September 6, 2010

Dick DeGray was absent, so vice chairperson Dora sat in as chair.

At this week’s meeting, the Selectboard and Town government again demonstrated what it is that towns do: raise money, spend money, manage big utilities (water and wastewater) and public facilities (the parking garage, the Municipal Center), and appoint citizens to volunteer committees to oversee certain other things. Or at least, that’s what they did at this meeting.

Read on for the gory details.

On Tuesday, September 14, at 7pm in the meeting room of the Brook's Memorial Library in downtown Brattleboro, a representative of the Better Business Bureau will empower undergraduates with the best debt management techniques. The BBB will teach undergraduates how to be responsible with credit cards, set a realistic budget, understand financial aid choices, and vigilantly track credit scores.

Better Business Bureau is a non-profit public service organization which provides free business BBB Reliability Reports, BBB Charity Reports, and other valuable information to the public. With more than 407,000 Accredited Businesses, BBB is one of the largest business member supported public organizations in the world.

Call For Entries - Art Exhibition
"The End of the Romance: Getting Over Oil"
organized by Mollie Burke

Amy's Bakery Arts Cafe, 113 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, October 1-25, 2010

Brattleboro Climate Protection and Artists for a Cool Planet invite your participation in an exhibit of art to be held at Amy's Bakery Arts Cafe in October 2010. The purpose is to draw attention to the climate crisis and the urgent need to reduce fossil fuel emissions. The exhibit will coincide with the international day of climate action on 10/10/10 sponsored by the organization 350.org.

We have some really good stuff in b'media, and I'd like to alert those who haven't been paying attention recently. It's our local index to images, moves, podcasts, videos and other goodies made in and around Brattleboro.

Take a look to watch Kornguth's 3rd Annual Soap Box Derby, filmed one-handed, on a bike, in the rain! Check out some incredible views of Sicily, Go Skateboarding Day, BCTV summer video projects, and other videos.

The Brattleboro Police have their Wanted photos up on Flickr, and you can watch them here as a slide show now.

Twilight Music presents an evening of indie / pop / folk from Northampton and Brattleboro with Winterpills and singer/songwriter Clayton Sabine at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery on Friday, September 10 at 8:00 pm.

Critically praised as a mirror of sorrows and a beacon of hope, the music of Winterpills - true to its name - is medicine for weary hearts. With three CDs and a soon-to-be-released EP “Tuxedo of Ashes,” Philip Price (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards), Flora Reed (vocals, keyboards), Dennis Crommett (vocals, electric guitar), Brian Akey (bass) and Dave Hower (drums, shaken things) maintain their signature chamber-indie ambience while exploring new grounds sonically and lyrically - dense rockers balanced by quiet hymns, and an overall diversity in instruments and textures. All of this backs the wandering words of songwriter Philip Price.

Fun press release:

"BRATTLEBORO, Vermont (Sept. 3, 2010)—The Organic Trade Association (OTA), which has called Greenfield, MA, home since 1990, today is celebrating the upcoming move of its headquarters to the Graduate Center building in downtown Brattleboro planned for later this fall.

“This move by the Organic Trade Association to Vermont is a testament to the importance of organic agriculture in our state and the leadership and entrepreneurial spirit found here. I have long worked with the Organic Trade Association in Washington on organic policy matters and am delighted it has chosen Vermont as its home base and to bring these jobs to Brattleboro,” said Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy.

I believe we are all putting out something like a "personal electromagnetic energy" that does all kinds of things vibration-ally that we barely know of. Life is more than it seems, including all life forms even plants.

We have barely an inkling of what is going on here. Dowsing for example is one small demonstration of it. Taichi studies this mysterious energy, calling it "chi." NBA basketball players depend on it, to play at a level they themselves can't explain. Creating great art depends on it too.

On Friday September 10th there will be an open house with live music and refreshments at the Newfane Wellness Center, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Licensed Acupuncturist Rebecca Stott is welcoming Alison Trowbridge, Massage Therapist, and Kelly Wicker, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor to the staff at the Wellness Center.

Blind Rooster, a local acoustic string band will be playing a mixture of old and new tunes and there will be a drawing for door prizes. Light refreshments will be available.