And Antiques Road Show event

Saturday, September 25th
5:oo to 9:00 pm
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
16 Bradley Ave., Brattleboro

• Bring your treasured items to our guest antique specialists. For $10 each item, they’ll tell you if that teapot is a valuable asset or a sentimental hand-me-down!

In Sanford, Maine, trash is down 50% in the first month of PAYT.

According to one national blog, "the 50% decrease in garbage tonnage far exceeded the town manager’s expectations. If projections hold true, this town of 21,000 in southwest Maine can save about $250,000 in garbage tipping fees, crucial as the city will face a 20% price increase in the service after the new year."

The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Vermont, a non- profit, totally volunteer run organization working to educate all Vermonters about their rights to affordable, respectful and dignified funeral options, held their annual meeting recently at the Gifford Conference Center in Randolph. Keynote speaker was Josh Slocum, Executive Director of the National Funeral Consumers Alliance, who addressed recent testimony and progress towards passage of H.R. 3655, in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. This bill will allow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to have increased oversight over regulation of crematoriums and cemeteries, as well as their current oversight of Funeral Homes.

Just a few days ago I was at work sorting through some packing supplies. Then a bag of styrofoam peanuts fell over, spilling some of its contents on the floor.

"Enough!" I yelled at myself in my head (being self-employed). Then I knocked over a stool and left.

I just received this email:

"HELP!!!
Monday, August 9, 2010 12:31 PM
From: "Tom Page" <tompage1@yahoo.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients

I'm sorry for this odd request and I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,I came down here to London,England for a short vacation and i was mugged at gun point last night at the park of the hotel where i lodged all cash,credit cards and cell were stolen off me.

Looking for old blankets that you want to get rid of! Email me at sara.crafts@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Sara

Hello,

We are hoping to get this information out to as many people and as much media as possible.

Vito Russo was sentenced to prison for 21 years for a crime he did not do. Our Mission is to bring attention to the outrageous twenty-one (21) years sentence and his imprisonment.

Brattleboro Events for Japan Fest celebrating Japan's Summer festivals of Tanabata and Obon - Weekend of August 6-7-8

*** Friday, 5:30-6pm: **Moment for Peace**, remembering Hiroshima and all holocausts with tea ceremony by Susan Hebson, poetry aloud, May Peace Prevail on Earth set to song by Lerna and Rupa, and kiri-e (fabric collage pictures) by young women survivors of Hiroshima from the '40s. All faiths, all philosophies, all welcome. Location: ** Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St, meeting room - enter through door next to main Church entrance. Hiroshima Remembrance arranged by Brattleboro Area Interfaith initiative and Asian Cultural Center of Vermont (ACCVT).

skaters in a town reflect their environment---a place with a beautiful concrete bowl brings out a different crew than a place with curbs and loading docks.

skaters are not concerned about your approval or impressions. there's more than enough stuff peer to peer. any leftover energy is better put back into skating.

it's not the team model, skating's coherence is dependant on disorganization.

it's a most fleeting and ephemeral activitiy. any balance point is gone as soon as it comes.

Standing in one of two long lines at a local convenience store, there was a woman who was not in either line, but standing near the counter next to the second line, wanting to speak to one of the cashiers. Her male family member was in my line, ahead of me by 3. Ahead of him, there were another three people. As I took my place in his line, he said to the woman “why don’t you just get in line? You should stay out by the pump - You’re costing me time!”.

She answered him by saying “I just need to talk to someone for a minute”; to which he replied “just get in line, then – this is costing me time”.

I am looking for a car top carrier in good condition and under $50. I have an SUV and am driving to Florida. I will be back in a few months, so if someone is willing to lend me one, I can get it back to you, just not right away. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I can be reached at sara.crafts@gmail.com

Thanks,
Sara

Imagine finding this at your favorite swimming spot on the West River? Is anti-Semitism and racism on the rise here? How do we get the word out these attitudes will not be tolerated here?

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100718/NEWS02/7180314/Vandalism-reported-in-Dummerston

It doesn't look good; I just got a call from my son who reported that he saw a UPS truck driver near the Elm Street Bridge, and people going down toward the water with a stretcher; he observed "they didn't seem to be in a hurry"; can't tell if the UPS driver was just an onlooker, or if there had been an accident he witnessed.

By Maggie Gundersen

On Wednesday, NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko made an unprecedented trip to Vermont to meet with seven intervenor and environmental groups to discuss ongoing safety and aging management issues at Vermont Yankee.

Jaczko had a 90-minute discussion with representatives from the New England Coalition, Citizens Awareness Network, Conservation Law Foundation, Vermont Public Interest Research group, Safe and Green, Nuclear Free in 2012, and the Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance in Brattleboro followed by a private tour of Vermont Yankee and meeting with Entergy officials.

In a scene out of Gravity's Rainbow, a psychic cephalopod emerges, with flawless prognosticating powers, able to predict outcomes, divine winners from losers, and astonish with perfect results in a Boolean expression...and what is this creature tasked with: the cure for cancer? how to combat global warming? what can be done to cap the oil spill? end poverty and starvation?

No-- who's going win the world cup? Don't get me wrong, I know futbol is a big deal, but the story does say something about us.