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DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Unofficial Election Results

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:24:08 +0000

Town of Guilford, Vermont 2026 Town Meeting Australian Ballot
Unofficial Results
Polling March 3

Town Offices:

Town Lister 3-Year Term
Shaun Murphy 411

Selectboard 3-Year Term
Kimberly M. Frost […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Center Stage Announces 2026 Season

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 21:36:13 +0000

Guilford Center Stage enters its second decade with the traditional spring and fall productions at Broad Brook Community Center.

The 2026 season opens the first weekend in May with “Shorts,” a program of sma […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, A Moment for John Carnahan

Fri, 09 May 2025 23:52:00 +0000

I first knew of him as a district court judge, when, soon after moving to Vt, I was on a jury and he presided. He was often in attendance at Friends of Music at Guilford events; I was the organization’s […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Unofficial Polling Results

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:29:14 +0000

Town of Guilford, Vermont 2025 Town Meeting Australian Ballot
Unofficial Results

Selectboard 3-Year Term
Sheila Morse 358
Tammy Sargent 237

Selectboard 2-Year Term
Tara Cheney 395
Dolores Clark […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Sunday "Love Letters" Cancelled by Weather Forecast

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 02:02:36 +0000

Guilford Center Stage is cancelling the Sunday, Feb 16, matinee of the play “Love Letters”. Ticket holders for that performance are welcome to attend either of the other 2 shows (Fri 14 and Sat 15 at 7:30 pm.) For […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Unofficial Election Results

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:51:10 +0000

Town of Guilford, Vermont — 2024 General Election — Local Unofficial Results
Guilford turned out: 1400 voted, of 1830 on the voter checklist.

State Senator (Guilford Totals Only) Windham 1 (Guilford Total Onl […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, A Bit More About the Next Guilford Play

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:26:49 +0000

People have been asking Guilford Center Stage about our upcoming play, as both the playwright and the play will be new to our audience.

We were chatting with a high school teacher, Marc Considine, way up in […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Brattleboro, Dummerston, Putney and Guilford School Director Recount Likely

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 23:54:34 +0000

A re-count when a winning candidate polls just 2 votes ahead of the candidate who thus loses makes sense, but, as reported in the media, there was an error on the Dummerston ballot in this election: As officially […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Unofficial Election Results

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:20:13 +0000

Town of Guilford
Australian Ballot — March 5, 2024

Unofficial Results

Total 619 Local Ballots Cast

*elected

Selectman 2 Year:
Steven Pritchard 219
*Zon Eastes 373

Selectman 3 Year
Hannah T […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Pre-Town Meeting Tuesday

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:15:49 +0000

Broad Brook Grange, in collaboration with the Guilford Selectboard, will hold the annual Pre-Town Meeting on Tuesday, February 27, at 6:30 pm, live. The event will be live-streamed on BCTV, but those interested in […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, WSESD Candidates Welcome at Guilford Pre-Town Meeting

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:42:22 +0000

Guilford’s Pre-Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 27, at 6:30 pm at Broad Brook Community Center. This is also the one opportunity for Guilford voters to meet and hear from candidates for local offices […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Center Stage 2024 Season

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:43:13 +0000

Guilford Center Stage will again this year be staging two productions, in the spring and fall of 2024, at Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford. These will be the 12th and 13th shows since the group was founded […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, WSESD Meetings - Change of Venue

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:07:30 +0000

I think I figured it out: the road in Dummerston on which the pubic school is located is “Schoolhouse Road” & the WSESD had its roving meeting there last time, so the central office simply transposed the name from […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, WSESD Meetings - Change of Venue

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:56:34 +0000

I like the idea of using this quainter name for what has prosaically been called simply “School Road” in Guilford

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, A Haunting Show at Guilford Center Stage

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:00:08 +0000

Guilford Center Stage’s first autumn production in four years brings Haunts of the Season to the stage at Broad Brook Community Center on October 20-22. Shows are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sunday at 2:00 p […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, New Orleans Brass Band this Sunday in Guilford

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:46:20 +0000

The Celebration Brass Band of Southern Vermont and the Christ Church Guilford Society invite everyone to a free concert on the lawn of Christ Church on Route 5 in the Village of Algiers, this Sunday, September 10 […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Brass Band Concert Postponed

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 12:42:34 +0000

Christ Church Society sadly announces that the Celebration Brass Band concert scheduled for Sunday has been postponed due to a particularly wet weather forecast (even by the standards of the past week!)

