History, and Speculation. The Arch Duke Ferdinand Died 100 Years Ago
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Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes – July 1, 2014
The long-awaited results and recommendations of the Skatepark Site Selection Committee will be presented at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard. The Elm Street parking lot leads a list of four top-rated locations.
The board will set the FY15 tax rate, hear about improvements to the intersection at Union Hill and Western Avenue, review staffing levels in the Town Clerk and Recreation & Parks departments, and learn about changes to Vermont’s Open Meeting law. And more!
You can participate by attending in person at the Municipal Center, and can bring up items not on the agenda during Public Participation. Watch on BCTV, and read full coverage here the next day.
Winston Prouty Center Welcomes Shawna Parker To Its Board
The Winston Prouty Center recently welcomed Shawna Parker to its Board of Trustees.
Parker is a longtime Brattleboro area resident. She is currently the Director of Marketing at World Learning in Brattleboro and Washington D.C., where she has been for the past five years. Shawna brings more than 15 years of experience in marketing and public relations, including local outreach for a variety of causes, events and organizations.
I-91 Brattleboro Bridge Replacement Project Update: Week of June 29
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.
Route 30
The speed limit on Route 30 near the work zone has been reduced to 40 mph. This reduction will remain in effect through the Spring of 2016. Project-related truck activity on Route 30 will continue. Route 30 will be reduced to a single lane intermittently both day and night, with flaggers regulating traffic within the work zone.
Night work on the new bridge columns will continue Monday night, June 30 through Wednesday night, July 2.
Fireworks Safety From The Brattleboro Fire Department
The Brattleboro fire department urges all residents to be safe this Fourth of July.
In Vermont All Fireworks (not including sparklers and other novelty smoke devices) are illegal except for permitted, supervised public fireworks displays. Fireworks all too often result in serious burns, hearing loss and other injuries due to miss-use. Even sparklers, which are considered by many to be harmless, can reach, 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to cause 3rd degree burns.
Gertrude of Arabia?
Betcha you never heard of her. Sounds like a joke, but it isn’t.
installed a king loyal to the British, drew new borders—and gave us today’s ungovernable country: Iraq.
Quote: “It was a hundred years ago, a few months before the outbreak of World War I. Baghdad was under a regime loyal to the Ottoman Turks. The Turkish authorities in Constantinople had reluctantly given the persistent woman permission to embark on her desert odyssey, believing her to be an archaeologist and Arab scholar, as well as being a species of lunatic English explorer that they had seen before.
Brattleboro Selectboard Special Meeting Scheduled – Appointment, or Employment, or Evaluation
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 4:00pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center. It is expected that the Board will enter into executive session at 4:00pm to discuss an appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
I-91 Brattleboro Bridge Replacement Project Update: Week of June 23 – Southbound Closure
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 in the Fall of 2015.
On Monday night, June 23 and Tuesday night, June 24, the southbound lane of I-91 will be closed to complete necessary shoulder repairs. The specifics of the closure are:
– The closure will be from 9 PM – 6AM and will take place over two nights, Monday 6/23 and Tuesday 6/24
– The closing will be for southbound traffic only between Exits 3 and 2.
– All southbound traffic will be detoured off at Exit 3.
Yard Sale on High Street – Toys, Office Furniture, Antiques & More
We are hosting a yard sale at 76 High Street (McCarty Law Offices) in Brattleboro on Satuday, June 21st from 8-3PM. We have lots of inventory from antiques, a Persian Rug, kids toys (a lot of it from my childhood), books, office furniture and Christmas decorations.
We would love to see it go and for you to come down and see what we have. Hope to see you there.
-McCarty Law Offices
Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee Meeting Agenda
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, starting with a site visit at 8:00am at the Linden Lodge/Phoenix House on Linden Street, and reconvening in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center at approximately 8:30am.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting ad hoc Futures Committee Meeting Agenda
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting ad hoc Futures Committee will meet on Wednesday, June 25, 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
Brattleboro Trustees of Public Funds Meeting
The Brattleboro Trustees of Public Funds will meet on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 2:00pm at Putnam Insurance Agency, 91 Western Avenue.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Brattleboro Citizen Police Communications Committee (CPCC) Meeting Minutes and Agenda
The Brattleboro Citizen Police Communications Committee (CPCC) will meet on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 5:30pm at the Brooks Memorial Library in the community room.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Sanders and Vermont Religious Leaders Address Wealth and Income Inequality
BURLINGTON, Vt., June 20 – Vermont religious leaders joined U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today to address the moral implications of extreme wealth and income inequality.
Bishop Thomas Ely, the Rev. Dr. Lynn Bujnak, Monsignor Roland Rivard and Rabbi Joshua Chasan joined Sanders to emphasize that increasing wealth and income inequality in the United States is one of the great moral issues of our time and is undermining the fabric of our nation.
Brattleboro Police Chief Search – Community Committee
In recognition of the fact that everyone is a legitimate stakeholder when it comes to public safety, a committee of citizens is being formed to participate in candidate interviews as one step in the overall process of hiring the next police chief. The Town Manager’s Office will be accepting letters of interest from motivated members of the public for participation in the Police Chief Search – Community Committee.
Vermont Economic Development Authority Public Meeting for Revolving Loan Fund
On Thursday, July 10, 2014, the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) and the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) will hold a public hearing from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., in the Select Board Meeting Room, Brattleboro Municipal Center, 230 Main Street, Brattleboro.
The purpose of the public meeting is to take public comment on utilizing a portion of the $10 million made available through the MOU between the State of Vermont and Entergy Vermont Yankee to establish a Windham County Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) administered by VEDA. The RLF would be part of the Windham County Economic Development Program under development by ACCD to implement the MOU.
Social Media Surgery for Non Profits: A Workshop
Join Rob Fish, Nonprofit Advisor and Community Organizer, Vermont Digital Economy Project Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) in a workshop, Social Media Surgery for Non Profits on Wednesday 18 June 2014, 7 pm – 8:30 pm at the Brooks Library.
Does your organization need help using Facebook or Twitter? At this event, we will be bringing social media experts from around the state to work one on one with area organizations. This won’t be a workshop like any you have attended before.
Created by the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) in response to the 2011 floods, the Vermont Digital Economy Project’s mission is to construct more resilient communities, by helping Vermont communities, businesses, and nonprofits better use online tools as a way to speed flood recovery, spur economic development and job growth, and improve community resilience to disasters.
Missing Child in Brattleboro
Missing child in Brattleboro. This was posted to the Reformer at http://www.reformer.com/ci_25983683 There is also a photo of the girl at that link. Here is the text.
“The Brattleboro Police Department is currently attempting to locate a missing juvenile – Margaret Yost, 13, who goes by the nickname of May.
She was last seen at her home at approximately 7:20 p.m. on June 17 when she told her parents she was going out to have some alone time and hasn’t been seen since.
Selectboard Meeting Notes: Collective Bargaining Memo Signed, Search For Police Chief Begins
The Brattleboro Selectboard approved a memo of understanding which, once filed, will recognize most remaining non-management staff as union members. This makes the fourth group of town employees participating in collective bargaining.
Brattleboro will have a thorough process for finding a new Police Chief, according to plans presented by Interim Town Manager Patrick Moreland. If all goes well, the search will result in a new police chief by the end of the summer.
Committee members were appointed, grants enlarged, businesses fined, and more in this relatively short, summer meeting of the Selectboard.
