Brattleboro seeks panhandling solutions

Downtown Brattleboro. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
BRATTLEBORO – When someone asks Brandie Starr for money on the streets of Brattleboro, she often offers to buy the person a sandwich.
“I’ve never had anybody turn me down,” Starr said. “I usually buy a sandwich, a bag of chips and a drink. And sometimes a brownie, because everybody needs a brownie.”
But Starr, a Brattleboro Selectboard member, knows that not everyone can be so accommodating – especially