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Guilford Town Meeting includes Childcare & More!

by DonInGuilford | Uncategorized

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 which time polls will open for Australian balloting.

This year, balloting will take place both for local offices and for the U.S. Presidential Primary. Polls will close at 7:00 p.m.

Free childcare will be provided starting at 9:30 am, and continuing until 1:30 p.m. So that the providers will know about how many children to expect, it is requested that parents contact Laura Lawson Tucker ahead of time to give an idea of how many will be using the service.

BCTV Schedules Week of 2/24/20

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 2/24/20

Monday, February 24, 2020

5:00 am Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival – Northern Roots 2020
7:07 am 1st Wednesdays – Aly Richards – “Little Kids, Big Impact”
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Daily Episode
9:00 am Collegiate A Cappella Concert – 17th Annual A Cappella Concert 2/8/20
11:09 am Doing Life – 180 – Making Your Life Matter

Kipton Tewksbury is a Representative Town Meeting Candidate for District #2

by Kipton | Politics
Kipton Tewksbury

I have been a Town Meeting Rep for the past 3 years for District #2. I have been on 50 Vine Street since 2012. Before that we lived in Marlboro from 1993 – 2011. We lived at 395 Canal Street and on Frost Place since 1980.

I am an active member of Brattleboro Time Trade since 2012. I drive a Senior Meals on Wheels route twice a week in District 2. I was a member of the Human Services Review Committee this year. I have been involved with the Vermont Workers Center’s Health Care for All campaigns as a videographer. I have been a volunteer producer with Brattleboro Community Television since 2012.

Youth Vote?

by RobertOeser | Uncategorized

This Letter to Editor was written by Martha Healey-Nelson
Justice of the Peace and a member of the Board of Civil Authority and posted with permission

Many of you have marched in the streets; here is another way to change what matters to you. Have you ever been frustrated that your elders choose candidates? A barrier has been removed. Did you know that VT is one of 21 states allow underage voting in presidential primaries and 16 states allow it in congressional
primary voting?

Brattleboro VFW $6.50 Lunch Specials Open to the Public 2-24 to 2-28

by Not Signed In | Food

The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6.50 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438

Mon – country fried steak, mashed potato, veg

Candidate’s Statement: Wendy M. Levy, District 1 Town Meeting Representative

by Wendy M. Levy | Politics

Greetings fellow Brattleboro voters, especially my District 1 neighbors. I am on the ballot this year to represent District 1 at our annual town meeting, and I seek a two-year term.

If elected, this will be my return to RTM (Representative Town Meeting), although last year I was not elected.

How did that happen? During the District 1 caucus at the RTM informational meeting, I was appointed along with a handful of others. Why didn’t I get myself on the ballot? When it was time to petition to get on the ballot, I was still a reporter with The Commons newspaper, and journalists are ethically precluded from holding public office. I couldn’t even be the Weigher of Coal or the Viewer of Fences!

Legislative Efforts To Lower Prescription Drug Prices

by RDavis | Health

The political process is rarely proactive. When it comes to dealing with the obscene prices charged for prescription drugs politicians, both locally and nationally, have been too slow to react. People are suffering and dying while legislators and policymakers offer us little more than words.

Brattleboro Committee Meeting Warnings

by Not Signed In | Town News

The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee is meeting on Monday, February 24, 2020, at 5:00pm in the Mezzanine Meeting Room at Brooks Memorial Library.

The Brattleboro Citizen Police Communications Committee (CPCC) is meeting on Monday, February 24, 2020, at 5:30pm in the Meeting Room at Brooks Memorial Library.

Happy 17th, iBrattleboro

by cgrotke | iBrattleboro

Can you believe it? iBrattleboro’s been going for 17 years.  You’ve been people-powering journalism in Brattleboro for almost two decades.

This year, I leave it mostly to you to reflect on your accomplishments. (In addition to your thoughts, feel free to ask questions. We’ll answer anything today.)

Brattleboro Selectboard Candidate Interview – Oscar Heller

by cgrotke | Politics
oscar heller

Oscar Heller is running for a one-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard.

Tell everyone a bit about yourself… who are you?

My name is Oscar Heller. I’m a programmer and graphic designer with my own web design business called 10F Design. I serve on the energy committee and the finance committee, and I’m a town meeting rep for District 3. The energy committee played a big role in successfully convincing the Selectboard to create the new sustainability coordinator position, and I also served on the hiring committee for the position.

The Power of Incumbency

by tomaidh | Politics

Before the 2018 midterm elections, President Trump cited reports of a migrant caravan traveling to the U.S. from Central America to claim that the southern border was facing a national-security crisis.

Trump warned of a coming “invasion” and claimed that the caravan had been infiltrated by gang members.

Selectboard Meeting Notes: Fill Out Your Fast Internet Survey

by cgrotke | Town News
brattleboro selectboard feb 2020

The Brattleboro Selectboard heard about planning for one or more possible communications districts at their regular Tuesday meeting. Fiber might be coming to southern Vermont, depending on the results of a new survey everyone is encouraged to fill out and how applicable those results are to a business plan.

The Hazard Mitigation Plan was reviewed, liquor violators questioned, and reports given on a recent town governing day at the state level.

Brattleboro Parking Lot Snow Removal

by Not Signed In | Town News

The Town of Brattleboro would like to remind everyone that the snow emergency ban is in effect.  

Snow and ice will be removed from the parking lots in the downtown area this evening.   

Parked vehicles in the downtown parking lots must be removed by 1:00am or they will be towed at the owner’s expense.

Vermont Partnership For Fairness and Diversity and African American Heritage Trail Create Opportunities For Poets Of Color

by brattevents1 | Creative

Mount Island is excited to announce that the Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity (VPFD) and Vermont African American Heritage Trail—an initiative of the VPFD— have donated a total of $150 toward the Lucy Terry Prince prize. Celebrated poet Major Jackson, who lives and teaches in Vermont, will serve as judge for the inaugural Lucy Terry Prince Prize. Major Jackson is the author of five books of poetry, including The Absurd Man (2020), Roll Deep (2015), Holding Company (2010), Hoops (2006) and Leaving Saturn (2002), which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. The donation will cover the $10 entry fee of 15 poets of color seeking to submit their work for consideration.

Open Primaries in Vermont

by RobertOeser | Uncategorized

The Scene: Presidential primary election, March 3 in Vermont.

Election official: “Which ballot do you want? Democratic or Republican?”

Vermont voter: “Why do I need to tell you which ballot I want?”

“Well, umm, it’s the law . . . .“

BCTV Schedules – Week of 2/17/20

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/17/20

Monday, February 17, 2020

5:00 am Brattleboro Democracy Forum at the Brooks Memorial Library – Drugs and the CIA, with Nick Biddle, 1/6/20
6:30 am Southern Vermont Live Music – The Butterfly Swing Band – Songs from Set 2 – 9/13/2019
7:00 am Michael Bloomberg 2020 – Vermont Organizing Kick-Off
7:30 am The World Fusion Show – EP 67 – Brazilliance with Derrik Jordan