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Brattleboro Passed a Budget. We Can Pass a Better One Next Time.

by IsaacEF | Op/Ed

Dear Neighbors,

This week Brattletboro passed a budget for the 12 months starting July 1. You can hear my thoughts (3-minute clip) on the budget here: https://www.youtube.com/live/YduOTj9stGs?feature=shared&t=1119

I supported the budget, and it passed Representative Town Meeting with flying colors (110-4, with about a dozen people abstaining). It represents compromise. We should look to the budgeting process for the following year, and time between now and then, to strengthen our Town’s financial situation, with an eye out for generations to come.

Brattleboro Goes Fourth Seeking Parade Entries

by BrattGoesFourth | Town News

“By the People: Brattleboro Goes Fourth” is seeking parade participants as it prepares to celebrate the town’s 52nd Independence Day event on Friday, July 4, 2025.

The all-volunteer citizens committee will begin the day at 10 a.m. with a parade from Flat Street to Main Street and the Common. The shorter route comes after requests from older marchers and challenges finding enough volunteers and public safety patrols to monitor a longer distance.

The Beehive Queen Brings Rock and Soul to Putney: Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez Perform June 21

by hahrenholz | Music

Next Stage’s Bandwagon Summer Series continues with a high-octane evening of music and soul as Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez take the stage on Saturday, June 21 at 6:00 pm at the Putney Inn Field, 57 Putney Landing Road, Putney. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the gate, and children under 12 are free. Food will be available from 802 Soul Kitchen, with more information and tickets at nextstagearts.org.

Known as “The Beehive Queen” for her signature mile-high platinum hairdo, Christine Ohlman is a powerhouse of American rock and soul. Best known as the longtime vocalist for NBC’s Saturday Night Live Band, she most recently appeared in the SNL 50th Anniversary telecast in February 2025. With her band, Rebel Montez, Ohlman brings her fiery energy and deep musical roots to the hills of Vermont for a family-friendly, can’t-miss performance.

Brattleboro Selectboard Meeting Agendas

by Not Signed In | Town News

The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Friday, May 30, 2025 at 12:00pm at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and over Zoom.  The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.”  Closed captioning will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.

The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday,  June 3, 2025 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and over Zoom.  Prior to the meeting the Board will meet at 5:45pm to hold committee interviews for the Development Review Board. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.”  ASL interpreters will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.  

Brattleboro Committee Meeting Warnings

by Not Signed In | Town News

The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission will meet on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room and over Zoom.

The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, May 5, 2025 at 4:15pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room.

Ten Million Lives At Risk

by RDavis | Activism

If the proposed budget that includes Medicaid cuts passes, ten million Americans will lose support that keeps them alive. Republicans in Washington are hiding behind the fraud and abuse mantra saying that their cuts will make the program run more efficiently. What they really want to do is to eliminate the program so that “those people” do not use up the money that the fat cats want more of. It’s that simple.

In Vermont 151,000 people, or 26% of the population, receive some degree of benefit from the Medicaid program. People will lose access to health care and medications. A lot of people will suffer and die if they lose this benefit. The politicians who vote for these cuts should be prosecuted for first degree murder when the first diabetic dies because he could not afford enough insulin to control his blood sugar.

Tim Weed on “Here We Are”

by Wendy O'Connell | Books

With a new award-winning novel just published, author Tim Weed talks about the many worlds of fiction, his outdoor adventures and leading international education programs through NatGeo and Putney Student Travel. “The Afterlife Project”book launch party is at NXT Stage on June 3 at 6pm.

How Do You Tell What People Are Interested In Right Now?

by CrisEricson2016 | Activism

How do you tell what people are interested in right now?

I posted a bunch of videos on YouTube, mostly made with free online text-to-video generators. To my surprise, people aren’t interested in Medicaid Funding, the River to the Sea, marijuana legalization, political corruption, twitch.tv, and there is some interest in live streaming games, then I quickly got over 950 “views” on a video about starting a new minor political party in Vermont.

Laughs Take Center Stage at Next Stage Arts with the Return of Vermont Comedy All Stars – June 20

by hahrenholz | Entertainment

PUTNEY, VT — Get ready to laugh until it hurts! On Friday, June 20 at 7:30 pm, Next Stage Arts will be shaking with laughter as Gordon Clark and his Vermont Comedy All Stars return for another unforgettable evening of stand-up comedy. This all-star lineup of local and regional talent is guaranteed to bring the house down in one of southern Vermont’s most cherished performance spaces.

Brattleboro 2024 Abstract Grand List & Scheduling of Grievance Hearings

by Not Signed In | Town News

Pursuant to title 32, Vermont Statutes Annotated, section 4111(g), “A person who feels aggrieved by the action of the Listers and desires to be heard by them, shall, on or before the day of the grievance meeting, file with them his or her objections in writing and may appear at such grievance meeting in person or by his or her agents or attorneys. Upon the hearing of such grievance the parties thereto may submit such documentary or sworn evidence as shall be pertinent thereto.”

The Town of Brattleboro Abstract Grand List will be lodged May 27, 2025.

Refuse the Real ID, The Real Reasons Why The Real ID Will Really Destroy America

by PeytonE | Activism

This interview will help you understand why we all would want to reject the Real ID now, and restore our drivers licenses to pre-real id status or use enhance drivers licenses.

https://rumble.com/v6twenn-digital-ids-the-real-danger.html?ck_subscriber_id=2400192912

I will not get into the fact that we have a constitutional right to travel absent a license as long as we are not doing commerce. This article is to help you understand the deeper agenda.

Watercolor Discoveries: A Show by Artists Working with Lynn Zimmerman

by ann.newsmith | Arts

Throughout the month of June, local artist and teacher Lynn Zimmerman presents Watercolor Discoveries, a group show of work by her students at the Crowell Gallery in Newfane. These 20 women artists, who have studied with Lynn in her online classes, will share a variety of paintings in watercolor. Most of the artists are local, although a few live elsewhere in the U.S. Each artist will share a discovery made while exploring this challenging and rewarding medium.

WSESU Board Meeting Minutes May 14, 2025

by Not Signed In | Education

Administrative Report – Mark spoke of the ongoing development of the district’s pre-K program.

The Oak Grove pre-K will move to the Canal Street facility giving more opportunities for collaboration and teamwork as well as a specialized program for intensive behavior which may reduce out of district placements. We are in the beginning phase of this new project with an expected start date of the fall. Open house tomorrow night 4-6 pm. Mark gave thanks to Mary Kaufmann for her work on both the intensive services program and the Pre-K.