The Brattleboro Human Services Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 5:45pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room. (The Zoom link has changed.)
The Brattleboro Finance Committee will meet at 6:00pm at the Brooks Memorial Library. (The location has changed.)
Issac Evans-Frantz is an incumbent running for a one year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard.
Introduce yourself. Who are you and what would you say are your qualifications for the job?
My name is Isaac Evans-Frantz, and I’m the clerk of the Brattleboro Selectboard, running for re-election for a one-year term. I was born at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and raised in West Brattleboro.
I bring a strong understanding of municipal finances and a willingness to dig into the details. I’ve consistently asked hard questions, advocated for responsible budgeting, and stood up for democratic processes, including voting against budgets I believed placed an undue burden on taxpayers.
Below is some helpful information for the March 3rd Town Meeting and WSESD School Board Director Elections.
Absentee Ballots
Absentee ballots for these elections were mailed by request. Please make sure to follow the instructions provided with your ballot, including:
Signing the certificate envelopeand ensuring your ballot/s are insidethe certificate envelope.
Using ablack pen to mark your ballot.
Do NOT use a markeras it can bleed through to the back of your ballot, requiring a replacement ballot.
WSESD you may vote in all town’s races for School Board.
Only vote for the number of seats available. Voting for more than the number indicated in that race will result in an overvote, and that vote will not be counted.
All Brattleboro residents of District 9 are invited to meet:
Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Quiet Reading Room (Room D) on the mezzanine.
We’ll discuss and, best we can, answer questions about the March 3 election on our form of government and next year’s budget, and whatever other issues people want to raise.
A winter storm is expected to impact the Brattleboro area beginning during the late night hours of Sunday, Feb. 22 and continuing through Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Possible impacts include:
Snow-covered roads, especially during the Monday morning commute.
Periods of reduced visibility during heavier snowfall.
Gusty winds that may lead to blowing snow and tree damage.
The potential for scattered power outages.
A Town Meeting–be it open (OTM) or representative (RTM)–provides a critical opportunity for citizens to check the Selectboard.
Over the past several years, the Selectboard has made decisions that have had a tremendous effect on our community—adopting the Downtown Safety Action Plan, creating a Town emergency medical service, eliminating funding for human services, choosing a new arrangement for solid waste collection, adopting a community conduct ordinance, and allocating federal COVID funds. Not to mention, in the last two years, substantial increases in spending and related tax increases. You may like or dislike some or all of these decisions but, without a Town Meeting, there is little recourse to reverse a Selectboard decision and no avenue for publicly debating it.
“Happiness is having one Leda’s meal in your belly and another waiting for you in the fridge!” —Tim W.
This coming week’s menu is mostly Mexican inspired:
Chicken Tinga (GF/DF): Chicken thighs simmered in a savory, smoky, and slightly spicy red sauce based on tomatoes, onions, garlic, lime, and chipotle chilies in adobo sauce. Accompaniments: lime wedges and optional sour cream $28 for 24oz container (2-3 servings)
PUTNEY — Music, memory, and meaning will take center stage at Next Stage Arts on Saturday, March 14, when the Opening Doors Project presents Race & Song: A Musical Conversation with Pamela Means and Alastair Moock.
The performance begins at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6:45 p.m., at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill in Putney. Tickets are available at nextstagearts.org for $20 in advance, $25 at the door, or $10 for the livestream option.
6:00 Call to Order
6:05 – 6:10 Approve Minutes of February 2, 2026
6:10 – 6:15 Announcements
6:15 – 7:55 2026 Town Plan – Review first draft of Town Plan
The Brattleboro Finance Committee will meet on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at 11:00am in the Brattleboro Co-op Community Room and on Monday, February 23, 2026, at 6:00pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room.
The Brattleboro Human Services Committee will meet on Monday, February 23, 2026, at 6:30pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room and on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 5:45 in the Selectboard Meeting Room. Both meetings will also be held over Zoom.
The Brattleboro Arts Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 5:00pm in the Brooks Memorial Library Community Room.
Feb. 23 Mack & Cheese
Stewed Tomatoes
Cauliflower & Broccoli
Apple Sauce
In our world of celebrity worship, you can garner mainstream media attention if you are famous or a close relative of a famous person. That means that ordinary people who are not considered newsworthy by the media can wallow in obscurity even if they suffer indignities that media attention could help relieve.
Case in point is the incessant media attention that the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, mother of news celebrity Savannah Guthrie, is receiving. She was kidnapped on February 1 and, as of this writing, she is still missing. There are few clues to her disappearance, but the mainstream media and law enforcement have given her case an inordinate amount of attention.
Randall “Randy” Blodgett is running for a one year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard.
Introduce yourself. Who are you and what would you say are your qualifications for the job?
I hold a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Marketing from Albright College. My career has consistently focused on finance, entrepreneurship, and business development.
I began my professional career with New York Life Insurance Company, where I earned licenses in life, health, and securities. I later founded and operated a successful photography studio for 22 years, while also consulting within the studio industry on finance and marketing strategy.
Wednesday, March 4th at 6 pm: “Come See Me in the Good Light”. This is a poignant and unexpectedly funny love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley facing an incurable cancer diagnosis with joy, wit and an unshakable partnership. Through laughter and unwavering love, they transform pain into purpose, and mortality into a loving celebration of resilience.
This will be held on the Main Floor of Brooks Memorial Library.
HOWARD PRUSSACK works hard to produce vegetables, plants and hemp on his farm, High Meadows Farm in Westminster West – he serves our community and beyond. His bounty is available locally and at the Brattleboro Farmer’s Market which he co-founded. Howard also tells wonderful stories of his travels with an international farmer-to-farmer exchange program.
District #9 Meeting
All Brattleboro residents of District 9 * are invited to meet:
Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Quiet Reading Room (Room D) on the mezzanine.
There is so much going on ….
We are halfway through February (and halfway through Winter!) and the last few weeks have been a busy time for Beloved Winter Shelter as our region’s Extreme Cold Weather Shelter. We have been open for 26 nights straight when we had been struggling to keep our doors open for just 5 days a week. We couldn’t have done it without you.
It takes a great deal of work to shelter so few of our neighbors, but those of us who show up to do the work are providing more than shelter from the cold. What we lack in amenities we make up for in hospitality. We are giving folks who have nowhere to be a place where they can feel like they belong. Many of our hosts have experienced first hand what it is like to be homeless – what it’s like when there’s not a single place in this world where their presence isn’t questioned, their every move watched, and all that’s expected to be done in the privacy of their own home must be done in public. We take for granted what comes with the roof over our head. While we cannot offer the amenities a home of their own would provide, we do offer a feeling of belonging. A feeling of being home for the night.
The Brattleboro Finance Committee will meet on Monday, February 16, 2026 at 6:00pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and over Zoom. Prior to the regular meeting at 5:30pm, the Board will convene and is expected to move directly into executive session to discuss contracts, labor relations agreements with employees and the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. 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 backup materials for this meeting will be available on the town website by the end of the day.
Feb. 16 CLOSED FOR PRESIDENTS DAY
Feb. 17 BBQ Meatballs
Sweet Potato Pie
Green Bean Casserole
Pineapple
