St. Johnsbury community works to combat surge in ‘bad behavior’ downtown

The Welcome Center in St. Johnsbury on August 9, 2022. File photo by K. Fiegenbaum/VTDiggerThe St. Johnsbury community has been working overtime to quell a months-long surge in “bad behavior” by a limited number of people in its downtown area. The situation’s epicenter is a park adjacent to the town’s Welcome Center, a three-story former train station that also houses the town offices.“We’re struggling,” said Town Clerk Stacy Jewell during the town&rsqu