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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — Select Board members will use the “honor system” when submitting for reimbursements from the town for costs incurred for dependent care during board meetings, and they can get payment for household members who provide the care and might not be paid in other situations. At the Select Board meeting held remotely Tuesday, the board voted 4-1 on both items, with board member Tim Wessel voting against both measures. He supported a third motion to pay out reimbursements and portions of board members’ annual stip...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — A new fund is designed to bring the town into a new era of energy-related decision making. “I think it will allow us to do some amazing things,” said Select Board member Daniel Quipp. Town staff and the Select Board have been energy conscious in planning capital projects and vehicle purchases in recent years. But the Fossil Fuel-Free Town Infrastructure Fund, approved unanimously by the board at a remotely meeting held Tuesday, is intended to go even further to make investments in projects that will remove foss...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package, known as the American Rescue Plan, is set to bring $3.3 million to the town over the course of the next year. “You know in Brattleboro just what you had to contend with,” U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said at the Select Board meeting held remotely Tuesday. “We’ve been through a lot.” Welch said the local school district, Windham Southeast School District, will receive $9.4 million through the federal package. He noted there’s flexibility around us...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   To the editor: This is a copy of a letter I sent to Brattleboro Select Board member Daniel Quipp regarding an article in the Reformer ("Brattleboro invests in Cow Power, commits to new green energy fund," March 7) about a recent Select Board meeting. Daniel: You were quoted in the paper as wanting to increase some kind of climate change fund from $30,000 to $70,000. Is this true? What is this program designed to do? And why should it go to 70k? Once again I'm beginning to get aggravated by this demand that the taxpayers of Brattleboro con...

1 of 13 Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., produces electricity from the methane of its cows and sells it to Green Mountain Power. To purchase our photos, visit SmugMug.com.  Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., produces electricity from the methane of its cows and sells it to Green Mountain Power. Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer Shawn Goodell, from Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., checks the energy output from the two motors that produce electricity from the methane of its cows on Thursday, March 4, 2021. K...