Brattleboro Reformer: Community Profile by Gordon Hayward: Hayley Hescock follows her passion at the Humane Society

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — Hayley Hescock is 21. She’s the feline and small animal manager at The Windham County Humane Society on Route 30. But in a sense she has ...

Community Profile by Gordon Hayward: Hayley Hescock follows her passion at the Humane Society

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