Transportation Question
Hey, all you travelers out there: Anyone know the most expedient way to get to Brattleboro via air from the west coast ? Is flying to Boston and then taking the shuttle the best way? Thanks!
Flakiness Intensifies
The seasonal frozen precipitation continues. Brattleboro should have an abundance of new flakes by morning.
Anyone doing anything interesting?
Brattleboro Arts Committee Meeting Agenda
The Brattleboro Arts Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 4:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Brattleboro ADA Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda
The Brattleboro ADA Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, February 13, 2015 at 10:00am at the Marlboro College Graduate Center in the VCIL conference room.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Brattleboro Pay-As-You-Throw Advisory Committee/Working Group Meeting Agenda
The Brattleboro Pay-As-You-Throw Advisory Committee/Working Group will meet with the Selectboard on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 5:15pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
5:45 Live: 2/6/15
The story behind Ronal Reid’s $8 Million bequest to the hospital and library, return of the Police Fire debate, Leland & Gray’s $7 Million budget passage make up the top headlines on a snowy Gallery Walk edition of 5:45 Live.
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Weekend Comedy Series: Rita Rudner
Remember Rita? She’s sort of a cross between a fairy godmother and Gracie Allen, with her own style and grace, delivering innocent questions and observations with a delivery that packs a punch.
She’s originally from Miami and was a dancer on Broadway before entering the comedy biz. Woody Allen and Jack Benny are considered influences. More recently she can often be found performing in Vegas.
Brattleboro Selectboard Special Meeting: PAYT, Charter Changes
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 5:15pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Brattleboro Time Trade – Week of February 6
Brattleboro Time Trade:
Exchanging services, creating connections, strengthening communities, one hour at a time.
See below for exciting Upcoming Events and learn what Time Trade is all about!
This week’s fabulous listings, brought to you with thoughts of warmth:
OFFERS:
Help Photographing your Stuff
Life Sciences Tutor
Borrow My Snowshoes
I Will Help You Sleep Better
BUHS and Brattleboro School Budgets and Issues
Glenn wrote:
“Perhaps someone could start a new thread to talk about school issues? While they all end up boiling down a town tax bill, they’re not really in the same category as town and selectboard issues. BUHS, the Brattleboro school district, and the municipality are all a little different”
Good idea, and wish granted. Carry on…
I-91 Brattleboro Bridge Replacement Project Update: Week of February 8
Night work on the new bridge will resume at Route 30. Night work will be conducted Monday night, February 9th thru Friday night, February 13th.
Travelers are advised to take high traffic volumes associated with Presidents Day weekend into account when making travel plans.
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.
The Great Snowball Assault of 1892
The weather was right for packing good snowballs. The targets were a plenty. Nobody stopped them.
February 5, 1892, as reported in the Phoenix:
The heavy fall of damp snow, which came on Tuesday and Tuesday night, was followed Wednesday by the worst exhibition of hoodlumism ever seen on Brattleboro streets.
In the early morning the boys began snow-balling in an entirely proper and legitimate way, but at noon this had degenerated into a wanton and indiscriminate attack upon every passerby, and upon every team, person and object which chanced for any reason to furnish a target.
Gallery At The [River] Garden Presents Works By Shawnna O’Connor, Sam Groves
Starting Friday, Feb. 6, the Gallery at the Garden features two exhibits: “Touring New England through Oil Paintings” by Shawnna O’Connor, and “Lights, Camera, Action….Motion Pictures,” an exhibit of photographic works by Sam Groves. Both shows will continue through February.
O’Connor is mainly a self-taught artist. She uses oil paints to create bright works illustrating historic sites in New England.
She originally focused on smaller canvas depictions of cats. After the 2011 fire that ravaged the Brooks House apartments where she lived, O’Connor began to paint larger pieces, featuring some of New England’s many historic landmarks.
Fabulous Custom Electric Guitar – Raffle for Compass School International Travel Program
As a fundraiser for our international travel program, the Compass School is running an Online Raffle of a Custom Electric Guitar
For a $10 ticket, you could win this custom made guitar built by father and son guitar makers Rory Struthers (compass junior) and his dad Dick Struthers.
Secure online .
Compass student, Rory Struthers, and his guitar building father, Richard have collaborated to build a unique electric guitar entirely out of construction scrap. This first-of-its-kind, prototype guitar is worth well over $1,000!
Gub’mint Interference – Unclean Hands!
From the BBC
US senator questions forcing food workers to wash hands:
A US senator has suggested that restaurants should not have to make their employees wash their hands after toilet visits.
Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, made the comments on Monday during a speech criticising business regulations.
“Let them decide” such issues, the newly elected lawmaker said.
Another One Bites The Dust..
Sadly, yet another fine downtown business is closing. MILAGROS restaurant’s last day will be February 13th. This restaurant was really fun to go to; delicious, inexpensive authentic food, great atmosphere, colorful space. Most of all it was a welcome change from the overwhelming amount of pizza and Chinese food places. This is tough town to try to keep a business with reasonable prices afloat. One more big, empty storefront on Main Street. It’s a shame to see them close.
Memorial for Kat (Coates) Bark
Andrew Bark wishes to invite everyone who loved his late wife Katharine M. Bark to a celebration of her life.
Kat’s memorial will be a pot luck to be held at the Townshend Town Hall from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 7th.
For more information, please call Andrew at: (802) 451-6188,
Selectboard Meeting Notes: Nothing Ado About Much
The Brattleboro Selectboard had a non-controversial, almost-dull meeting Tuesday night. If you are looking for fireworks, there are none to report.
Interesting things were accomplished, however. Things you need to know about. Things that will change the way of life as we know it in this town. A major sidewalk renovation will be underway later this year, there are new zoning regulations being developed, and Representative Town Meeting informational meetings for Town Representatives are being planned.
There was no decision regarding opposing the Charter change questions, other than to prepare informational materials, in case the board decides to send a statement.
First Wednesday: Plato’s Republic: Re-thinking His Utopian Ideal
Philosophy scholar Susanne Claxton explores the key elements of the utopian republic envisioned by Plato and considers their adequacy.
Underwriter: Union Institute & University. Wednesday 4 February at 7 – 9 pm. Location Library Main Room.
For more information contact Brooks Library by phone at 802-254-5290 ext 0, by email at info@brookslibraryvt.org, or on the web at brookslibraryvt.org. Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301. The event is free and open to the public.
Inserting Horizontal Lines In Word Documents Quickly?
There must be someone in Brattleboro who knows enough about Microsoft WORD to answer my question.
Normally, when you want to quickly insert a horizontal line into a Word document there is a keyboard shortcut to save you time.
Example: To put a simple divider line between two paragraphs in a document, just type 3 dashes — and hit
‘Enter’ immediately.
