Comcast Suing Vermont – Doesn’t Want to Expand Broadband
Ahh, Comcast. They earn $21 billion each quarter. Keep that in mind.
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Selectboard Meeting Notes – Panhandling, and A Big Ol’ Meeting To Catch Up
The Brattleboro Selectboard returned from summer break to a full agenda and long meeting. A continued discussion of panhandling provided updates on efforts now underway as well as a new suggestion for a sign explaining “the rules.”
Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes – September 5, 2017
The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet again on September 5, returning to business and signifying the end of summer break for all of us. There’s quite a bit of business, too.
The Wonderful Chip Card
It’s more secure. It’s easier. It’s faster. Those were some of the claims of the innovators that brought us the chip card. You know, the bank card with the special chip embedded in it?
Brattleboro Eclipse Viewing
Today’s the day for the solar eclipse. It won’t be total here, but some eclipsing will happen early this afternoon. Here’s what the National Weather Service in Albany says says:
Brattleboro’s Best Festivals
The best festivals in Brattleboro, in my view, are the authentic ones. They are quirky, have substance, are tied to the community, and exist due to local passion for the event. They go beyond tourism and marketing gimmicks and tap into something genuine and local.
Monumental Questions
The events in (and following) Charlottesville are myriad and complex. There is a stew of issues bubbling and boiling. To name but a few: race, Neo-Nazism, history, culture, the Civil War, monuments, art, speech, accountability, Trump & Co., ancestors, and many more.
Book Scanning at Experienced Goods
The other day, while looking at books at Experienced Goods, I noticed two middle-aged women working their way around the room with a handheld device.
Newsless For A Week
We’re doing a media experiment. Lise is going without news for a week.
Selectboard Meeting Notes – A Dump Truck, Street Sweeper, and Potential Energy
The midsummer night’s selectboard meeting was relaxed and productive. Brattleboro is getting a new dump truck and street sweeper, businesses received liquor licenses, police and fire facilities are coming along, and committee members were appointed.
Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes – August 1, 2017
A few midsummer grants and bids will be considered at the next Brattleboro Selectboard meeting, scheduled for Tuesday August 1 at the Municipal Center. (You remember the Selectboard, right?)
A Few Thoughts From Elsie and Serenity Smith
I sent a few questions to Elsie and Serentity Smith, founder of New England Center for Circus Arts. While wishing to stay out of the fray, they did have a statement and a few answers to some of the questions I sent them.
Draft Agreement Between NECCA Coaches and Board of Trustees
Jamie Hodgson, a NECCA coach, said that on Saturday several coaches of the New England Center for Circus Arts met with a 3rd party representing the board, Gordon Bristol, in an attempt to work out an agreement for going forward.
Act 46 Meeting Agenda and Minutes
ACT 46 STUDY COMMITTEE Representing the Brattleboro Town School District, Dummerston Town School District, Guilford Town School District, Putney Town School District and the Vernon Town School District
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Selectboard Meeting Notes: Brother, Can You Spare A Circus School?
Big news, not from the board but from the public, at the most recent Brattleboro Selectboard meeting: there is internal turmoil that threatens NECCA, the New England Center for Circus Arts. Founders were forced out, and resignations of board and staff followed. More fallout is expected.
Town Manager Peter Elwell Interview – Part 3: Brattleboro and the Future
We continue our series of occasional interviews with Town Manager Peter Elwell with some general questions about towns and governing. This time, we look at “the future.”
Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes – July 11, 2017
A discussion of issues related to panhandling in Brattleboro is scheduled for the next meeting of the Selectboard. It is likely to be a starting point for the board, as no definitive action is being proposed.
10 Overdoses
According to Mark Carignan of the Brattleboro Police, officers have been at the scene of 10 overdoses in about 24 hours.
Brattleboro Goes Fourth – A Review
Hats off and a big thanks to the organizers and donors that made Brattleboro Goes Fourth happen this year. It was in many ways a perfect Independence Day.
Plastics, and Recycling in Brattleboro
Brattleboro is about to change from dual stream to single stream recycling on July 3. The Town of Brattleboro sent out a postcard with a reminder of this date, and a reminder that another big change is coming: plastics 1-7 will now be collected.
