News and information sections, from near to far
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 5:15pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center. It is anticipated that the Board will enter into executive session at 5:15pm to discuss the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Holiday shopping brings an extended market day starting this Saturday at the Brattleboro Winter Farmer’s Market.
As usual the market will open at 10 am and stay open until 3 pm for an extra hour of holiday shopping.
Make it your first stop on Saturday for fresh farm products, local foods, gifts and basics like soap…we even have homemade laundry detergent!
NOTE: Upcoming night closure of I-91 Northbound to re-address pothole problems. This work is weather dependent. It is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday night, December 10th between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am. The actual closure date will be communicated to stakeholders at least 48 hours in advance, after the team is able to confirm forecasted weather conditions are acceptable for work to proceed.
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.
Stacey Conn has joined Strolling of the Heifers as its new general manager, it was announced by Orly Munzing, Stroll founder and executive director.
Conn earned a Master’s of Business Administration degree from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in 2014. As part of her MBA program, she visited Ghana to teach entrepreneurship skills to high school students and to prepare them for the Babson Cup, a regional business plan competition.
She also served for a year as a Babson Board Fellow — a non-voting board member for the non-profit organization Partners for Youth with Disabilities, and created a strategic road map.
The December exhibit at the Gallery at the Garden (Robert H. Gibson River Garden, 157 Main Street, Brattleboro) features photographs of Vermont’s organic farming pioneers by John Nopper, along with photos from the Brattleboro Food Co-ops long-running “Producer of the Month” series.
Nopper’s photos will be accompanied by texts by Susan Harlow telling the stories of the farmers depicted. These farming pioneers started farming in the 1970s and 1980s, some as members of communes, others as new arrivals to the state looking to “get back to the land.”
They were, in fact, reviving a way of farming that the Green Revolution had all but killed off. They learned how to grow vegetables and raise livestock in a difficult climate and topography, without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. They learned how to grow food that was good, and good-looking.
In one of their longer meetings to date this year, the Brattleboro Selectboard worked their way through a great deal of municipal information Tuesday evening.
They heard a full and detailed report on the usefulness of the West Brattleboro Fire Station, No. 2, learned about work being done by the Brattleboro Energy Committee, outlined preliminary and potentially positive plans for the FY16 budget, appreciated the work of the Downtown Alliance, discussed the value of putting vague items on the agenda, and more. There were also suggestions of abandoning the Municipal Center, and getting rid of the pool, from former Chair Dick Degray.
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Ad Hoc Futures Committee will meet on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 6:00pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Pay-As-You-Throw Advisory Committee/Working Group will meet on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 5:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
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 from the stuffies:
OFFERS:
Thinking Of Starting An Online Business?
Learn to Knit the Basics
Moving & Packaging Materials STILL Available
Photo Restoration, Photo Editing
Visit BMAC
The usefulness and need of the West Brattleboro Fire Station will be discussed at the next regular meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard.
The organization formerly known as Building a Better Brattleboro will present their annual request for funds from the Downtown Improvement District, the board will talk about the budget being created, the Energy Committee will give an annual report and ask for their annual funding to be considered by Town Meeting Representatives, and there will be a discussion about whether Chris Chapman should be given time on a future agenda, once again, to present his thoughts on Town Fundraising to the board.
You can watch it all on BCTV, or attend in person and participate. You can even bring up other items that aren’t on the agenda during Public Participation. We’ll write it all up and you can read all the details here after the meeting.
There will not be a Brattleboro Citizens’ Breakfast in either November or December; see you in 2015!
If you ever wish to review or research past Breakfast presentations, an index can be found at this link:
While Not Breakfasts, the following events will be hosted at Senior Meals at the Gibson-Aiken Center:
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People come to Vermont to view the foilage of the native trees, including the Ski-plant.
Trees down. Road blocks up. cables down. Barricades up. Lights out. Sky bright. Transformers blow. Trees break. News breaks silently, I am worried~
fretting & sleepless in Brattleboro
robyn
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Review Committee will meet on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 5:00pm at 175 South Main Street.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Energy Committee will meet on Monday, December 1, 2014 at 5:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Arts Committee will meet on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 4:00pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Police-Fire Facilities Building Committee will meet on Friday, December 5, 2014 at 3:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
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 from a Women’s Chorus high:
OFFERS:
Rides and Errands
Chaga Duel Extracted Tincture
House and Workshop Organization
Administrative/ NPO Support
Locksmithing
Frontline Plus for Dogs
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The Brattleboro Citizen Police Communications Committee (CPCC) will meet on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 5:30pm in the community room at the Brooks Memorial Library.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
