MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
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The Brattleboro Retreat “is facing significant financial challenges that without redirection could lead to insolvency.” That was the conclusion of the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), which last week released its analysis of the hospital's audited financial statements spanning three fiscal years, from 2015 to 2018. The report was issued to comply with Act 53, a 2019 law extending the purview of the six-member GMCB with “limited budget oversight of each psychiatric hospital in the state,” according to the document,
RE: “Shame on BF for memorial fund vote” [Letters, May 29]: I believe the Sarah Burr Howard memorial trust should be restored. I agree that the interest it has accumulated is not a lot, but the funds could be used for some good or at least some food or Christmastime gifts or whatever. Was this even a legal vote to dissolve this trust? It should be reinstated.
The most common misconception people have about River Gallery School, located in the Wilder Building in the heart of downtown Brattleboro, is that it is a private institution. So believes Donna C. Hawes, the Development Coordinator/Administrator at the School, who wants to make clear that it is a nonprofit dedicated to serving the community of Southern Vermont. “Too many people are afraid to come through our doors,” she says. “They won't take any classes or workshops because they believe they...
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