Editorial: Panhandling is a symptom that calls for a remedy

Editorial: Panhandling is a symptom that calls for a remedy

A person with a sign asking for money sits outside the Brattleboro Food Co-op on Dec. 5, 2023, in Brattleboro, Vt. (VtDigger – Kevin O’Connor)

Modified: 12/16/2023 10:15:12 PM

Brattleboro civic officials are perplexed over what can, or should be, done about panhandling, which is rife in their downtown. In this they are hardly alone. Communities elsewhere in Vermont and New Hampshire are struggling with the same issue; solutions remain elusive.The Brattleboro Selectboard, spurred by a petition signed by more than 1,000 people, spent nearly an hour and a half earlier this month discussing what could be done, and […]

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