others have complained that they don't want town officials following up with them should they elect to disregard the survey. Still others complained they didn't...
The Selectboard is weighing whether to warn a town meeting over creating a Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) District here, which would allow special financing to help qualifying homeowners invest in specified energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements. But first they wanted to learn from the other four Windham County towns where PACE districts are established what their residents' experiences have been as PACE borrowers. So far, apparently, there are no such borrowers in Windham County. According to Town Energy Coordinator...
