Vermont could save Brattleboro’s birthing center — if it does the math

This commentary is by Lucas Farrell, a farmer and writer in Townshend. He is the treasurer of the board of Grace Cottage Family Health and Hospital. These views are his own.Defenders of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s birthing center need to say this out loud, because our case is worthless without it: The hospital’s finances were catastrophically mismanaged, and the community deserves to be angry.The record is in BMH’s own filings: nine years of losses — $33.6 million si