Daily shoulder closures on the new bridge deck for westbound New Hampshire/Vermont Route 119 will continue and lane shifts and work zones will remain active on Mountain Road. Travelers accessing Mountain Road or Norm’s Marina may experience short delays.
The Brattleboro Selectboard has one final chance to cut their FY26 spending at Tuesday night’s regular meeting. More likely it will be approved as is.
The board will also take a third look at the ordinance governing the downtown improvement district. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
The Brattleboro Finance Committee will meet on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 6:15 in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room.
The Windham Southeast School District Board will hold a Special Board Meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 – in person at the WRCC Cusick Conference Room, with zoom capability.
DS noted that at the last meeting, in the review of C3, there was discussion of whether board members should be able to respond to public comment. The minutes stated that this item was going to be placed on the agenda for the January 14 full board meeting. DS has delayed this discussion due to an overly full agenda for January 14. She will put it on the agenda for January 28 or the first meeting in February.
I. Approval of Minutes from 1/8/25
II. Evaluate (2:00 – 3:00)
F8 Student Medication
F16 Head Lice
The Brattleboro Human Services Allocations are ready. The Human Services Allocation spreadsheet can be found at the Town website: https://brattleboro.gov/representative-town-meeting.
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, all Brattleboro Town Offices will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025, with the exception of emergency services.
Parking is free at all metered spaces and in the pay-and-display lots on Monday, January 20. All other violations will be enforced.
The Brattleboro Town Auditor’s report is currently available at the Town Manager’s Office at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street) and on the Town’s website, Brattleboro.gov
II Executive Session
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Pending or probable civil litigation or a prosecution, to which the public body is or may be a party
The WSESD Communications Council will meet from 10am on Thursday, January 16, 2025 The meeting will take place at the Central Office Conference Room and via zoom.
Song for the 2nd Inaugeration of President Donald Trump by Cris Ericson (C) 2025
“He’s an elevator man, he’s got fantasies,
he takes a lady for a long ride to the top, it never stops,
he takes a lady for a long ride.”
The answer to the question of whether or not you get fair representation from the people you elect may seem elusive. Every individual has their own political agenda, so when it comes to representation the best we can hope for is that the person we elect closely holds our values.
Vermonters are extremely lucky on this account on the national level. At least Vermonters who tend to be more liberal and vote Democratic or Progressive.
Our federal delegation reflects the ideals of a majority of us and they have the courage of their convictions to work to uphold those principles.
People in many other states may feel the same way, but we all know that once people get a taste of the power they can wield in Washington they often become co-opted by a corrupt system. Especially those who stay in office for a long time. They become beholden to those with money and they eventually want to hold onto power at all costs. Once they cross that line they no longer represent the people who elected them.
Recently, the legal argument of a person being charged with one thing, and then another penalty is tacked on because they own a personal home protection gun, which was entirely unrelated to what they were charged with, has come to my attention.
I wanted to do a show on Twitch.com but I was kicked out after I posted that I wanted to discuss various state medical cannabis, marijuana and marijuana laws, because if you are charged with wrongful possession of cannabis marijuana under various state laws, and you happen to own a gun, the charges are increased.
The third installment of the 2024 Brattleboro Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes will be due by 5 p.m. on February 17, 2025. Payments made after February 17, 2025 will have an additional 1% interest added to the unpaid balance.
The Town of Brattleboro utility bills are also due by 5 p.m. on February 17, 2025. Payments made after February 17, 2025 will have an additional 1% interest, as well as an 8% penalty added to the unpaid balance.
Interesting story at The American Prospect – they are disclosing all of the names of the members of the Democratic National Committee:
Opening the DNC’s Black Box
Why we’re publishing a previously undisclosed list of all 448 members of the Democratic National Committee
The story says that members of the DNC generally don’t have contact information for other members, intentionally, so that they can’t organize:
Jan. 13 Mac & Cheese
Stewed Tomatoes
Broccoli
Fruit Parfait
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 8:00am in the Selectboard Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Rm. 212) and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission will meet on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Board Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Rm. 212) and over Zoom.
“There’s no doubt many communities, businesses, and families are struggling. But it’s not hard to see that Northwest Vermont is doing BETTER than all the others. It’s not to say this region doesn’t have challenges, but, for the most part, it’s where you see a lower percentage of kids in poverty, lower energy costs, higher median incomes, higher home values, and more new housing being built. And while we’re desperate for workers across the state, the size of the workforce in Chittenden and Franklin counties is the highest it’s been in recent history.”
Daily shoulder closures on the new bridge deck for westbound New Hampshire/Vermont Route 119 will continue next week.
Local traffic accessing Mountain Road and Norm’s Marina in New Hampshire may experience short delays. Both locations will be open to traffic at all times, however, travelers should be aware of lane shifts around work zones.
