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The Brattleboro Area Drop In Center staff and volunteers are putting their best foot forward trying to fill the shoes of former Executive Director Melinda Bussino, who died suddenly on March 4 at age 65.
Newly appointed Interim Director Lucie Fortier has been involved with the center for 12 years, and said she is determined to make the transition as smooth as possible for all by addressing concerns, keeping communication open between herself and her staff and volunteers, and making sure the clients feel welcome and are getting the services they need.
Fortier said she wanted to encourage her staff to have positive attitudes and watch how they treat one another.
“It's a trickle-down effect,” she said. “How we treat each other is seen by the clients in how we treat them. If we treat each other with respect, we'll treat our clients with respect.”...
Rockingham, Grafton, and Athens voters went to the polls last week with budgetary items topping the list of hotly debated articles. Rockingham was said to be “paying the piper” after level funding budgets over the last few years. Grafton found a way to lower the town's costs for repair...
Village Trustees recently presented the public with the proposed final design for the Saxtons River Park, which will emerge where the old Sandri building stood before it was torn down last year, on the corner of Westminster Road and Route 121 in the village. After almost a year of...
Only one contested seat for Selectboard, and a relatively non-controversial warrant, await voters next week on Town Meeting Day. On Monday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall auditorium (Falls Cinema), the annual Rockingham Town and School District Meeting commences, giving residents an opportunity to discuss and vote on all articles but one, the fiscal 2013 school budget, which will be voted on by Australian ballot the following day. From 9 a.m. to 7 p.m on Tuesday, March...
A standing-room-only crowd assembled recently to view a “work-in-progress” screening of a film that documents the tumultuous series of events that resulted in a first-in-the-nation women's crisis and health-care center. An audience filled the New England Youth Theatre seats on the evening of Feb. 4 to watch Left on Pearl, directed by Susan Riva and edited by Iftach Shavit. The Women's Freedom Center of Brattleboro organized the screening of the film, which documents the takeover and occupation of 888 Memorial...
Renovations to the Rockingham Free Public Library are about to begin. Library Director Celine Houlne said that the library's board of trustees is currently working with Sheerr McCrystal Palson Architecture of New London, N.H., and Baybutt Construction Corp. of Keene, N.H., as construction managers “to finalize the design and project specifications for the upcoming building renovation.” Rockingham residents approved renovations in a bond vote in 2011 for $2.95 million. According to the Baybutt website, construction is expected to be completed...
The Youth Department of the Rockingham Free Public Library (RFPL) recently celebrated the first national “Take Your Child to the Library Day,” with all-day Lego construction, games, and introductions to available programs for children and their parents. According to RFPL Youth Department leader Sam Maskell, the day was a big success. “About 50 kids and parents showed up this morning,” she said. “One father brought all his kids. and they hung out all day playing with Legos and reading books...
Vermont State Police announced Monday afternoon that multiple arrests have been made in connection with a massive multi-state burglary spree. In all, about 100 burglaries in five states were committed over a 12-month period, state police said, and the vast majority of these burglaries occurred in southeast Vermont and southwest New Hampshire, with 30 burglaries in Windham County alone. Four were arrested by state police on Saturday for multiple counts of burglary, unlawful mischief, and unlawful trespass: Criscenzo Ruggiero, 20,
