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Paint Parties Right Here in Downtown Brattleboro

by vtcrafty | Creative

Paint Parties right here in Downtown Brattleboro

Looking for a fun evening activity? You can join us for a fun night in a relaxed atmosphere, to create your own piece of art. No experience necessary. Teacher is able to take a complex painting and break it down into easy steps. Bring out your inner artist, even if you paint like a 2yr old. 🙂

The evening cost $35 per person. We must restrict students to age 15+. This is a BYOB event, so no pressure to buy a dinner or drinks at restaurant prices. There are several nights and pictures to choose from. You could even book a private party, email for details.

Upcoming Public Forum on Modern Wood Heating Systems: Local Heat for a Local Economy

by Not Signed In | Economics

The Windham Wood Heat Initiative (WWH) will hold a free public information forum on modern wood heating systems on November 16 from 5:30 – 7:30pm at the Marlboro College Graduate Center in Brattleboro. Modern wood heating systems are low emission, high efficiency systems that provide much of the convenience of conventional fossil fuel boilers—without the fossil fuels. Heating with locally sourced, sustainably harvested, and renewable wood pellets provides numerous environmental, economic, and social benefits. These systems come in a wide range of sizes adaptable for residences as well as large commercial operations.

Selectboard Meeting Notes – Business Not Quite As Usual

by cgrotke | Town News

A few atypical work items were undertaken by the Brattleboro Selectboard at Tuesday’s meeting. These are things that boards do, but just not that often. 

The board bought and sold property, announced a new library director, held a close-out hearing on a Brooks House grant that got a bit heated, and contemplated long-term strategies for staffing and economic development. Plans for public meetings on the Police-Fire project’s latest form were also set, and more.

Hinesburg Road Fire – Press Release

by BrattFireDept | Police & Fire

PRESS RELEASE

Date of Incident: 11/02/15
Location of Incident: Hinesburg Road
Nature of Call: Reported basement fire
Time Reported: 5:14pm
Time Under Control: 6:03pm
Number of Alarms and Times Upgraded: 2nd alarm transmitted @ 5:26pm

NBC’s Today Show is Coming to Brattleboro!

by Not Signed In | Media

BREAKING NEWS! NBC’s Today Show is coming to Brattleboro! Thursday, November 12th at 9pm
Celebration begins at 8:30pm

Today Show meteorologist Al Roker is trying to set a Guinness World Record for reporting the weather in all 50 states in 7 days. And guess where he’ll be in Vermont? You guessed it the One and Only Brattleboro!

Al will be in town on Thursday, November 12th and he’ll be using the Brooks House as the backdrop for his forecast. We want to give him a big Brattleboro welcome – please come downtown and join in the fun! Al is scheduled to roll into town at 9pm, but the welcoming celebration will begin in Pliny Park at 8:30pm. (Yes, he’ll be here in the evening.)

RT 30 Closing Scheduled For Thursday

by Not Signed In | Town Plan

On Thursday, November 5, Route 30 under I-91 will be closed from approximately 6:00AM to 8:00 PM to ensure the safety of the traveling public when we pour concrete for the new bridge in a location above Route 30.

Cindy Cook
Principal, Adamant Accord, Inc.
Past Vice President, Association for Conflict Resolution

Fierce Competition of Youth Bands During November 6 Gallery Walk at River Garden

by Not Signed In | Music

Brattleboro–Area youth bands will compete at Youth Services’ Battle of the Bands at the River Garden on Friday, November 6, during Brattleboro’s Gallery Walk night, from 7 to 10 p.m.

The public is encouraged to attend and vote for their favorite group with their applause. Competing bands to date are: Negative Space, The Regulars, Wicked Thirsty, Raspberry Jam, Sometime Sunday, and Nomad vs. Settler. Opening the event will be a performance by the indie-rock band Snaz, which helped get their start as winners of the Battle of the Bands in 2012.

Brattleboro Winter Farmers’ Market Opens for 10th Season!

by Sherry | Food

Join us as we kick off the 10th season of the Brattleboro Winter Farmers’ Market – one of the longest running diverse indoor farmers markets in Vermont.  Starting Saturday, November 7, come to the market and dazzle your senses at the beautiful River Garden in the heart of downtown Brattleboro.  Visitors will find more fresh local produce than ever before!

Each week we transform the space into a warm welcoming indoor marketplace.  You’ll find up to 30 vendors including favorites from past seasons.  Our regular farm vendors returning this season are Big Picture Farm, Circle Mountain Farm, Deep Meadows Farm, Deer Ridge Farm, Dwight Miller Orchards, Hickin’s Mountain Mowing, New Leaf CSA, Old Schoolhouse Plantery, Walnut Ridge Farm, and Wild Shepherd Farm.  Favorites from the past bringing back their crafts and great prepared food items include Susan Dunning’s Potteryworks, Orchard Hill Breadworks, Wild Flour Bakery, One World Soap, Vermont Quince, Sawyer’s Artisanal Cheese, Cai’s Dim Sum, Thai Hut, and more. New products to look for at the market this season include a wonderful array of jars of delicious local fruit juice, chocolates, woodcrafts, handmade bags and tunics, blown glass ornaments and beads.

