Learn a New Skill with Lynda.com (via Brooks Library)

by Brooks Memorial Library | Education

Have you heard? Learn a new skill online, on your time. Over 4000 courses in Business, Technology and Creative Skills taught by industry experts. Spreadsheet skills, animation techniques, happiness tips, salary negotiation strategies…there’s something in Lynda for everybody! Thanks to generous support from the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library, Lynda.com, from LinkedIn, is FREE to library cardholders.

Brooks Memorial Library224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301

Contact us at info@brookslibraryvt.org or 802-254-5290

Samirah Evans: How the Heck Did I Get to VT? A Musical Memoir

by Brooks Memorial Library | Music

Samirah Evans: How the heck did I get to VT? A musical memoir to benefit Brooks Memorial Library. Please join us on Friday, Nov 4, 2016 at 7 pm to hear a spectacular voice and celebrate a Vermont – and world – treasure.

Samirah’s live performance repertoire runs the gamut from raunchy blues to jazz smooth as silk. She has often been compared to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, and Etta James. Like many jazz and blues artists, Samirah dedicates time to perpetuating indigenous American music. She was a long time participant in the Blues Schoolhouse program sponsored by the International House of Blues Foundation. She also served as a volunteer show host on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage radio station, WWOZ, for over ten years.

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by eschmitt | Op/Ed

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Savings Bank of Walpole Employee News

by Not Signed In | Business

SAVINGS BANK OF WALPOLE EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZED FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS NATIONALLY AND IN THE COMMUNITY

Keene, NH – Savings Bank of Walpole (SBW) is pleased to announce that a number of employees including Gregg Tewksbury, President and CEO; Mortgage Loan Officers Christine Greenwood and Michelle Hayward and Eric Schlim, Assistant Branch Manager at the Bank’s Marlboro Street location, have been recognized for recent achievements and contributions nationally and in the community.

Day of the Dead Community Altar at Experienced Goods

by Not Signed In | Family

14th Annual Day of the Dead Celebration and Community Altar on November 4th

The 14th Annual Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Celebration and Community Altar will take place during November Gallery Walk, November 4th, from 5:00-7:00 at Experienced Goods Thrift Shop, 77 Flat St. in Brattleboro. Inspired by the Latin American holiday when families gather to honor loved ones who have died, staff and volunteers from Brattleboro Area Hospice create an Ofrenda, or large community altar. You’re invited to bring an item to lay on the Ofrenda to honor a loved one.

(Please use photocopied pictures and objects of no great concern since items cannot be returned.)

Brattleboro’s Celebration of James Banslaben

by Not Signed In | Town News

Selectboard, Town staff, BCTV, and friends of James Banslaben:

A community open house to celebrate the life of James Banslaben has been organized by his “Brattleboro family.” The celebration is scheduled on Sunday, November 20, from 1:00 to 3:00pm at the event space named (and located at) 118 Elliot Street, in Brattleboro. Attached is a copy of the invitation – please pass it onto all staff and other friends of James.

Anna & Elizabeth at Sandglass Theater

by Not Signed In | Music

Anna & Elizabeth – An evening of all new ballads and crankies

Anna & Elizabeth bring their intimate and haunting traditional music & mesmerizing multi-media show to Sandglass Theater, Sunday, November 6, 2016 to share and celebrate a new cycle of work, inspired by ballad singers of the 1930s and 1940s in Vermont and Virginia—the states where they grew up. This dynamic duo is returning to Sandglass Theater with brand new music and brand new crankies.

The pair based in rural Virginia and Baltimore, springs from the unique talents of Anna Roberts-Gevalt (fiddle, banjo, guitar) and Elizabeth LaPrelle (ballads, banjo), and their shared desire to inspire people with the beautiful soul of Appalachian roots music. Powerful harmony singers steeped in knowledge of mountain tunes, ballads and stories, the young women are gifted storytellers and visual artists reviving the lost art of “crankies,” scrolling storyboards made of sewn fabric or cut paper.

Road Side Marijuana Test, 300 Mile Race Track In Vermont, Two Teams!

by CrisEricson2016 | Politics

U.S. Marijuana Party candidate, Cris Ericson, running for United States Senator, speaks for ten minutes on SAPA TV, Channel 10 in Springfield, Vermont on the subject of a fair marijuana roadside test and race track.

http://www.sapatv.org/sapa-tv-channel-10/

Thursday, November 3, 2016 11:06 PM Cris Ericson – Roadside Marijuana Testing

Friday, November 4, 2016 7:45 AM Cris Ericson – Roadside Marijuana Testing

Saturday, November 5, 2016 3:15 PM Cris Ericson – Roadside Marijuana Testing 

Brattleboro Canal?

by BusyMom | History

From today in history 11/2/16:

1888:

The Main street canal has been dredged out this week, about six inches of deposit being scraped up and carted off. Common report has it that a charter for the “Brattleboro Canal company” is being drawn up and that its passage will be asked of the legislature permitting navigation to be opened between the Vermont National bank corner and the junction of No. Main and Asylum streets.

