All write-ins have been counted. There were no write-ins for Selectboard 1 year. The final results are the same as the unofficial results. All results in this email are the final, official except a few write-ins for presidential primary that we have not yet recorded.
Voter turnout
Total registered voters 7979
Total local ballots 3467, 43%
Preliminary results in Brattleboro show Avery Schwenk winning the second available one-year selectboard seat over Dick DeGray by just one vote. One vote! Check out all the results from Annette Cappy with 5:45 Live’s special, including presidential primary results and more.
Bernie wins big, Trump wins by 23 votes, and Avery Schwenk tops Dick DeGray by one vote. Just one Vote! Catch all the preliminary results from Brattleboro Town Clerk Annette Cappy as the tally the votes from a record turnout year, with nearly 45% of Brattleboro residents voting. But with just a single vote determining the second one year selectboard seat.
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WVEW-lp has not been broadcasting over the air today (Tuesday March 1st). The windstorm last night knocked down trees near our transmitter location, taking out the electrical circut which services our transmitter. We’d hoped that service would have been restored much earlier today, but as of this writing, it is still out. As there weren’t live wires sparking all about, work at our site was moved down the list. With any luck power to the transmitter will be restored soon. Until then, our webstream is up and running, and may be accessed at wvew.org. While at our webiste, please consider making a donation to help us continue to provide Brattleboro with local access Community radio. Thank You.
Many thanks to Chris Grotke, whose served as vital source for this week’s podcast about the history and evolution of town meeting in Brattleboro.
Hi there! We at BS&L are refreshing our blog, beginning with a good piece on a mail scam that a few of our customers have fallen victim to. Please take a moment and read:
BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD
53 Green Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wssu.k12.vt.us
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
The BUHS #6 Board of Directors will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 7 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room.
Due to permitting restrictions associated with Town Meeting Day, we will not be closing Upper Dummerston today to erect bridge girders. Tomorrow’s forecasted weather will likely restrict this work as well. It is anticipated that the next closure of Upper Dummerston will be Thursday.
Caleb Linn, P.E.
Project Manager
PCL Civil Constructors, Inc.
My name is Cassandra Holloway and I am running as a write-in to be a town rep for District 3. Please consider voting for me (March 1st in the Municipal Building 7A-7P). There is a list outside of the voting area with all the information about who is from each district including write-ins (my name will be there). It was suggested that a phone photo be taken of the list so to have the info needed when voting.
BCTV channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/29/16
Monday, February 29, 2016
12:00 am Green Mtn Vets for Peace: Refugees and Team Vermont
1:00 am VT Humanities Counsel Pres: The Hollywood Blacklist
2:35 am Spotlight on VT issues: Ethics Committee
3:00 am Vermont Legal Assistance Project 12/10/15
Brattleboro Time Trade: Exchanging services, creating connections, strengthening communities, one hour at a time. See below for more exciting Upcoming Events and learn what Time Trade can do for you!
How Time Trade Works: You do something for someone and earn time credits for your “bank,” which you can then put towards someone else doing something for you! It’s that simple – and amazing!
This week’s fabulous listings, brought to you from the arctic depths:
Now anyone can see a listing of all our Offers and Requests: https://brattleboro.timebanks.org/ads?type=1
OFFERS (i.e. things people could do for you):
Vegan Raw Cookbook
Genealogy Tutoring/Mentoring
Carfax Reports (to Use When Buying a Used Car)
Horse-keeping and Training
Garden designGlorious Gardens of Vermont
Every voter should read this
The Clintons and Wall Street: By
/ February 26, 2016
The banks have earned hundreds of billions of dollars in practices that were once prohibited—until the Clinton
Administration legalized them. For twenty four years the Clintons have orchestrated a conjugal relationship with Wall Street, to the immense financial benefit of both parties.
Winston Prouty Center for Child Development is hosting its 2nd Annual Indoor Mini-Golf Tournament for grownups and families on Saturday, March 5, 2016 and Sunday, March 6, 2016, respectively. The two-day “FUN-raiser” is open to the public.
