I was down at the Town Clerk’s office today doing some research. While I was there, someone called asking how to get in touch with iBrattleboro, so they put me on the phone. He said he didn’t have a computer but wanted to warn people about another phone scam.
He said that the scam goes like this. You cell phone will ring once. If you get curious and call it back, you get charged $20, plus another $9 a minute for as long as you stay on the phone.
So, be warned.
Part of my research involved looking at Selectboard minutes from the 1950’s and I got to pass over many unrelated but interesting things we don’t hear much about today (and some things we still hear about).
Do you remember:
– The West Brattleboro Speedway…
– The Selectboard tabling the idea of a Town Doctor…
– Smoke from the Retreat smokestacks being a problem…
– The Fire Chief recommending and the Selectboard approving using volunteers to build the new West B. fire station…
– The idea for a dump along Sunset lake Road being voted down by the Selectboard…
– The suggestion of a traffic circle at Black Mountain Road…
– Discussions of the traffic hazards caused at the intersection of Western Ave, Cedar Street, and Union Hill…
Fun stuff, eh?
