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Hi, all. Has anyone else had a VW Jetta with electrical problems? ie, the headlights come on by themselves, or the daytime running lights, or the plate light, or the seat belt warning comes on when you are buckled in. How did you resolve it, where did you take the car for repair? What did you pay? Were you satisfied with the repair work? Thanks.
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May 10 Ranch Chicken
Rice Pilaf
Broccoli
Peaches
The fourth installment of the 2020 Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes will be due on May 17, 2021 by 5:00 PM. Payments made after May 17, 2020 will have an additional 1% interest, as well as an 8% penalty added to the unpaid balance.
The Town of Brattleboro utility bills are also due on May 17, 2021. Payments made after May 17, 2021 will have an additional 1% interest, as well as an 8% penalty, added to the unpaid balance.
Brattleboro VFW Breakfast special for Wednesday May 12th will be a waffle with strawberries and whipped cream for $5.50. Breakfast is served from 6am-10am. Public welcome, as are to-go’s.
$7 lunch special for Thursday May 13th will be chicken fettucine alfredo with a salad.
$7 lunch special for Friday May 14th will be goulash with a salad.
Vermont dogs and wolf-hybrids 6 months of age and older must be licensed per Title 20, Section 3581(c) of Vermont State Statutes. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all licenses being renewed must be processed through the mail or online at www.brattleboro.org. Alternatively, you may drop your payment and forms in the Town Business drop box in the Municipal Parking lot, attached to the wooden light pole.
Vaccination against rabies is required by Vermont Statutes before licensing. A current vaccination means:
Americans and others in the wealthiest countries may only have temporary protection against COVID unless there is more of a worldwide effort to vaccinate people in poorer countries. The science tells us that the longer the virus thrives and is able to mutate in countries with low vaccination rates the more the character of the pandemic changes.
The U.S. and other wealthy countries have hoarded millions of doses of vaccine and that has proven to be a very short-sighted way to deal with a pandemic. There are few places on the globe not affected by COVID and that means that we have to accept the fact that control of the virus depends on global cooperation. The needed level of cooperation has been slow to evolve.
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu May 3 to May 7
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May 3 Baked Stuffed Shells
Ratatouille
Garlic Bread
Mandarin Oranges
Vermont grants for barn stabilization and restoration. Be sure to see the manual before starting your project, because to be eligible the project may not have been started before the application was submitted.
Application:
For those keeping track, it’s now May 2021, and we continue daily COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro. Scroll down the new comments for the latest.
The Windham County Humane Society had this story in their most recent newsletter. Interesting project regarding the community cats of Elliot Street in downtown Brattleboro.
When we received a call from Brattleboro Animal Control Officer Cathy Barrows about a colony of community cats, we got straight to work. The first request from the property owner was that we come trap all of the cats and move them. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of people clamoring for cats that you can’t touch and who won’t sit in your lap.
The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road will be serving hand made burgers, hot dogs, fries and chicken wings from noon to 6 pm the following Saturdays in May : 1st, 8th, 22nd and 29th. Yes, we are opening earlier for those Saturdays instead of at 2 pm. Open to the public for the food. Masks, social distancing, and contact tracing rules are still in place.
May 15th is our lasagna to go meal for $12. For $12, you will get lasagna, garlic bread, salad and chocolate cream pie. To-go or dine in (Dine in is allowed as of this moment, but keep in mind COVID can change everything at the last minute.) When calling in for reservations, please let us know if you are dining in or getting a to-go, time for your meal, type of salad dressing, and amount of meals needed. (Just tell us everything!)
We were sorry to hear that our buddy Steve, long time resident and “howdy neighbor” of Upper Forest Street, has passed away. He was 80 years old and died of complications of a stroke.
When we lived on Cedar Street, we used to walk by his house all the time on our way to my mother’s or to Main Street. His place was always interesting. He had a cute little cat for many years that looked a bit like a miniature raccoon. He had a stone wall out front that he decorated with little plastic figurines. Some of them — the little pink teddy bear, for instance — were added by passers-by such as myself. I always got a kick out of his Beware of Falling Acorns sign too.
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu April 26 to April 30
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Apr. 26 Glazed Ham
Au Gratin Potato
Roasted Zucchini
Kiwis
Breakfast at the Brattleboro VFW every Wednesday and Saturday from 6 am – 10 am. Public welcome for our meals!
Lunch is served Thursdays and Fridays from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm.
Wednesday breakfast special for April 28th will be three slices of Texas French Toast with real maple syrup for $5.50
Lunch special for Thursday the 29th will be stuffed chicken breast, baked potato, gravy, cauliflower and a roll
Dessert for that day will be a peach cake with homemade brown sugar frosting for $2.50 a slab while supplies last.
As a sometime reader of Counterpunch, I occasionally run across items of local interest. This time, it’s an article highlighting a voice iBrattleboro readers know well — Vermont-chapter AFL-CIO President David Van Deusen. Van Deusen has been posting articles on iBrattleboro about local labor issues, and I’ve always been surprised by how refreshingly “left” this union rep sounds — why he’s almost a firebrand! Which is why I was unsurprised to learn that not everyone finds his labor radicalism so appealing.
The article, entitled “Why is AFL-CIO So Worried About Its Vermont Affiliate?” details recent friction between Vermont’s local chapter of the AFL-CIO and the national leadership of the parent organization. It all stems from a local resolution to call for a general strike if there was any protracted attempt on the part of the Right to keep Trump in office illegally.
Our next Brattleboro VFW Saturday meal will be offered May 15th. For $12, you will get lasagna, garlic bread, salad and chocolate cream pie. To-go or dine in (Dine in is allowed as of this moment, but keep in mind COVID can change everything at the last minute.) When calling in for reservations, please let us know if you are dining in or getting a to-go, time for your meal, type of salad dressing, and amount of meals needed. (Just tell us everything!) Open to the public. Pick up times between 4pm-6pm.
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Apr. 19 Beef Stew over Biscuit
Baked Potato
Peas
Tropical Fruit
Breakfast at the Brattleboro VFW every Wednesday and Saturday from 6 am – 10 am.
Breakfast special for April 21st will be a 3 egg meat lover’s omelette w/bacon, ham and sausage, and toast for $7.50.
$7 lunch special for Thursday April 22nd is spaghetti w/ homemade meatballs, salad and garlic bread.
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu April 5 to April 9
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Apr. 5 BBQ Chicken
Baked Beans
Corn
Tropical Fruit
Youth Services has once again created a downloadable spreadsheet of all camps in Windham County as a service to area families.
“Our Summer Camp Listing gives parents and grandparents a listing of all the options in one convenient location,” notes Russell Bradbury-Carlin, Youth Services’ Executive Director. “We’ve been doing this for years as a service to local families.”
