Brattleboro’s library set to mark a storied birthday

BRATTLEBORO — Longtime locals recall it was around the time Joni Mitchell was singing about paving paradise that the town bulldozed its Victorian-era library and put up a parking lot.
Then again, that brick gingerbread house of a building isn’t remembered for its ornamentation, even with redwood trim from California, the state where 19th century businessman George Brooks made enough money to become the library’s benefactor. Instead, it was known for being overcrowded.
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