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Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer BELLOWS FALLS — Lee Boucher is all thumbs — green thumbs. Boucher is a one-woman task force, turning vacant corners of downtown Bellows Falls into colorful gardens. Taking no money and accepting donations only for plants, Boucher has been the downtown gardener for about 20 years, with little fanfare. She currently tends about nine gardens of various shapes and sizes in the downtown village area, including a large sunny garden next to the Bellows...

BELLOWS FALLS — Citing short staffing in the Bellows Falls Police Department, village officials have postponed making a decision on a request from Great River Hydro LLC that the police

BELLOWS FALLS — When Municipal Manager Scott Pickup went to turn on the FACTV camera to broadcast the Bellows Falls trustee meeting Tuesday evening, he had an unwelcome surprise.

Some not happy about Pismo Beach parking lot proposal and last updated 2021-04-16 21:22:31-04 Opposition to a parking lot project in the downtown area in Pismo Beach is getting public attention. The privately-owned homes from 320-334 Main Street where the parking lot is being proposed have been part of a discussion for a while now, but the owners and tenants are opposed to the idea, saying they dont plan on going anywhere. "My kids grew up here, this is their beach house. It always has been a...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — Municipal Manager Scott Pickup said the Bellows Falls village police department is having such a hard time attracting new recruits, it may be time to consider a financial signing bonus as an incentive. Pickup said told the Village Board of Trustees during a Tuesday night meeting held in person and online that other area police departments are offering signing bonuses in both Vermont and New Hampshire, and that the village...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — Finding a cop to fill several vacancies in the Bellows Falls Village Police Department has proven to be a major challenge, Municipal Manager Scott Pickup said this week. Pickup, along with Police Chief David Bemis, gave the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees an update on staffing at the department Tuesday evening, and the outlook is pretty pessimistic. According to Pickup, Bellows Falls isn’t alone in its recrui...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS — Finding a cop to fill several vacancies in the Bellows Falls Village Police Department has proven to be a major challenge, Municipal Manager Scott Pickup said this week. Pickup, along with Police Chief David Bemis, gave the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees an update on staffing at the department Tuesday evening, and the outlook is pretty pessimistic. According to Pickup, Bellows Falls isn’t alone in its recrui...

BELLOWS FALLS — The future has never been brighter in Bellows Falls, literally. But despite the bright holiday lights recently installed in the trees on The Square in downtown Bellows Falls, there’s been plenty of turmoil and change beneath the bright surface, and not all of it because of the coronavirus pandemic. The French have a proverb that could be an unofficial motto for Rockingham and Bellows Falls: Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose: The more things change, the more...