An Extraordinary Interview With Daniel Immerwahr
“How to Hide an Empire”: Daniel Immerwahr on the History of the Greater United States
“Town… Voted to get Mr. Reeve’s fire wood by rate.”
Today In History is on of the most interesting ibrattleboro feature, even though it is almost never mentioned in stories or comments.
The April 3, 1775 news report fascinates me, even though I only have a hazy notion of its meaning. I wonder if anyone can translate the 1775 language to make it more understandable in 2021:
Brattleboro VFW Breakfast Is Open To The Public Every Wed & Sat from 6am-10am
Brattleboro VFW Saturday menu with pricing below. Open 6am-10am. Public is welcome, as are to-go’s by calling 802-257-0438. Dining inside with social distancing rules in place. Please bring your mask with you.
Wednesday and Saturday menus have slight differences, but attached is the picture of the Saturday menu.
WSESD Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – David Schoales, Board Chair
II. CONSENT AGENDA
• CLERK’S REPORT – Approval of Minutes – March 16, 2021
Brattleboro Selectboard Meeting Agenda and Notes + Special Guest
Congressman Peter Welch will be a special guest at the Brattleboro Selectboard’s next regular meeting. He’ll be joining to discuss the stimulus package and other issues.
Otherwise, it is a rather standard meeting agenda, with lots of usual set-up and orientation for the new board, reviewing RTM actions, and appointing people to various positions and committees. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee
A. Introductions and announcements
B. Review Open Meeting Law
C. Discuss schedule and plan for the year
D. Adjourn
Brattleboro Planning Commission Meeting: Monday, April 5, 2021
6:00-6:05 Meeting Called to Order
6:05-6:10 Welcome and Introductions
6:10-6:15 Announcements
6:15-6:20 Approve Minutes of March 1, 20201
Like Floyd Vietnamese Were Victims of a “Flourishing US Culture of Excessive Force Racism & Impunity”
The 27 $million to the family of George Floyd answering allegations that his civil rights were violated within a flourishing American culture of excessive force, racism and impunity by implication puts protective value on all lives in the USA. Remaining valueless are the millions of lives taken overseas by Americans, including by Black GIs who afterward return home to face mortal racist danger themselves.
Brattleboro and Vermont COVID-19 Dashboard Summary – April 2021
Welcome to April 2021, our one year anniversary of daily COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro. Scroll down the new comments for the latest.
Brattleboro-West Arts: Fresh New Exhibit at Brooks House Atrium Hallway Gallery
BRATTLEBORO: The Atrium Hallway Gallery in the Brooks House has a fresh new look for spring, with an exhibit spotlighting the artwork of four members of Brattleboro-West Arts.
Titled New Passage, the ongoing show’s latest offerings demonstrate the diverse talents of BWA members, from Kay Curtis’s bright and active Swing Dance series of drypoint monoprints to Bobbi Angell’s detailed and elegant botanicals to Sharon Myers’s handsome prints using lingerie to Lesley Heathcote’s closely observed and beautifully rendered animal and bird pastels.
Melrose Street Closure
On Friday, April 2, Utilities Crews will be working to repair a water main on Melrose St between the intersection with Western Ave and 39 Melrose ST. The work will begin at 7:00 am. The road will remain closed through Tuesday, April 6.
Motorists should plan to use alternate routes during this time period.
April 21, 2021 Brattleboro Development Review Board Agenda
2021-31 B & C Management – Vermont, Inc. for Stephen & Wynetta John and Catherine & Rich John; Service Center District; request for Site Plan Approval to change use to 34 unit multi-family dwelling with site improvements at 1043 Putney Road; Tax Map Parcel #70718.000
What’s The Story With The Heart-shaped Red Light Display on Main Street Looking over Elliot Street?
In 2020 it went up around Valentine’s day and stayed lit at night until well into autumn.
This year it went up again around Valentine’s Day and continues to be lit up now at the end of March.
Holiday decorations are fine, but a few weeks after the event the decorations become blight.
CNN Story About Derek Chauvin Trial
If you can stomach this, it is must reading to be informed about George Floyd’s killer’s murder trial.
Noticed Around Brattleboro – Spring 2021
What have you noticed this spring in and around Brattleboro?
Outlet Center renovations are coming along nicely. Looks like we get one of those official “outlet center cupolas” at the corner, too. Look out, Manchester.
Potholes are big enough for small families to inhabit.
Fiber optic cables being strung all over the place.
Town of Brattleboro Spring Leaf Pick-up Schedule
The following dates have been scheduled for Brattleboro’s curbside Spring Leaf Collection. All locations will be picked up each Friday:
Leaf Pick Up Date
ALL RESIDENTSFriday, April 16, 2021
ALL RESIDENTSFriday, April 30, 2021
Brattleboro Area Chamber Announces New Board of Directors
BRATTLEBORO VT – At its Annual Meeting, held virtually on January 21, 2021 The Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce was pleased to welcome three new directors to the governing board. Connie Burton of Burton Touch Free Car Wash, Chris Stoner of Twombly Wealth Management Group, LLC, and Jon Potter of the Latchis Hotel & Theatre/Latchis Arts
were elected by the membership.
They joined continuing directors Nicole Braun (C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.), Michele Coursen (Brattleboro Savings & Loan), Bob Gammon (WTSA Radio), Shawn Garland (VABIR), Ross Gibson (The Richards Group), David Harlow (Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC), Carla Lineback (SIT/World Learning), Ryan Jennings (Community Bank NA), Tracey John (Vermont Country Deli), and Gina Pattison (Brattleboro Memorial Hospital).
BCTV Schedules – Week of March 29, 2021
BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 3/29/21
Monday, March 29, 2021
5:00 am Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce – Legislative Forum 3/15/21
6:05 am BUHS Varsity Hockey – Boys vs. Burlington, Vermont State Quarterfinal Game 3/17/21
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am BUHS Basketball – BUHS JV Boys vs. Mt. Anthony 3/12/21
10:35 am BUHS Basketball – Varsity Girls vs. Rice 3/16/21
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu March 29 to April 2
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu March 29 to April 2
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU
Mar. 29 Rosemary Chicken
Basmati Rice
Broccoli
Cranberry Sauce
A New Effort To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced two bills in the Senate that would lower the cost of prescription drugs. Here’s a part of the press release his office issued on March 23. “Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Ro Khanna, (D-Calif.), Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Cori Bush (D-Mo.), along with more than two dozen colleagues, on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation to drastically reduce the cost of prescription drugs in the United States. The package of bills includes: The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act to peg the price of prescription drugs in the United States to the median price in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan; The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs under Medicare Part D; and The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act to allow patients, pharmacists and wholesalers to import safe, affordable medicine from Canada and other major countries.
