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Brattleboro and VT COVID-19 Regional Dashboard Summary – October 2022

by cgrotke | Health

It is time for the October 2022 dashboard summary. We continue semi-regular COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro, as long as they continue providing them.  Scroll down the new comments for the latest.

Vermont and MA have very limited looks at what are going on these days, with weekly snapshots. NH attempt daily updates but doesn’t always give new totals. We try…. : )

Pierre Bensusan and Tim Sparks Acoustic Guitar Summit at Next Stage

by hahrenholz | Music

Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present an Acoustic Guitar Summit with guitar virtuosos Pierre Bensusan and Tim Sparks at Next Stage on Wednesday, October 26 at 7:00 pm. 

If World Music means the fusion of traditional, contemporary, jazz, classical, and pop music, then French-Algerian acoustic guitar legend, vocalist, and composer Pierre Bensusan is one of the most eloquent World Music musicians of our time.  Winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album “Encore,” voted Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader’s Poll, and winner of the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album, Pierre is recognized as one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century.  Since his first performances in 1974 in France, the “The Prince of DADGAD” has sold half a million albums and given thousands of concerts around the globe, both solo and through numerous collaborations.  “Pierre can only justly be compared to someone of the stature of Keith Jarrett; so total is his mastery of the solo instrument, his dazzling harmony, his many innovations, and his deft command of counterpoint, the jazz idiom, folk expression, and all genres between and beyond.” (Guitar Player Magazine)

Brattleboro Fire/EMS Survey

by RobertOeser | Op/Ed

The Brattleboro Fire Department (BFD) is currently undergoing a strategic planning process, facilitated by an independent consulting firm (AP Triton Consulting). A Sept 21 BFD press release, which you can find on the Brattleboro Town website brattleboro.org states the Department is ”developing an EMS [Emergency Medical Service] study and is seeking community input …. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 31. The Brattleboro Fire Department’s Community Survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/bfdcitizens”

There is a long history here that we all need to review.

An Election 2022 Special Event! How To Be An Informed Voter: Cutting through the Spin and Disinformation

by KateOC | Media

The public is invited to attend an Election 2022 workshop sponsored by the Media Mentoring Project. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 7pm via Zoom.

The program, How to be an Informed Voter: Cutting through the spin and disinformation, will explore the impact disinformation has on elections, how citizens can cut through the noise to find accurate and credible information about the candidates and the election process, and the role state officials and the media can play in protecting election integrity.

Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Review Committee Accepting Applications

by Not Signed In | Town News

The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Review Committee is accepting applications for FY24 Human Services Funding. The Application, as well as Instructions and Guidelines, are posted on the Brattleboro Town website – www.brattleboro.org. The deadline to submit applications to the Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office via e-mail is Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 5:00pm.

The information session regarding Human Services Funding is scheduled on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at 5:00pm at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street) in the Selectboard Meeting Room and by an online platform (to be determined and later posted on the Town of Brattleboro’s website).

Guilford Voters Need to Request Ballot for Justice of Peace

by DonInGuilford | Guilford

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 will not automatically receive this ballot, as you did with the original ballot. You must request this ballet if you plan to vote in advance. There are a number of contests for JP this time, so it is important to have full voter participation.

BCTV Schedules – Week of October 3, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

ATTENTION: BCTV channel 1075 is moving to channel 1079. Channel 1075 will no longer be BCTV as of October 27, 2022. 

BCTV Channel 1075 (1078) schedule for the week of 10/3/22

Monday, October 3, 2022

4:30 am Windham County Genealogy Interest Group – Military Records–Revolutionary Pension and Fold3 Database
6:30 am BCTV Annual Meeting – BCTV Members Meeting 2022
7:05 am Vote for Vermont – Manufactured Homes 3/31/22
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Ancestor Trouble with Maud Newton and Rebecca Donner 9/9/22

Ukraine’s European Lives Matter! Iraqi Vietnamese Asian MidEast African Latin Lives Didn’t!

by jay janson | Op/Ed

An Element of Racism?

