Monday, December 12, 2016
12:00 am In Loving Memory of James Banslaben 11/20/16
1:12 am Burning Books – Leslie James Pickering on Resistance to 20 Years of FBI Surveillance
3:00 am Making it Work in Windham County 11/15/16
4:30 am Open Studio: BASIC Skatepark Fundraising 11/3
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at 5:30pm at the Gibson Aiken Center in the Senior Center Room. NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION AND TIME. ASL interpreters will be available for the deaf and hard-of-hearing members of the community. It is anticipated that the Board will enter into deliberative session at the end of the business meeting to discuss reclassification of Bittersweet Lane.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
You have to get buzzed in. This is not so much for security as it is to keep the memory care residents from slipping out. In the case of my mother flight was not a concern. Once fairly athletic she was now barely ambulatory, and mentally, more of her had already vanished than was present. Still, enough consciousness remained to converse, sort of, and to allow her to think to ask me what all the fuss was about.
I had to dig, and of course she didn’t understand agitation needed a source. Perhaps it was just in the air. I wondered, was her distress from a person living in the facility, something she was thinking? She couldn’t say. Through a roulette wheel approach I hit upon the idea that the television was involved. Somehow. And by further inquiry, sussed out it may have been the news which droned in the background that was the culprit. “Things are messed up, I offered.” Then out of the blue she blurts, “We’re Russian, aren’t we?”
The Brattleboro Arts Committee will meet on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 4:00pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room at the Municipal Center.
The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 7:00pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room at the Municipal Center.
The Brattleboro VFW at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri. from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Specials are only $5.50 a plate. Burgers, fries, onion rings, chicken wings, soups and sandwiches are also available.
Mon – chicken tenders w/ French fries
Tues – pancakes, sausage, eggs & toast w/ real maple syrup
Wed – lasagna w/ salad & garlic bread
Thur – meatloaf w/ mashed potato & veg.
Fri – fried haddock w/ French fries
If you have more than 4 people in your group, please call ahead of time at 257-0438. Take out orders are available, and some specials sell out fast.
DESCRIPTION: 40 yrs after Prez Teddy Roosevelt gave Korea to brutal Jap Empire in return for its recognition of Philippines as US Territory, US invaded Korea long AFTER Jap surrender, overthrowing its Korean gov., cutting it in two parts, installing a US dictatorship in its south now documented to have murdered 100,000 of its own citizens
Date: December 10, 2016
Nature of call: House Fire
Address: 572 – 574 South Main St
Time of Call: 6:50am
Type of Building: 2 ½ story wood frame duplex
Number of Residents: 6
“Washington Republicans are plotting a war on seniors,” (Sen. Charles Schumer incoming Senate minority leader.)
President-elect Donald Trump reassured voters during his political campaign that he would protect Medicare, Social Security and other popular federal assistance programs.
However, in tapping Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to be his Health and Human Services secretary, he has elevated
one of the most aggressive proponents of dramatically overhauling the government safety net for seniors and low-income Americans, a long-held conservative goal.
DECEMBER BREAKFAST MENUS
December 2nd – French Toast, Home Fries, Sausage, Fruit, Yogurt, Juice, Coffee.
December 6th – Scrambled Eggs w/Boursin Cheese & Spinach, Vegetable Hash w/Celeriac, Turnip & Carrots, Scone, Fruit, Juice & Coffee
December 9th – Corned Beef Hash, Scrambled Eggs, Muffin, Fruit, Yogurt, Juice, Coffee
December 13th – Breakfast Croissant w/Egg & Cheese, Sausage, Home Fries, Fruit, Yogurt, Juice & Coffee
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu December 11 to December 16
December 12 – Swedish Meatballs
Rice
Broccoli
Plums
This week BAMS students traveled to Burlington to present our podcast to the Vermont Alliance for Social Studies Conference at the Hilton. Ethan and Ira Allen were sketchy land speculators during the 1770’s, as well as, Vermont independence heroes. This is the story…
Looking for a professional piano mover to move a piano from South Newfane to West Brattleboro.
Thanks!
I think we make a mistake by requiring the president to have a morning intelligence meeting. Why? I think it ends up brainwashing those elected to favor certain information.
Imagine if instead, the president received a morning puppy and kitten briefing from the ASPCA. Yes, this sounds absurd already, but if we have morning meetings about spies and bad guys, it is possible to have a morning meeting on a weird topic.
So, each morning it is puppies and kittens. I think most of us would begin our presidency being polite and interested in the presentations. Within a few months, we may start to get involved with the details of all these puppies and kittens.
I-91
Northbound I-91 traffic has been relocated onto the southbound bridge. Traffic will remain reduced to one lane in each direction on I-91 until completion of the new bridge. The new bridge will be 104’ wide and is designed to carry all four lanes of traffic –two northbound and two southbound.
Route 30
The speed limit on Route 30 near the work zone has been reduced to 40 mph. Project-related truck activity on Route 30 will continue. Route 30 may be reduced to a single lane intermittently, with flaggers regulating traffic within the work zone.
There’s stuff circulating on the net that Julian Assange is among the missing, maybe even dead. Specifically, he has not made an identifyable appearance in 6 weeks or so. Lending credibility to the story is the infallible Alex Jones.
Does anybody know where he went?
10 reasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAbq9RbgVyc
On Thursday, December 8th, at 5:30 pm, the West Brattleboro Association (WBA) will host its annual Holiday Party at Dalem’s Chalet, 78 South Street. This is a time for people and businesses in West Brattleboro to get together socially and to celebrate the Association’s numerous accomplishments in this past year. The evening will feature a cash bar with hors d’oeuvres prepared by the restaurant. The WBA suggests a voluntary donation of $5 toward the food, although no one will be turned away.
Friends of Music at Guilford’s 44th annual holiday program at Christ Church, the iconic New England landmark along Rt. 5 in Guilford, Vt., is set for December 16 and 17. Performances on Friday at 7:30 and Saturday at 4:00 p.m. will include vocal music, instrumental interludes, a holiday story, and a brief carol sing, the traditional format. The “O, Happy Yule!” subtitle refers to this season’s thematic choice of Music from the British Isles.
The Guilford Chamber Singers, under the direction of Tom Baehr for a fifth season, present ten a cappella seasonal songs from England, Ireland, and Wales. These span several centuries and are interspersed with instrumental selections played by the Guilford Chamber Players under the direction of Amy Cann.
The selectboard got through a long meeting, accomplishing much but under strained and tense moments at times. They chastisted one of their own for poor judgement and actions, explored a change in Rt 30 as it approaches and leaves Brattleboro, voted to go forward with a switch to single stream recycling, killed the MRF at the WSWMD, offered suggestions to organizations over workplans and budget requests, and more.
On the morning of November 8, Election Day 2016, I was standing in my kitchen looking out the window up at the sliver of sky you can see between the houses next door. As I looked at that slice of blue, two little words popped into my head: “rise above.” And I thought, today of all days, that’s probably good advice. And then, that it might be good advice in many situations beyond just electoral politics. How many of the world’s ills could be solved if we could somehow rise above, at least long enough to get a clear view and the lay of the land?
