This small town in Vermont has people helping local immigrants to learn how to live in this country and town. Every town needs this. - - Donna Poisl
By CHRIS GAROFOLO / Reformer Staff
BRATTLEBORO -- For a small town in southern Vermont, Brattleboro has quite a flair for international flavor.
While World Learning and the School for International Training can take credit for some of the town's cosmopolitan atmosphere, English teacher Brian Dockery and his predecessor, Tara O'Brien, are responsible for aiding in the emergence of Brattleboro's multiple ethnic markets and restaurants.
Dockery, with Vermont Adult Learning's Brattleboro office for seven years, has worked behind the scenes with dozens local shop owners coming into the United States. He has assisted in teaching incoming residents English, file their business forms and pass their citizenship tests.
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