Selectboard Meeting Notes – Pedestrians, FY18 Budget, and Banning Single Use Plastic Bags

by cgrotke | Town News

The Brattleboro Selectboard attended to multiple pedestrian and traffic safety matters, allocating a substantial amount of money for new flashing signs and other safety devices for about town.

The board received their introduction to the FY18 budget, they decided to endorse a WSWMD budget with no Materials Recycling facility included, discussed where to send recycling if we close our recycling location, and determined that money would likely be saved as a result.

Banning single use plastic bags will require a petition to become an ordinance, Brattleboro would like a new firetruck, and we have the second best police department in the world!

WRC Grant Program Supporting Community Scale Renewable Energy Releases RFP

by Not Signed In | Business

The Windham Regional Commission (WRC) has released the Request for Proposals for the newly developed Windham County Renewable Energy Grant Program. The Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund awarded $400,000 to the WRC to develop a funding program to support renewable energy projects in Windham County. The program will focus on small-scale projects. Award amounts begin at $10,000 with a maximum of $320,000.

Project Feed the Thousands 21st Annual Fundraising Kick-Off November 4, 2016

by Not Signed In | Activism

Brattleboro, Vermont – On the morning of Friday November 4th, Project Feed the Thousands Campaign will kick off its 22nd annual food drive. The launch will take place at Brattleboro’s Price Chopper Supermarket on Canal Street, in the morning with a live broadcast hosted by longtime media supporter, WTSA 96.7 FM followed up by and afternoon launch at Brattleboro Food Cooperative in downtown Brattleboro, hosted by another generous media supporter, WYRY 104.9 FM.

“The community goal this year is to raise $90,000 in cash, as well as to collect enough provisions for 200,000 meals.” Reports Jeff Morse, Project Co-Chair and President of River Valley Credit Union. Various businesses and individuals, in conjunction with Project Feed the Thousands, will be accepting non-perishable food, personal care items and cash donations. All campaign contributions will then be distributed to many area food shelves to help thousands of people who struggle with hunger throughout southeastern Vermont and southwestern New Hampshire.

Brattleboro Rail Forum on Nov. 9

by Not Signed In | State News

Transportation Board holds Brattleboro Forum on Rail

The Vermont Transportation Board at 6 p.m. on November 9 will hold a public forum in Brattleboro on transportation policy associated with trains, both passenger and freight. The Board wants to discuss railroad related issues with the public – including rail-side economic development and the possible initiation of commuter rail service to Massachusetts – to determine how future policy can be shaped to best position Vermont’s rail interests to meet the needs of the state residents.

The forum, which will be held at the Brattleboro Museum & Arts Center at 10 Vernon Street, is one of seven such public conversations the Board is holding around the state. Topics the Board plans to discuss include:

2016 List of Halloween Costumes on Cedar Street

by cgrotke | Creative

It is time to take stock of Halloween night. We disposed of nearly 400 pieces of candy and saw well over 200 costumed kids.

Here’s the semi-complete list of ghouls, goblins, robots, animals, superheroes and others wandering about Halloween night on Cedar Street in Brattleboro:

Reformer to Debut New Look

by cgrotke | Media

According to an email sent out today from Pittsfield, MA, the Reformer is getting ready to debut a newly designed local newspaper:

“We’ve been working for months on a new design for The Reformer, which includes a wider page, larger text, bigger ads, sharper pictures, heavier paper, better-organized content and much more! All this — along with a new website — starts on Tuesday, November 1.”

Act 46 Study Committee Community Forum in Putney

by Not Signed In | Education

The WSESU ACT 46 Study Committee invites you to learn about…

Educating Our Kids Together:
The Communities of Brattleboro, Guilford, Dummerston and Putney
November 3, 2016 at 6:30pm
WHERE: Putney Central School

Formed in October 2015, your Act 46 WSESU Study Committee has worked to craft a plan that supports all of our local schools. This plan fulfills the requirements of education law Act 46 by offering substantial equity in the quality and variety of educational opportunities, lead students to achieve or exceed the VT Education Quality Standards, maximize operational efficiency, promote transparency and accountability, and deliver public education at a cost that parents, voters and taxpayers value.

BCTV Schedules For Week of 10/31/16

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV channel 8 schedule for the week of 10/31/16

Monday, October 31, 2016

12:00 am Prevent Child Abuse VT – 40th Anniversary Pt1

2:00 am BAPC: Conversation on Drug Abuse & Law Enforcement 10/11/16

3:30 am VINS – Neotropical Migrant Birds

5:00 am GMMT: Friday News Show

5:20 am Stuck in Vermont: Queen City Ghostwalk