Even […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, "Our Town" in Guilford Next Weekend

Mon, 01 May 2023 13:09:23 +0000

Guilford Center Stage will perform Thornton Wilder’s play, Our Town, at the Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford onFriday and Saturday, May 5 & 6, at 7:30 pm and Sunday, May 7 at 2:00 pm. Ian Hefele directs a […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Stage GoFundMe

Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:45:49 +0000

Guilford Center Stage announces a GoFundMe campaign to help improve the space it uses at Broad Brook Community Center, in Guilford. The fundraiser will continue the improvements achieved with the recent renovation […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, WSESD Should Report All Vote Totals

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:40:26 +0000

On the WSESD site is reported the unofficial results of the March 7 school director election. For the Brattleboro 3 Year term only the vote for Kimberly Price is reported, though Jaci Reynolds was also on the […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Election Results

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:56:07 +0000

Here are the Guilford Town Meeting Australian Ballot unofficial vote totals, from the Board of Civil Authority:

Selectboard 3 Year: Verandah Porche 413; Jason Herron 91. Selectboard 2 Year: Jaime Durham 52, […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Center Stage Announces Season

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:03:35 +0000

Guilford Center Stage returns, after a 3-year absence, with spring and fall productions of plays in its home at Broad Brook Community Center. COVID concerns cancelled the 2020 season, after which the former grange […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Vermont Public Disconnect Is Quite Obvious

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 22:02:51 +0000

Realizing not everyone on this site can receive good reception on all the alternative alternative public radio stations, but worth noting that the Vt one is not the only possible “local’ NPR outlet; Last I knew […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Unofficial JP Election Results

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:07:11 +0000

Town of Guilford: General Election Nov. 8, 2022 — Justice of the Peace Vote Totals. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS. Per Guilford Board of Civil Authority.

R= Republican, D = Democratic, I = Independent. * = one of 10 e […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Voters: Another New JP Ballot

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:00:04 +0000

Guilford voters will be receiving a new ballot in the mail for the Justice of the Peace election. The ballot will be mailed to every registered voter in town by Guilford town clerk, Penny Marine, following […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Hill Journey: October 12 Event on Poet William Mundell

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 19:29:29 +0000

I’m pleased to invite you to this free program at Brooks Memorial Library next Wednesday evening. This is a wrap-up of the Words Project, which has focused on Lucy Terry Prince, Royall and Mary Tyler, and Mary […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Voters Need to Request Ballot for Justice of Peace

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:51:44 +0000

Registered Guilford Voters,

Due to unexpected circumstances, the Justice of the Peace candidates were not submitted in time to be placed on the original ballot for the November 8, 2022, General Election. You […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Vermont Public What?

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 23:29:47 +0000

No, that variant doesn’t work, either. Often these “re-branding” incidents, like new logos, are cooked up by hired consultants; hope VPR didn’t actually spend $ coming up with this.

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Town Meeting Ballot Results

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:46:55 +0000

Here are unofficial Guilford Town Meeting ballot result highlights. In contested races for Selectboard: Michael Becker (421) was re-elected over Jason Herron (242) and Tara Cheney received 45 write-in votes; Zon […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Pre-Town Tonight Has Room for All

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:01:47 +0000

Contrary to earlier info, Guilford Pre-Town Meeting (tonight, Thursday, 7:00 pm) will be able to accommodate up to 500 participants. BCTV, which is managing the Zoom (and also providing live coverage on the […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, More Goals For The Brattleboro Selectboard To Consider

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 19:47:58 +0000

I do sorta hate to see our towns lose those quaint, non-functional positions. I recently had to give up my favorite such office in Guilford: Grand Juror. The State abolished it. The year the selectboard needed […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Pre-Town Meeting via Zoom Feb 18

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:54:26 +0000

Broad Brook Grange will hold its annual Pre-Town Meeting on Thursday, February 18, 7:00 pm. This year’s event will be online, via Zoom. Info on how to join the meeting is on the websites of Broad Brook Community C […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Music Festival Archives Online

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:33:14 +0000

As previously announced, Friends of Music at Guilford has had to cancel its annual Labor Day Weekend Festival due to COVID-19, the first time the event has not taken place in its 55-year history. However, […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, School Budget Vote Results?

