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Vt. Town Sheds Inhibitions, Puts Them Back On

Fine instated after repeated nude incidents

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 19, 2008 5:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – Whether shopping, bicycling, hula-hooping, or demonstrating for PETA, people in Brattleboro, Vt., have witnessed a rash of nakedness, the Wall Street Journal reports. Public nudity is generally legal in Vermont, but a spontaneous act of nakedness by three 20-year-olds two summers ago sparked a trend that made many residents uncomfortable and prompted passage of a ban.

After reports of bare buns—not the pastry kind—at Dunkin' Donuts and art shopping in the altogether, a rumor that a topless juice bar was in the works proved the last straw. Being naked in public now carries a $25 fine, and the chair of the town legislature says he’s ready to raise it if everyone's clothes don’t stay on: "People in Brattleboro don't want to hear about nudity anymore."

An outbreak of public nudity prompted a Vt. town to punish birthday suits with a fine.
An outbreak of public nudity prompted a Vt. town to punish birthday suits with a fine.   (Shutterstock)
A cyclist passes by a 21-meter (70-foot) floating sculpture of a naked man, a self-portrait by Polish artist Pawel Althamer that has been hovering outside the Renaissance Palazzina Appiani in Parco Sempione in Milan, Italy, since Monday, drawing second takes, amused looks and some reprobation about exposing children to nudity.
A cyclist passes by a 21-meter (70-foot) floating sculpture of a naked man, a self-portrait by Polish artist Pawel Althamer that has been hovering outside the Renaissance Palazzina Appiani in Parco Sempione...   (AP Photo/Alberto Pellaschiar)
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