I'm not sure how many people have been following the Boglioli trial, but I just noticed that Rutland Herald and Deerfield Valley News are reporting the jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. (I hope DVN does not mind being linked to!)

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The jury apparently did not think his self defense claim was quite strong enough, because, while they thought Boglioli had reason to believe he was in immediate danger, his use of force may not have been proportional to the level of danger.

Teens: Learn How to Create a 'Zine
At Brooks Memorial Library
Thursdays, July 2 through August 8, 4-5:30 PM

Attention writers! As part of the Brooks Memorial Library "Express Yourself" Summer Reading Program, the library will be hosting a writer's group. Come join the 'zine scene every Thursday afternoon until August 8, 4-5:30 PM, in the meeting room. In the group, teen writers will help each other develop a writing style and create their own 'zine (self-published magazine). The writing group is facilitated by Rose Watson. For more information online go to: teenbrooks.blogspot.com or email us at brattlib@brooks.lib.vt.us. You can also call the library at: 802-254-5290

From this skater’s POV- mindful of the fact that skaters are citizens too- what is preferable for the town to now do?

Revise the ordinance?
Negotiate a moratorium, a skate amnesty?
Do nothing/look the other way?

Let’s face it folks, in the long run:

Even if the town sanctions, locates, and pays for 10,000 sq. ft. of Skatopia somewhere, it's still a drop in the ocean as far as paved possibilities in the world-at-large. And exploration, of both physics and terrain is ultimately what transport and shredding's all about.

Town of Brattleboro ADA Advisory Committee Meeting
9:45 am Thursday, July 9, 2009

Marlboro Grad Center
28 Vernon St
4th floor conference room

Brief ADA training on employment, followed by committee agenda items

As newspapers struggle to re-invent themselves in the 21st century, a lot of ideas have been bandied about. The most recent proposal, first raised at the recent Congressional hearings on the Future of Journalsm and later on the blog of an influential federal judge, is the most radical yet and is aimed squarely at bloggers. In short, the industry is floating the idea of seeking a change to American copyright law that would forbid Internet linking to anyone else’s copyrighted content without the copyright-holder’s express permission.

Although this proposal seems counterproductive to the newspapers themselves (unless their goal is to reduce their audience share), let’s take them at their word just for the sake of argument. What if we were to proactively give the newspapers what they say they want, and stop linking to them?

The second annual public reading of the Declaration of Independence will take place at 9:15 am at Pliny Park (corner of Main and High Streets) just before the start of the July 4th Parade.

In an effort to reconnect us all on July 4th to the reason for our celebration, the entire Declaration of Independence will be read aloud. Bill Conley from Dummerston started the reading last year and wants to make it an annual tradition to remind us of the committment to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which created this nation and the responsibility we have as citizens to vigilantly promote and defend these values.

My father was the editor and now a writer for newspapers in New England, and I have a love for them that causes me sadness as I watch their demise occur in my lifetime.

This story available at the link below, was so bizarre that I thought it read more like an article in The Onion.

WashPost offers access: $25,000+

Save the Date. The third annual "Feast on the Farm" will be held Wednesday, July 29 at Sweet Tree Farm, Rt. 5, East Dummerston.

Dinner featuring Sweet Tree Farm's grass fed beef will be prepared by Tristan Toleno, owner/chef of Riverview Cafe and served at 6:00 p.m.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Vermont Fresh Network. Tickets ($18.00/adult; $8.00/child under 12) will be available for purchase beginning Friday, July 10 at Putney Co-op and Riverview Cafe.

The Brattleboro Selectboard will be attending the 4th of July parade on Saturday July 4, 2009 assembling at 8:30am at the BUHS parking lot and ending around 12 noon.

Catrina Lawley
Executive Secretary
Town Manager's Office
802.251.8100
802.257.2322, fax

I am writing in response to last week’s report in the Reformer on Brattleboro’s new policy of “zero tolerance” for skateboarding. The fact that skateboarders were juxtaposed in the same breath as underage smokers, illicit drug activity and loiterers is appalling and ludicrous.

The strategy that the town is taking, in lumping skateboarders in with inherently criminal activity, demonstrates a lack of critical thinking by these people. They fail to understand a group of people who are inherently good and have done nothing wrong.

Brattleboro’s de facto ethnic cleansing of skateboarders is reprehensible and outrageous. There is effectively no place for skateboarders to go and engage in this healthy, creative, individualistic and special activity.

BRATTLEBORO, VT—On Tuesday, July 7, the Brattleboro Retreat will launch a new inpatient mental health and addiction treatment program designed exclusively to meet the needs of individuals who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT).

The new 16-bed program is the first of its kind in New England and one of only a handful in the United States. Patients will receive care for a variety of issues including:

The 7th Annual Music in the Meadow, at the Motel in the Meadow, in Chester, Vermont, takes place on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12. Saturday’s “Concert Under the Tent,” from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., boasts Tom Hitchcock – The Never Be Brothers, Rob Cannillo, GB 101, John Taylor & Mike Leuci, The Stockwell Brothers, and Mark Shelton. Sunday’s “Hymn Sing,” from 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., features Mark Shelton and the Rusty Pick-Up Band. A $5 donation is suggested, and all proceeds benefit Race for the Cure. Call 875-2626 for more info.

The countdown to the 2009 Susan G. Komen Vermont-New Hampshire Race for the Cure® has begun and the weeks prior to the race itself – this year’s race is on July 26 at Hildene Meadows, in Manchester, Vermont – are filled with chances for folks to do what they love and help raise funds for breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment at the same time.

While the Susan G. Komen Vermont-New Hampshire Race for the Cure® is a celebration of all breast cancer survivors, one local survivor will be singled out for a very special honor, the Survivor of the Year Award.

The Survivor of the Year Award is designed to honor a breast cancer survivor who has celebrated at least two anniversaries of her/his original breast cancer diagnosis, has faced the challenges of the disease and turned them into personal triumphs. Nominations for the 2009 Survivor of the Year Award will be accepted through July 10.