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:42:02 +0000

I knew ibrattleboro would be first to report it (at least from my searching town & school district websites with no mention of it.)

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, School Budget Vote Results?

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 17:53:48 +0000

Wonder if the votes from yesterday’s WSESD School District Budget Vote have been tabulated (assume so) and might soon be reported? Often ibrattleboro is ahead of other media on these results.

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Vermont Cases of COVID-19, April 2020

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:12:00 +0000

Chris I like your format etc better than others so I am pleased if you continue into May. The only thing you don;t seem to have is # of new cases daily but I find since you leave all the past reports up that it’s […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Sugar on Snow Supper in Guilford March 7

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:14:11 +0000

Broad Brook Grange’s annual Sugar on Snow Supper will be held Saturday, March 7, at the Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford. The meal features ham, and the following homemade items: baked beans, deviled e […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Town Meeting includes Childcare & More!

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:01:38 +0000

GUILFORD TOWN MEETING INCLUDES CHILDCARE, LUNCH & MORE

The Town of Guilford will hold its annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 3 at the Guilford Central School gym. The Meeting will be convened at 10:00 am, at […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Windham Southeast School District Board and Committee Agendas

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:44:39 +0000

Well, irrelevant to the agenda. I was recently corrected because I spelled out “WSESD” as Windham South East School District. & that it’s supposed to be “Southeast.” But in that case shouldn’t the abbreviated […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Pre-Town Meeting Feb. 13

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 16:06:18 +0000

Broad Brook Grange will hold its annual Pre-Town Meeting on Thursday, February 13, 7:00 pm at the Broad Brook Community Center.

This is the only opportunity for voters to hear details of the articles which will […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Harris Hill Ski Jump Could See Trophy-Retiring Win Feb. 15-16

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 22:58:17 +0000

Hate to mention but it doesn’t seem very … wintry right now. I guess HH can bring in snow from somewhere, but any advance word on cold & a tiny blizzard? I’ve been missing real winter, actually.

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Guilford Play Seems Eerily Familiar

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:10:51 +0000

For its fall production, Guilford Center Stage will present a staged reading of”It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. There will be three performances October 18-20 at Broad Brook Community Center in G […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Brunch in Guilford for Father's Day -- This Sunday

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:31:56 +0000

Broad Brook Grange will present its 22nd annual Father’s Day Brunch on Sunday, June 16, 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 o […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Windham School Board Fights Back on Act 46 School Merger

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 13:39:06 +0000

Yes, towns throughout the state have been acquiescing; some, of course had particular situations where a merger made sense. But for those which wanted to retain their own town school boards, and whose citizens […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Windham School Board Fights Back on Act 46 School Merger

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:06:26 +0000

The opening sentence suggests that many of the Vermont towns that are being forced to merge, at some point voted (“reluctantly”) to merge. But in many cases Towns never did vote yes, tho are being merged, anyway. […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Election Results?

Thu, 23 May 2019 20:26:27 +0000

Those of us who are or have been engaged in this Act 46 saga, had expected low turnout and general lack of either interest or, in many cases, simply awareness that the process was unfolding. Having any kind of […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Election Results?

Wed, 22 May 2019 17:11:04 +0000

I spaced out: These vote totals are the combined votes for all 4 voting towns, not by town. So, taking, for example, the big vote getter, Kristina Naylor in Dummerston, with 523 votes: Those 523 voters were from […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Election Results?

Wed, 22 May 2019 14:57:39 +0000

When I left Guilford after working at the polls from 8 am til just before 2 pm, it had been really slow, so there must’ve been quite a rush in the final hours. The 500-600 reported for the 3 smaller towns is not […]

DonInGuilford commented on the post, Election Results?

Wed, 22 May 2019 14:03:37 +0000

I just got some intel on Brattleboro saying that Ricky Davidson did not get elected (so that suggests probably David did) & apparently Emily was elected. Nothing heard about the other towns, tho not much […]

DonInGuilford wrote a new post, Mothers Day Brunch Sunday in Guilford

Tue, 07 May 2019 13:10:56 +0000

Broad Brook Grange will present its 23rd annual Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 12, 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 o […]