News and information sections, from near to far
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at 4:00pm at Brattleboro Savings & Loan (221 Main Street) in the meeting room. NOTE the change in location for this meeting.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Arts Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at 4:00pm at the Latchis Theatre (50 Main Street) in the main theatre. NOTE the change in location for this meeting.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The next monthly meeting of the West Brattleboro Association (WBA) will be preceded by a potluck supper held at the home of Tom and Cecile French, 123 Juniper Ridge Road, on Thursday, November 12, at 5:30 PM. Members of the WBA and guests including West B residents and business owners are invited to bring something to share with their neighbors and join in the meeting afterward.
After a review of the treasury report and updates on the status of welcome signs and the outdoor cinema initiative, the WBA will talk about having their annual Holiday Party in December.
Initiating a West B Welcoming Letter will also be on the agenda in addition to discussion about whether to and, if so, how to seek new money to support the Neighborhoods Fund.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will be holding a big party Tuesday night. Just kidding. They will be holding a special meeting to begin discussion of the FY17 Budget, and to quite possibly adopt new Land Use Regulations for the Town of Brattleboro, an event that last occured in the 1980s. So perhaps there will be a party of some sort.
You are encouraged, invited, summoned, requested, asked, appealled for, solicited, incited, provoked and generally called forth into attending this meeting and expressing your views on these and other matters.
A few atypical work items were undertaken by the Brattleboro Selectboard at Tuesday’s meeting. These are things that boards do, but just not that often.
The board bought and sold property, announced a new library director, held a close-out hearing on a Brooks House grant that got a bit heated, and contemplated long-term strategies for staffing and economic development. Plans for public meetings on the Police-Fire project’s latest form were also set, and more.
PRESS RELEASE
Date of Incident: 11/02/15
Location of Incident: Hinesburg Road
Nature of Call: Reported basement fire
Time Reported: 5:14pm
Time Under Control: 6:03pm
Number of Alarms and Times Upgraded: 2nd alarm transmitted @ 5:26pm
On Thursday, November 5, Route 30 under I-91 will be closed from approximately 6:00AM to 8:00 PM to ensure the safety of the traveling public when we pour concrete for the new bridge in a location above Route 30.
Cindy Cook
Principal, Adamant Accord, Inc.
Past Vice President, Association for Conflict Resolution
The Route 30 closure under I-91 that was scheduled for Wednesday has been rescheduled to Thursday or Friday. We will get a notice out as soon as we know which day will work. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Cindy Cook
Principal, Adamant Accord, Inc.
Past Vice President, Association for Conflict Resolution
On Wednesday, November 4, the section of Route 30 immediately under 1-91 will be closed from approximately 5:00AM to 8:00 PM to ensure the safety of the traveling public when we pour concrete for the new bridge above Route 30. This work is weather dependent, and may need to be rescheduled.
Cindy Cook
Principal, Adamant Accord, Inc.
Past Vice President, Association for Conflict Resolution
At their first Tuesday meeting in November, the Brattleboro Selectboard will consider overfilling the police department staff positions in an effort to help better retain and recruit new police officers.
The board will have some land transactions to undertake, will annouce committee vacancies, re-annouce meeting dates, and will have a discussion of economic development strategy. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation at the start of the meeting.
Watch on BCTV and read about it all here after the meeting.
The Brattleboro Regional Economic Hub Study Group will meet on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 6:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Review Committee will meet on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 6:30pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center. It is anticipated that the Committee will enter into executive session at 6:30pm to discuss records exempt from access to public records.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Energy Committee will meet on Monday, November 2, 2015 at 5:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
We will schedule two single-day closures of Route 30 in the immediate vicinity of I-91 in November– one the week of November 1 and another in mid-November. These closures are to ensure public safety as we conduct work on the new bridge above Route 30.
I-91
Northbound I-91 traffic has been relocated onto the southbound bridge. Traffic will remain reduced to one lane in each direction on I-91 until completion of the new bridge. The new bridge will be 104’ wide and is designed to carry all four lanes of traffic –two northbound and two southbound.
Reminder: On Friday, October 30, Route 30 will be closed from approximately 5:00AM to 8:00 PM to ensure the safety of the traveling public when we pour concrete for the new bridge in a location above Route 30.
This work is weather dependent, and may need to be rescheduled, if inclement weather prevents a concrete pour on Friday.
Cindy Cook
Principal, Adamant Accord, Inc.
Past Vice President, Association for Conflict Resolution
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Wednesday, November 4, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Public input was a main theme of a long meeting of few agenda items Tuesday night.
The public is called upon for input to the police and fire facilities question once again. The public is invited to weigh in on upcoming budget discussions. And the public had some feedback at the meeting regarding Brattleboro’s new land use regulations.
The board also heard a monthly finance report and approved of some EPA brownfield grant related matters. Read on for all the details.
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Congratulations to our Brattorama Winners! We had 32 Putney Road establishments participate in our first-ever Brattorama Game, in celebration of our new completely solar-powered branch in Black Mountain Square.
More than 90% of players picked up their game boards in the new branch, and we were glad to make the acquaintance of many new people, including our winners below! We awarded 25 prizes from various Brattleboro businesses, plus a grand prize of a $1,000 Savings CD from BS&L! Is your name among the winners? Feel free to share this news and tout your good fortune!
Grand Prize Winner:
Margaret Ingram, $1,000 Savings CD
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