Rt 30 Closing Now On Thursday, Or Friday

by Not Signed In | Town Plan

The Route 30 closure under I-91 that was scheduled for Wednesday has been rescheduled to Thursday or Friday. We will get a notice out as soon as we know which day will work. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Cindy Cook
Principal, Adamant Accord, Inc.
Past Vice President, Association for Conflict Resolution 

RT 30 Closing On Wednesday, Weather Permitting

by Not Signed In | Town Plan

On Wednesday, November 4, the section of Route 30 immediately under 1-91 will be closed from approximately 5:00AM to 8:00 PM to ensure the safety of the traveling public when we pour concrete for the new bridge above Route 30. This work is weather dependent, and may need to be rescheduled.

Cindy Cook
Principal, Adamant Accord, Inc.
Past Vice President, Association for Conflict Resolution

BCTV Schedules For The Week Of 11/02/15

by cgrotke | Media

BCTV channel 8 schedule for the week of 11/2/15

Monday, November 2, 2015

12:00 am More Than the Blues: Understanding Deppression and It’s Treatment

1:45 am Renewable Energy Conference: Keynote – Yoram Bauman PhD

3:00 am Building a Vibrant, Inclusive Vermont

4:25 am Cuban Bridge – Ep 44: Bob Merrill, Peter Concilio & Thal Aylward

5:00 am Energy Week Extra: Solaflect 10/1/15

5:45 Live: 10/30/15

by BrattleboroTV | Media

It’s a spooky edition of 5:45 Live packed with plenty of Halloween fun along with all the latest headlines, Guilford’s Selectboard Chair Anne Rider resigns, South Korea’s top news team tails VY’s Marty Cohn, the Brattleboro Selectboard dives into budget season, and much much more.

Gallery at the Garden Features Two New Exhibits in November

by MartinLangeveld | Arts

The Gallery at the Garden in downtown Brattleboro features two new exhibits for the month of November: “The Golden Cage,” an exhibit of photographs and interviews focused on Vermont’s dairy farmers and migrant workers, and “The Beauty of Relaxation,” with creations by Maureen Mansfield.

The gallery is located at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, home of Strolling of the Heifers, at 157 Main Street. The gallery will be open during Gallery Walk (Friday, November 6, 5:30-7:00 p.m.). Normal November hours will be Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (except during special events at the River Garden).

Heat Pump Workshop Offered In Brattleboro Nov. 9

by Not Signed In | Home & Garden

Do cold climate heat pumps make sense for you? Cold climate heat pumps have rapidly emerged as a promising technology for Vermont. Come to a workshop to learn about heat pump options for both hot water and space heating to see if they make sense for your home, business, or rental property.

These devices provide heat and domestic hot water using 25-50% less energy than conventional systems. They are environmentally-friendly as well – 87% free of carbon emissions when the electricity comes from Green Mountain Power. Heat pumps can also be combined with solar electric panels to provide 100% renewable energy.

Israeli-USA Insanity Described by Gideon Levy Was Media Created for Profitable Genocide

by jay janson | Op/Ed

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Mark Twain said, Fear the media, for they will steal your Honor. Watch the video of Haaretz Newspaper’s renown columnist Gideon Levy describe a state of blind, deaf and dumb Israeli acceptance of the inhumanity of death, degradation and homicidal captivity of their Arab Palestinians. Read author’s ‘US Economic Facilitation of Holocaust and Middle East Destabilizing Partition.’ Corporate media maintains a genocide-perpetuating pretense of a non-existent search for peace in Palestine.

Brattleboro 2015 Halloween Costume List

by cgrotke | Creative

Here’s the official 2015 Cedar Street Halloween Costume list. Apologies in advance for anyone we missed (the rush of crowds is tough to document), and thanks and congratulations to all the 230+ kids who had such great costumes this year.

Trends seem to indicate wild animals, cats, ninjas, and law enforcement are as popular as princesses. Ghouls and zombies are in a slight decline.

Note: It’s getting so the parents costumes are now almost as plentiful as costumes for kids. This list is almost all just kids.

Peacock
Cowboy and cow
Bee
Vampire
Tinkerbell
Cat
Bee
Ladybug
Gumball machine

I Discovered A New Way To Fix A Dripping Faucet

by MarkTwain© | Sci-Tech

There was a leak from the bathroom sink’s cold water tap, which dripped to the floor, making a steady “tick, tick, tick” sound. The drip was intermittent, so I could wipe the water off the floor, and not hear it for awhile but it would always soon begin again.

Every so often, I checked the floor, but seeing no water I put it out of my mind. A couple of days went by with no leak. But then, in a quiet moment, I thought I heard something. I stopped, and listened. Yes, there it was… a faint, “tick, tick, tick.” Clearly the two-day reprieve was too good to be true: The leak was back.