Charles Cummings Chuck Cummings is descended from a long and storied line of attorneys in his native Fall River, Massachusetts. In the late nineteenth century, his grandfather was the mayor of that town along the Rhode Island border for two separate terms. The Honorable John W. Cummings was held in such esteem that John Singer [...]

Carol Westing says she fell in love with Vermont when she and Arthur visited on their honeymoon. The Michigan native had never been to New England until she and Arthur took that three-week camping trip. “I kept saying, this is it. I just know this is where we’ve got to live. Arthur had started a [...]

“Even when I was an intern in the Bronx, I would be on from midnight to 4:00 am and then I’d get in the car and come to Vermont. It was always a magnet,” says Dr. Karen Hein, who bought a dilapidated house in Jacksonville at a time when she was still finishing her medical [...]

Anyone who knows Stephen Baker wouldn’t be surprised to hear that, upon learning Brattleboro Memorial Hospital wanted to honor him and his wife, Jane, at the February 12 “Giving from the Heart” Gala, his first reaction was to keep it low-key. “But Jane and our son, Jim, pointed out that the family has been very [...]

When Paula Marie was a young girl, she would unwittingly upset her mother by telling her she was moving to California the minute she turned 18 years old. Now she’s 19 and on the verge of moving out of her family home in Guilford to an apartment in Brattleboro, and that might end up being [...]

Why I Support BMH – “My goal was always to resolve the problem” Ron Romano has many blessings to count. Quasi-retired at the age of 50 and living in a beautiful log home in Saxtons River, he and Chuck, his partner of 24 years, can hike through their 21 acres of land or simply sit [...]

As a Dartmouth undergrad, Jonathan Thatcher mused on the possibility of living in Vermont. He made a few ski trips up this way while in high school and found the open landscapes preferable to his northern New Jersey home. But his path to a life in New England as an orthopedic surgeon started in an [...]

“This is about Mom.” Sue Flagler and Jane Deubler wanted to make that clear, as the two sisters sat side-by-side on the living room sofa in the Deubler family’s Brattleboro vacation home. Jane and her husband, Tom, had come up from Brockton for the holidays, while Sue and her husband, Rick, drove over from their [...]

This past May, Jeff and Nancy Hagstrom celebrated 20 years as owners of Newton Business. Jeff says the company itself dates back to the 1950s, when Fred Newton “sold and repaired business equipment right out of his house on Route 30.” He’s not exactly sure when Fred sold it to Bob Parro, but he knew [...]

Vernon Road’s proximity to the Connecticut River, and subsequently the rail yard, has afforded it a significant historical role in Brattleboro commerce. And while the paper mills that once inhabited the windowless warehouses have come and gone, Triple T Trucking has been in the same spot for over 40 years, providing solid waste management solutions [...]