Saturday’s tournament for grownups is a black-tie optional evening that will feature light dinner fare and a cash bar. The tournament will be from 6 to 9 p.m. and tickets are $25 per person.
Sunday’s family fun day will take place from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. The cost is $5 per person, or only $12 for a foursome if you bring your Saturday night scorecard.
Trump and Clinton have won decisive victories in conservative South Carolina. It’s all over! And both sides are making the wrong decision!
Or maybe it is not over. Most of the country hasn’t weighed in yet.
Some, like Vermont, will get their say on Tuesday. Others will be told on Wednesday that again, it’s all over! And everyone’s making a mistake!
Crafting for the Homeless is in its second year of meeting on the first Sunday of the month from 1-3:00 pm at Brattleboro Area Jewish Community, Congregation Shir Heharim.
Some people come to learn to knit or crochet, others arrive with projects already underway. Some are members of BAJC; some are not. All are welcome! So far, we have donated over 5 dozen items to Groundworks
Collaborative, and we are also making knitted or crocheted squares to be stitched into afghans that we will sell to generate funds to purchase supplies.
Our meetings are lively and welcoming, with adults and children of both genders who talk and work and share ideas and thoughts. Some people take yarn home to continue their work on projects.
MARCH BREAKFAST MENUS
March 1st – Cheese Omelets w/Tomato, Onion & Peppers, Home Fries, Fruit, Yogurt, Juice, Coffee.
March 4th – Hot Oatmeal w/choice of Streusel, Nuts, Dried Fruits, Toppings, Grapenut Custard, Cinnamon Roll, Baked Apples, Coffee.
March 8th – French Toast, Home Fries, Sausage, Fruit, Yogurt, Juice & Coffee, Fruit, Yogurt Parfait, Juice, Coffee.
March 10th –
Scrambled Eggs w/Boursin & Spinach, Vegetable Hash w/Celeriac, Turnip & Carrots, Scone, Fruit, Muffin, Juice Yogurt & Coffee
The project team is now planning to close Upper Dummerston Road from 7:00 am-5:00 pm on Monday 2/29, and from 7:00 am to 5:00 PM Tuesday, 3/1 for beam erection.
At approx. 9:00 am on Monday, 2/29, two tractor trailer loads are scheduled to come from I-91 Exit 3 south on Putney Road around the Retreat Park to VT 30 and then to Upper Dummerston Road. This is may cause some minor delays in the downtown area. The remaining loads are expected to come from US RT 7 and VT RT 30 to Upper Dummerston Road, thereby avoiding downtown Brattleboro.
A total of three work days with Upper Dummerston Road closed are needed this coming week to complete the work.
This work will be rescheduled if there is any precipitation or adverse road conditions.
Broad Brook Grange’s annual Sugar on Snow Supper will be held Saturday, March 5, at the Grange hall in Guilford Center. The meal features ham, baked beans, deviled eggs, cole slaw, potato salad, rolls, pickles, homemade donuts, and Guilford maple sugar on Guilford snow (we hid some in a cool place!)
There will be three seatings: at 5:00, 6:00 and 7:00 pm. At each seating, a half-gallon of Guilford maple syrup will be raffled.
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu March 1 to March 4
March 1
Spinach Pie
Barley Risotto
Butternut Squash
Peaches
This weekend we learn how to draw some political cartoons. There’s really no right or wrong way to go, so these are just a few options and styles to get us going. The main rules are caricature and being tough on your subject.
First, a few drawing lessons. There aren’t a lot of videos about drawing the current slate of candidates, but there are some. (If you find others, add them in the comments.)
In today’s edition of This Week in Brattleboro History, Joe Rivers and his crack staff of Brattleboro Area Middle School student historians explore the discovery of the famous Brattleboro Rat and provide a peek behind the curtain of TWiBH’s production.
Thanks to Chris (cgrotke) for his question about the TWiBH research process. It inspired a rather startling addendum to this podcast from the kids.
