Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu July 15 to July 19
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu July 15 to July 19
July 15 Quiche
Broccoli
Sweet Potato
Greek Yogurt w/Fruit
Hinesburg Road Reopened
At 2:30 on Friday, July 12, Hinesburg Road has been reopened to regular traffic. The box culvert has been installed and there is still some work to be done at the site next week. While the rest of the work is completed, there will be one lane, alternating traffic in the area of 402 Hinesburg Road.
Brattleboro Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes Due
The taxpayers of the Town of Brattleboro are hereby notified and warned that Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes assessed upon the Grand List of 2019 are now due and payable to the Town Treasurer at the Treasurer’s Office in the Brattleboro Municipal Center, 230 Main Street, Suite 111, Brattleboro, Vermont, in four equal installments as follows:
Brattleboro Committee Meeting Agendas
The Brattleboro Arts Committee will meet on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 5:00pm at The Hatch Space, located at 35 Frost Street.
The Brattleboro ADA Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, July 19, 2019, at 9:00am in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room at the Municipal Center.
Brattleboro Committee Vacancies July 2019
The Town of Brattleboro is looking for citizens to serve on the following committees and boards:
Arts Committee
Brattleboro Housing Partnerships Board of Commissioners
Cemetery Committee
Citizen Police Communications Committee (CPCC)
Conservation Commission
Public Officials Can’t Block Critics From Official Social Media Accounts
You may have read that courts ruled that Trump, using a Twitter account for official, open government purposes, cannot block people based on the views they express. This applies to all public officials, not just Trump. It’s a first amendment issue.
Members of the Selectboard and elected Representative Town Meeting reps should take notice and proceed with caution.
You Can Help Build a Better Block in Downtown Brattleboro!
As part of the Downtown Design Plan, the Brattleboro Planning Commission is accepting proposals for Better Block projects to be designed and built by community members. The Planning Commission will select three temporary projects to be installed September 20-22 in downtown.
Better Block projects could include pop-up shops or eateries, art displays or performances, spaces for games or excercise, improvements to sidewalks or crosswalks, bike lanes or parking, outdoor seating or reading areas, streetscaping and landscaping, changes to buiding facades, etc.
Time to Expose Media Manufactured Uprising – Libya
Libyans in Tripoli are again under siege, anti-imperialists should be encouraged to use this window of topicality to have the public know the truth about the colonial powers’ annihilation of Africa’s most prosperous nation. Let us look back at a peaceful and prosperous Libya, just five weeks before the UN Security Council voted to bomb it. the UN Quality of Life Index of 2010 ranked Libya 53rd highest nation in the world.
An Interview With Yellowfront – Local Heart-Rock Heroes
Yellowfront is a four-piece “heart-rock” band from Brattleboro, VT. Their self-titled debut Yellowfront was released in November 2018 and it’s a gem. You can find it on their Bandcamp page. Look out for their new full-length CD due in August.
Read on for the full interview with Yellowfront.
Selectboard Meeting Notes – Rental Housing, Day Work, Sustainability
The Brattleboro Selectboard held their only meeting of July. Despite objections from many landlords, the board approved a new rental housing inspection program, and despite numerous statements of support they put off deciding on how best to deal with issues of sustainability.
New tax rates for FY20 were set, a 3-month day work pilot program was funded, Groundworks received $100,000 for housing, and more.
Prevent Global Warming – Eat Oysters
Eat Oysters!
Oysters are salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in brackish marine habitats. Shells are highly calcified and irregular in shape. Oysters are consumed cooked or raw and are commonly regarded as a delicacy.
Hinesburg Road Closure
Starting Monday, July 8th, Hinesburg Road will be closed to through traffic in the area of 402 Hinesburg Rd. The closure is to install a new box culvert. Through traffic will be detoured across Mather Road to Bonnyvale Road, and through Lee Road. The detour will be marked. Residents within the closure will still have access to their homes.
VFW Volunteers Needed
The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is looking for a couple of volunteers to weed around the building. Plenty of work to be done. Please contact slofting@hotmail.com if interested.
Fireflies and Starry Skies
The 4th of July brings us the stars and stripes and the sparkle of fireworks, evoking (among other things) America’s victory over Britain and “the rockets red glare.” But long after the last brilliant explosions have subsided, another kind of “fireworks” continues. These little bursts of light are significantly quieter — silent, in fact — but they can be just as impressive. I’m talking, of course, about the fireflies.
BCTV Schedules – Week of 7/8/19
BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 7/8/19
Monday, July 8, 2019
4:42 am Brattleboro Words Project – Brattleboro Printing – Heyday Years 1900-1970
5:00 am Heartline Ministries – Transfigure or Transform
6:00 am Woods Whys – An Exploration of Forests and Forestry with Michael Snyder
6:30 am Dinner Party – JJ Hapgood General Store and Eatery
6:56 am BDCC presents – 2019 Sophomore Summit: Exploring Pathways to Prosperity
Twilight on the Tavern Lawn presents Cantrip on Sunday, July 14
Twilight Music continues its 17th annual Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of folk, world beat, zydeco, Celtic, jazz, blues and bluegrass summer concerts on Sunday, July 14 with high energy Scottish music bagpipes/fiddle/guitar trio Cantrip. The seven concert series continues every other Sunday through August 25. All concerts begin at 6:00 pm in downtown Putney on the Putney Tavern lawn (bring a lawn chair or blanket) or at Next Stage at 15 Kimball Hill in case of rain.
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu July 8 to July 12
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu July 8 to July 12
July 8 Meat & Vegetarian Lasagna
Garlic Bread
Italian Mixed Vegetables
Fresh Fruit Salad
Brattleboro Selectboard – Agenda & Notes July 9, 2019
Brattleboro’s new “Work Today” program for day labor will be explained and partially funded at Tuesday’s meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard. Youth Services is taking the lead on this attempt to employ members of the community that have trouble finding steady work.
The board will take up the question of whether to create a Sustainability Officer position within town government, enact a rental housing inspection program, the town pool needs more repairs, tax rates will be set, goals will be reviewed, the library will get grants to help with local history, we’ll buy another pick-up truck, goals will be reviewed, committee members will be appointed, and more.
You can bring up other matters not on the agenda during public participation.
Brattleboro Committee Meeting Agendas
The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, July 11, 2019, at 6:30pm at the Brattleboro Food Co-Op in the Community Room (located at 2 Main Street).
NOTE: The meeting of the Brattleboro ADA Advisory Committee that was previously scheduled on Friday, July 12, 2019, has been RESCHEDULED to Friday, July 19, 2019, at 9:00am in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room at the Municipal Center.
Have You News Today Of Your…
I was digging through some old family things and came across a green piece of paper that my grandfather had printed to encourage fellow students to submit news to the college newspaper. It says:
“HAVE YOU NEWS TODAY OF YOUR..
