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BRATTLEBORO â Fire Chief Mike Bucossi is retiring after working for the Brattleboro Fire Department for 43 years in jobs he called âa lot of funâ and âvery gratifying.â
âThere certainly have been the ups and downs,â he said, as he was a shift captain on duty one night when a child died in a fire and had been on the department when a fellow firefighter died in the line of duty. âIâve also been part of some very happy times. Weâve made some very successful rescues. I just think weâre part of making somebodyâs life a little bit easier in their worse moments, you know. I think thatâs what is most gratifying whether that be a medical call, a fire or a car accident.â
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I am a brain aneurysm survivor. I like to tell people that I literally blew my mind. I was stricken while in Colorado in February 2008. Becoming violently sick and disoriented immediately sent us to a hospital, and from there I was airlifted to a Denver hospital. The prognosis was against me and the doctors, my family and friends did not know if I’d survive. My life changed drastically after brain surgery. I had to discover the “new me” and adapt my daily living. It was five years ago that I spent the month of March hospitalized in Colorado, and every spring I recount the event and celebrate another year’s progress from this life-altering event.
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Cassandra Holloway, director for Building a Positive Community in Brattleboro, holds a map that shows the youth rate of smoking marijuana.
Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
On March 2, the town of Brattleboro will vote to allow or deny the retail sale of recreational marijuana.
Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
On March 2, the town of Brattleboro will vote to allow or deny the retail sale of recreational marijuana.
Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
On March 2, the town of Brattleboro will vote to allow or deny the retail sale of recreational marijuana.
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BRATTLEBORO â Select Board candidate Rikki Risatti plans to âprioritize agendas for enabling direct democratic practices, expanding decolonization, economic decentralization, and water testing and filtration accessibility to counter democide, conscription and imperialism.â
âMy experiences have prepared me to respect the responsibilities of being a serious catalyst of adaptation and transformation within insane aspects of culture,â Risatti said. âI feel confident that change is inevitable, I am ready to confront challenges, and I havenât seen the different candidates braving innovative directions nor communication skills for effective intersectional cofacilitation yet.â
Risatti, who uses they/them pronouns, is running for two seats on the board in the March 2 election â a three-year term and a one-year term. They face incumbent Ian Goodnow for the longer term and incumbent Daniel Quip