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Future Shock in Upstate New York – A Visit to the Real World

by Lise | Travel

Recently, C and I shuffled off to Buffalo for a short visit with family. Leaving Brattleboro is always an adventure, partly because we hardly ever do it and never know what we’ll find out there. This time, it seemed as though everywhere you looked, the future was being installed, and folks, it wasn’t pretty. In fact, it was almost scary.

Our first jolt of the new normal came in the outer Albany area where we’ve been stopping at McDonald’s for years for a quick bite before we hit the Thruway. This time, there was only one young woman at the counter with maybe 5 or 6 customers in the lobby.

VFW $10 All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet Sun. May 20th

by Not Signed In | Food

The Brattleboro VFW Post #1034 will be having a $10 All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet Sunday May 20th from 8 am – 10:30 am.

Bacon, ham, homemade sausage gravy w/ biscuits, fried potatoes, homemade pancakes w/ real maple syrup, scrambled eggs, fried onions n’ peppers, and blueberry muffins. Coffee, tea and juice included in price.

VFW Lunch Specials 5-14 to 5-18 Open to the Public

by Not Signed In | Food

The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438

Mon – fried chicken breast sandwich w/ mashed potato & veg

Tues – shepherd’s pie w/ salad

Bouncing Baby Brattleboro Squirrels

by cgrotke | Nature

I had an exciting squirrel Friday. It turns out that “our” squirrel – the one that hops over to say hello to us – is a female. And she’s a new mom, too!

Friday afternoon, one of her youngsters made the daring decision to follow her out of the nest for the very first time. It watched her hop to a branch, and did the same.

For the next three or four hours, the little squirrel alternated between sitting very carefully on the branch, and trying out some squirrel skills. Mom squirrel helped a bit, but also was tough and made the little one try things on its own.

Climate Change Cafe Workshop: Healing Our Divisions and Biases and Unifying Our Movements

by Brooks Memorial Library | Living

Healing Our Divisions and Biases and Unifying Our Movements

Join the Climate Change Cafe on May 22nd at 7 pm for a FREE talk and workshop with Sherri Mitchell. This will be a special event held in the Main Reading Room, downstairs.

This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to look at the divisions and biases, including hidden biases, that have been built into our societies and ideologies. Participants will look at the divisions created by our shared history, the biases informed by that history, and the ways that they prevent us from joining our movements, with special emphasis on how colonization has impacted our thinking and the ways that we engage one another and the world around us.

Mother’s Day Brunch in Guilford

by DonInGuilford | Food

Broad Brook Grange will present its 22nd annual Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 13, from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford.

 The all-you-can-eat brunch features eggs and omelettes, any style, made to order. Also on the menu are pancakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and home fries, with Guilford maple syrup. Other treats include home-baked coffee cakes and other baked goods, fresh fruit salad, and bread for toasting. A selection of juices will be available, along with coffee, teas and milk.

VFW $6 Lunch Specials 5-7 to 5-11 Open to the Public

by Not Signed In | Food

The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438

Mon – liver & onions w/ mashed potato & veg

Tues – burger and hot dog w/ german potato salad

Wed – chicken & asparagus pasta

Call Bernie: Crisis upon Crisis and War in Gaza

by Kurt Daims | Activism

On Sunday Norman Finkelstein spoke at the First Baptist Church about the inhumane conditions in the Israeli-controlled Gaza Strip and the terrible slaughter and war that are imminent.

Israel has managed an effective media black-out about the conditions in Gaza, which has been condemned by the UN and is virtually a death camp. The thousands of Palestinians gathering near the fences of Israel may sacrifice themselves to show their desperation to an un-hearing world. They will storm the fences of Israel on the 14th of this month, Nakba Day, which commemorates the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland during the Israeli war for independence in 1948.

VFW $6 Lunch Specials Open to the Public 4-30 to 5-4

by Not Signed In | Food

The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438.

Mon – chicken parmesan grinder w/ onion rings

Tues – pulled pork sandwich w/ coleslaw & macaroni salad

Wed – lasagna w/ salad & garlic bread

Gematria and Abbiati Monuments

by pockets | Activism

Everywhere I go see a coincidence of numbers. Everyday many people drive or walk by Abbiati Monuments.  Abbiati=26 in English Reduction. Abbiati supplies the headstones for a grave. Grave=26 in English Reduction. The grave is located in the graveyard. Graveyard=101 in English Ordinal. 101 is the 26th prime number. What do you find in a graves? bones=26 in Reverse Reduction. There are 206 bones in the adult body. 206 is 26 in numerology. Abbiati Monuments=70 in English Reduction (s=10) its located in Brattleboro. Brattleboro=70 in Reverse Reduction.

MamaSezz Hosting Free Plant-Based Beginners Class in Brattleboro 4/27

by Not Signed In | Health

If you ask Lisa Lorimer and Meg Donahue, eating a healthy plant-based diet should be easy. But that’s not often the case. There’s a lot of information and misinformation out there. On top of that, eating healthy seems time consuming to the beginner. It can feel like you have to spend your entire day meal prepping.

All of this led Lorimer and Donahue to start MamaSezz, the Brattleboro-based plant-based meal delivery company in 2016.  They deliver nutritious and fully cooked plant-based meals to their customers nationwide and now they’re offering free plant-based classes for anyone interested in reaping the benefits of plant-based eating but needs help getting started.

Opening For One Team for Wednesday Evening Soccer

by Not Signed In | Recreation & Sports

There’s an opening for one adult team in the Putney Soccer Club’s summer soccer league. We play 7v7 on small fields at SIT in Brattleboro. The games are on Wednesday evenings from May through August.

If you have a team, or can form one,  please contact RB Lawson at putneysoccerclub@gmail.com for more information.