Brattleboro Town and Town School District Auditors’ Reports Available

 January 10, 2019 , Town of Brattleboro  Notice of Availability of Auditors’ Reports 

NOTICE is hereby given that the Brattleboro Town and Town School District Auditors’ Reports for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, are available upon request and may be picked up at the Brattleboro Town Clerk’s office, 230 Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont. 

The Auditors’ Reports will also be available as part of the Town and School District Annual Report which will be available at the Town Clerk’s office no later than February 22, 2019. 


Brooks Memorial Library Seeks Trustees

The Board of Library Trustees of Brooks Memorial Library seeks an enthusiastic and dedicated library user to fill an open position on the Board.  

Candidates for this position should have an interest in maintaining a strong and visionary library in Town.  Trustees must be residents of Brattleboro.

The Board, which numbers nine trustees, meets at the Library from 4:45 p.m. to 6:45PM on the second Tuesday of the month.  Members are asked to chair or serve on two or more committees that convene as needed.


Newfane History Survey

The Moore Free Library and Windham County Historical Society are looking into creating a program to record, preserve, and share people’s stories about Newfane.

Answering these few questions will help give us direction as we shape the project.


BCTV Schedules – Week of 1/7/19

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 1/7/19

Monday, January 7, 2019

5:00 am Southern Vermont Dance Festival – Mid Summer Promenade – Retreat Farm
5:50 am Education and Enrichment for Everyone – Exploring London’s History
6:57 am Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition presents – Clean the Air Pt. 4
7:00 am Vermonters for Justice in Palestine – Salaam / Shalom – December 28, 2018
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast


VFW $6 Lunch Specials Open to the Public 1-7 to 1-11

The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burgers, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438

Mon – fried chicken breast, mashed potato, gravy & veg


Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes – January 8, 2019

Dozer the (Maybe) Dangerous Dog will be one of the first things the Brattleboro Selectboard takes up in the New Year, unless an agreement is reached prior to Tuesday’s meeting. The Police Chief plans to bring additional witnesses and evidence.

The board will also take up other big issues, such as remaining work on the Police-Fire Facilities project, the FY20 budget, changes to parking, and a Municipal Self Governance Proposal from the Vermont league of Cities and Towns. You may continue to bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation in 2019, as in past years.


Brattleboro Committee Meeting Agendas

The Brattleboro Energy Committee will meet on Monday, January 7, 2019, at 5:00pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room at the Municipal Center.

The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 6:30pm in the Mezzanine Conference Room at the Brooks Memorial Library.


Breakfast at the Brattleboro VFW Jan. 5th Public Welcome

The VFW will be having a breakfast Saturday Jan. 5th from 8 am – 10:30 am. This is not a buffet, but you may choose to purchase eggs made to order, sausage, bacon, tater tots, toast, homemade sausage gravy over biscuits, and pancakes or french toast with real maple syrup. This will be on the canteen side, not the hall side.


Camimo Pilgrimage Path Across Spain is Topic of Library Presentation

Spain’s thousand-year-old pilgrimage trail will be the focus of a presentation at Brattleboro’s Books Memorial Library on January 8, 2019, at 7:00 pm. The library is at 224 Main Street in Brattleboro, VT.

The slideshow and discussion will be led by Betsy Bates, Cicely Carroll, and Bob Lawson.

The Camino is nearly 500 miles long, running from the Pyrenees in France across the northern portion of Spain to Santiago de Compostela.


Brattleboro Dog and Wolf-hybrid Licenses Available

Brattleboro dog and wolf-hybrid licenses are available for the 2019 licensing period.  Vermont dogs and wolf-hybrids 6 months of age and older must be licensed on or before April 1.  Renewal licenses may be obtained in person at the Town Clerk’s office, through the mail or online atwww.brattleboro.org.   Dogs being licensed in Brattleboro for the first time may be licensed in person or through the mail by printing the license form from the website listed above.


Great Exhibit About Brattleboro

There is a fabulous exhibit about Brattleboro in the Vermont Historical Society Museum in Montpelier.   The exhibit, titled Brattleboro-The Defining Decades, 1870-1920, has been produced by the Brattleboro Historical Society , the Estey Organ Museum, with installation design by Chris Grotke.


Thin Ice: 3 People Per Day Fell Through The Ice The Past 2 Days at Retreat Meadows

The Retreat Meadows outdoor ice skating across from Grafton Cheese factory outlet store on Rt 30 in Brattleboro: THIN ICE. 3 people fell through today. I saw 2 of them. I organized a rescue for one of them, but then he managed to get out before we had to actually do it, thankfully. 3 people fell through yesterday.

The West River is completely open water with no ice, all the way up to Townshend. This means the water is being warmed by the sun, the whole time it’s coming down the river. 20+ miles. The water is warmer than freezing temperature by the time it gets to Brattleboro, and melts the ice from underneath. This isn’t apparent by looking at the surface of the ice.


BCTV Schedules – Week of 12/31/18

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 12/31/18

Monday, December 31, 2018

5:00 am Green Mtn Mornings Tonight – GMMT: Friday News Show 12/21/18
5:30 am WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP Ep 1 – Beginning Your WRAP
6:05 am WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP Ep 2 – Triggers and Early Warning Signs
6:30 am WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP Ep 3 – When Things are Breaking Down
6:55 am PSA – 16th Annual Tibet Festival


Winter Group 2019

Jan. 12 – Feb. 24: Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts presents “Winter Group 2019,” an exhibition of new work by Josh Bernbaum, Bruce Campbell, Lyell Castonguay, Liz Chalfin, Jon Gregg, Emily Mason, Petria Mitchell, and other gallery artists.

Among the pieces introduced in “Winter Group 2019” are Bernbaum’s large, blown-glass vessels inspired by flowering cacti of the Southwest, and Campbell’s hand-operated steel and brass kinetic sculptures which let us orbit planets and stars on a tabletop.