While it would be expected for Western media to report fully on civilian life taken in the Ukraine by the military of US designated enemy Russia, and for CIA managed Western media[1] to avoid reporting civilian loss of life caused by US/NATO military throughout the Third World, people in Asia, Africa, MiddleEast and Latin America are surly noticing an element of racism with so much media attention given White European lives lost reminding them of the complete absence of compassionate media coverage of the millions of civilian lives lost by peoples of skin of various hues of color during the many US led neocolonialist wars in their nations since the Second World War.

Up First on the Nov. 8, 2022 Election Ballot in Vermont is Slavery!

by CrisEricson2016 | Op/Ed

Up first on the Nov. 8, 2022 election ballot in Vermont is Slavery!

Today I made a short video on the subject of modern day slavery. Taxes are taken out of your paycheck and sent to the I.R.S., then the U.S. Congress votes to give your hard earned money to corporations as billion dollar subsidies. The corporations sell products internationally and do NOT give us a share of THEIR profits even though we paid for their subsidies.

Brattleboro Selectboard October 4 Meeting Cancelled

by Not Signed In | Town News

In observance of the Yom Kippur holiday the 10-04-22 public Selectboard Meeting is cancelled. The public meeting has been rescheduled and the Board will meet at 6:15pm on 10-11-22. That meeting will be warned next Friday. However, the Selectboard will be meeting next week on 10-04-22 to meet in executive session only. That meeting will be warned later today.

Brattleboro Selectboard Special Meeting Agendas

by Not Signed In | Town News

The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 9:30am in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center. The Board will convene at 9:30am and is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The Board will reconvene after the executive session and immediately adjourn. No action will be taken.

The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 5:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center. The Board will convene at 5:15pm and is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The Board will reconvene after the executive session and immediately adjourn. No action will be taken.

Guilford Street Tree Removal

by Not Signed In | Town News

On Tuesday, October 4, Nichols Tree Care will be removing trees from Guilford Street in the area between Maple Street and the Small Fry Field.  The work will begin at 10:00 am.  There will be periods of alternating one-lane traffic while this work takes place.  Motorist should plan for delays and are encouraged to seek alternate routes.  

Theory Wellness Announces Expansion into Vermont Recreational Cannabis Market with Brattleboro Location

by Not Signed In | Business

Theory Wellness (“Theory” or “the Company”) has announced plans to enter the Vermont recreational cannabis market with a retail location in Brattleboro. The announcement comes on the eve of recreational cannabis sales, expected to begin as early as October 1st. Vermont will soon become the 3rd East Coast state to offer recreational cannabis sales.

The Pandemic is Not Over

by RDavis | Health

The pandemic is not over. Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you think that COVID is not still in the air and infecting and killing people you are not accepting reality. According to the CDC there 49,808 new cases a day, 353 deaths every day and 3737 hospitalizations every day.

Nearly 96 million Americans (an underestimate) have been infected with COVID, 1,051,389 Americans have died and there are currently 20,033 people now being treated in U.S. hospitals for severe cases of COVID. Those numbers have slowed over recent months but the disease is still very much with us and will most likely become something we have to deal with for a long time.

My wife and I have been extremely careful about respecting the power of COVID and up until two weeks ago we thought we would be able to avoid becoming infected. We have had two boosters and also the Omicron protective (third) booster. We wear masks in all indoor public places and try to avoid crowds.

Letter to Brattleboro Voters

by Not Signed In | Politics

Dear Brattleboro Voter,

For the November 8, 2022 General Election, you will be receiving an absentee ballot. The State of Vermont will be mailing these out during the week of September 26. This ballot will also contain on the reverse side the local Justice of the Peace ballot. I strongly urge you to review the ballot, make your choices, and return it to the Clerk’s Office as soon as possible. If you have not received your ballot by October 7, please contact our office at 802-251-8157 or townclerk@brattleboro.org. Otherwise, please wait for your ballot to arrive.