I just noticed my favorite pair of jeans has a three-inch tear in the backside, and I want the sleeves of a favorite t-shirt removed. Kat is unwilling, and there seems to be no other place in town, instead being referred to Keene or Massachusetts.
Any help out there?
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU
June 7 Quiche Lorraine
Rice Pilaf
Asparagus
Apple
” WHAT IS NEW TODAY
• Effective today, the Selectboard has terminated the Townwide emergency order that required face coverings to be worn inside all facilities (public, private, and non-profit) where the public is invited. Individual organizations and building owners can still require face coverings at their own facilities.
The Town of Brattleboro thanks everyone for complying with the Townwide “mask order” during the 54 weeks that it was in effect.
• The public may now enter the Gibson Aiken Center without an appointment.
The number of spectators is still limited for indoor programs. Masks are still required at all times while in the building.
• At this time, masks are still required inside all Town of Brattleboro government facilities. “
” WHAT IS NEW TODAY
• Effective today, the Selectboard has terminated the Townwide emergency order that required face coverings to be worn inside all facilities (public, private, and non-profit) where the public is invited. Individual organizations and building owners can still require face coverings at their own facilities.
The Town of Brattleboro thanks everyone for complying with the Townwide “mask order” during the 54 weeks that it was in effect.
• The public may now enter the Gibson Aiken Center without an appointment.
The number of spectators is still limited for indoor programs. Masks are still required at all times while in the building.
• At this time, masks are still required inside all Town of Brattleboro government facilities. “
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – David Schoales, Board Chair
II. COMMUNICATIONS
III. CONSENT AGENDA
• CLERK’S REPORT – Approval of Minutes – May 25, 2021
Agenda
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Academy School Addition project
Construction Bidder Prequalification recommendation from the Selection Committee to be reviewed by the Board
Due to additional necessary work, the closure of the lower floor of the Brattleboro Transportation Center will be extended until Saturday, June 11, 2021. The Brattleboro Transportation Center was due to open on Saturday, June 5, 2021, but due to the additional work the closure has been extended. The Flat Street entrance/exit to the Transportation Center will be closed to all traffic. Vehicles will be allowed to enter and exit through the Elliot Street entrance only.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
DMI Paving (a contractor of the town) will be paving Western Avenue between Orchard Street and the Academy School. The work will take place overnight on Monday, June 7 between 6pm and 6am. There will be alternating traffic in the area during these hours. Motorists should expect delays in the area and seek alternate routes.
The US Fish & Wildlife Service is proposing that hunting bears with hounds be made legal on the Putney Mountain Unit of the Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge.
The deadline for public comment is July 5th
1. Call to Order
2. Agenda Review
3. Approve minutes
4. Announcements 1a. Town webpage
5. Reports: 5a) Subcommittee on Survey 5b) Subcommittee on Internal Rules
Brattleboro VFW Post #1034 was proud to be a drop off point for Operation Homefront’s Star Spangled Babies Shower. Operation Homefront is a nonprofit that assists low-income military families. The Vermont National Guard is facing its biggest deployment in 15 years, where service members are leaving behind their families for a year or longer. A lot of the family members left behind are new mothers and some are first-time mothers.
6:00-6:05 Call to order
6:05-7:10 Announcements
6:10 -6:15 Approve Minutes of May 10, 2021
6:15 – 7:15 Downtown Plan – https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/68e5f8b5d6504c808db00854bbd8e2cb
1. Overview of Key Concepts
2. Discussion of top aspects to advocate for
3. Public Roll Out
Once a year we have a day to remind us of those who have given their lives for this country as well as those we have lost over the years. When you reach a certain point in your life you experience more and more memorial days throughout the year.
Youth and growth is all about gain. We grow physically and our hopes expand into new realities as we create a career path and start to define our lives by relationships. We meet new people and we see the possibilities for making ourselves and the world a better place.
The Brattleboro Selectboard approved a plan to let Brattleboro Police switch from an understaffed three shift system to a two shift system that will reduce hours and stress. Brattleboro will go without patrol staff for certain hours of the week.
The water treatment plant is going ahead with approval of a firm to build the new plant, despite a bad reference and previous bad town experiences with the company. The local mask mandate will be lifted on Friday. And State Senator Becca Balint described the huge piles of money coming to Vermont in the near future.
T’is June 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.
Blog88.org is my last dance, for which death must stop and wait.
On May 29, 2021, at about the same time that my mother gave birth to me 76 years ago, my wish to give birth to my new baby, Blog88.org, was fulfilled. As promised, 4 new stories appeared, not previously included in the earlier “Sneak Preview” version:
1. Remembering Wally White and Faith Ministries, originally published in the Religion Section of the December 19-20 Weekend Brattleboro Reformer is our lead story.
Monday, May 31, 2021
4:00 am Ideas for the Future of Vermont – Renew Civic Engagement & Strengthen Trust (Ep. 10)
5:00 am Ideas for the Future of Vermont – Protecting The Working Landscape (Ep 9)
6:00 am Indigenous Peoples Day – Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration Part 2 – 2020
7:50 am Southern Vermont Live Music – Single 8 by MOD from Gallery Walk May 7, 2021
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Groundworks Collaborative – Camp For a Cause
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU
May 31 CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY
June 1 Ravioli w/Meat Sauce
Spinach & Tomato
Garlic Bread
Chocolate Pudding w/Mangoes
DESCRIPTION:
Humankind is in an ugly period of suffering in the bloody hands of imbecilic investors in war, who own the American government and media and who cannot stop themselves from planning war, even terminal nuclear war, since they know that wars make money. Their funded elected politicians and media praise war on Memorial Day.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will take up matters relating to COVID at their next regular meeting. State Senator Becca Balint will give an update on ARPA and other funding sources, the board will discuss what to do about the mask order in town, they’ll talk about in-person meeting possibilities. and whether to continue deferring Small Business Loans.
Hiring a firm to help find Brattleboro a new Town Manager is up for discussion, as will approving a nearly $12 million big to build a new water treatment plant. You can bring up other items not on the agenda, and/or ask for your $12 million, during public participation.
