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BCTV Schedules Week of August 24, 2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 8/24/20

Monday, August 24, 2020

4:30 am The Mural – A Film by Matt Kelly – The Mural – A Film by Matt Kelly
6:30 am The World Fusion Show – EP 82 – The Senagal-America Project
7:00 am Home Funerals Green Burials – A Windham County Story
7:12 am Doing Life – 199 – Do Not Be Intimidated
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

BCTV Schedules – Week of August 17. 2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 8/17/20

Monday, August 17, 2020

4:19 am Windham County COVID-19 Recovery Forum – Child Care and Family Care 7/23/20
5:45 am Windham County COVID-19 Recovery Forum – Closing Summary 7/23/20
6:05 am All Things LGBTQ – Interview Show 8/4/20
7:00 am Heartline Ministries – Jesus Came to Be King
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

BCTV Schedules – Week of August 10, 2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 8/10/20

Monday, August 10, 2020

4:00 am Taconic Music Summer Concert Series – 7/18/20
5:00 am Brattleboro Rallies – BUHS AWARE GROUP RALLY IN PROTEST OF POLICE BRUTALITY
5:25 am Veterans Events – Memorial Day – Monuments and Cemeteries of Brattleboro 2020
6:05 am Vote for Vermont – Military Burn Pit Exposure
6:30 am Slow Living Summit – Finance Farming 6/9/20

Beirut Explosion

by tomaidh | Sci-Tech

From Wikipedia:

Ammonium nitrate is a white crystalline solid consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is predominantly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer and is readily available.

Its other major use is as a component of explosive mixtures used in mining, quarrying, and civil construction.

BCTV Schedules – Week of August 3, 2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 8/3/20

Monday, August 3, 2020

4:00 am Taconic Music Summer Concert Series – 7/11/20 Concert
5:00 am Vote for Vermont – Linda Joy Sullivan
6:00 am St. Michael of Brattleboro Catholic Mass – Mass from this Sunday
7:00 am PR Benefits – Episode 10 – Barb Harris and Sharon Kreherp
7:30 am The Quarantine Sessions from Next Stage Arts – Sunny Lowdown

Vermont School Re-Opening Date Is Tuesday, September, 8, 2020

by Not Signed In | Education

Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott has signed a Directive officially setting Tuesday, September 8 as the universal reopening date for Vermont schools.

“Schools should take this extra time to make sure systems are ready and effective, so we can deliver for our children, and build confidence in the public education system’s ability to be flexible and responsive,” said Governor Scott. “I know none of this has been easy, and I appreciate and have faith in educators and school boards, because I know they are 100% committed to giving kids the educational opportunities and support they need.”

Originally announced on Tuesday, the directive requires all public and independent schools to open for in-person or remote instruction on September 8, with an exception for schools primarily serving students with disabilities, which can restart operations prior to September 8. The Secretary of Education will have oversight and authority in the implementation of the order and local school officials and governing bodies are required to consult with, and abide by, the direction of the Secretary of Education.

BCTV Schedules – Week of July 27, 2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 7/27/20

Monday, July 27, 2020

4:00 am Mr. Scammer – T.J. Donovan
4:30 am Northgate TV – Gentle Yoga 1 with Emily
5:00 am Slow Living Summit – Sandra Steingarner 6/5/20
6:32 am Slow Living Summit – Coop Ownership 6/10/20
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

The Evolution of the Brattleboro Colonel

by cgrotke | History
Colonels 1958

The Brattleboro Colonels’ mascot is again being questioned. As it currently exists, it is a cartoonish characterization of a southern colonel, along the lines of something you’d see at a fried chicken franchise. It should be retired and replaced.

That said, the current version is not quite what was originally intended.

Joe Rivers, local history teacher and a president of the Brattleboro Historical Society, explained that for the first half of the high school’s existence there was no sports team name or mascot. “When the school was located in what is now the municipal center the sports teams were just known as Brattleboro. The sports editors assigned nicknames, often associated with the last name of their coach, but there was not an official name until 1950.”

BCTV Schedules – Week of July 20, 2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 7/20/20

Monday, July 20, 2020

4:15 am Somerville Museum – Reading Frederick Douglass Together
5:00 am Slow Living Summit – Sandra Steingarner 6/5/20
6:32 am Heartline Ministries – Adoption Part 2
7:30 am The News Project – Press Pass – 7/1/20
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

FOMAG Cancels Guilford Labor Day Music Festival

by BusyMom | Music

Friends of Music at Guilford regretfully announces the cancellation of its annual Labor Day Weekend Festival due to the COVID pandemic.

Traditionally, the two-concert event includes a Saturday evening organ program, and a Sunday afternoon lawn concert at the Organ Barn in Guilford, featuring the Guilford Festival Orchestra. The organ concert highlights Friends of Music’s 1897 “tracker-action” pipe organ, which was installed in the barn in 1964 by late organist A. Graham Down, founder of the annual event.

In making the announcement, Friends of Music president Jenifer Ambler noted that this is the first time the event has been cancelled in its 55-year history. “The organ program, being indoors, has always gone ahead, no matter the weather,” Ambler said. “The barn is too small, however, for our 45-piece orchestra and the several hundred folks in our audience, so on a handful of occasions the orchestral program has been moved by rain to either Guilford Central School or Broad Brook Community Center. But this is our first-ever cancellation.”

The Business of America

by tomaidh | History

President Calvin Coolidge once said “The business of America is business”. He really meant it. Everything else is window dressing.

There’s an elite class of business people who control things (and have forever). Their interests dominate all others. They can’t be voted out. (Most of them work behind the scenes and hold no office at all). Money is speech. All we can do is roll with the punches.