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The Town of Brattleboro Water Department’s annual Consumer Confidence Report / Water Quality Report for 2025 is now available. This report can be viewed online at https://brattleboro.gov/water-supply. Printed copies are available at the Department of Public Works, Tri-Park CO-OP Office, Town Clerk’s Office and at the I-91 Welcome Center in Guilford.
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 8:00am in the Selectboard Meeting Room and over Zoom.
TRAFFIC IMPACTS:
Brattleboro-Putney STP PS 25(11)
Single-lane closures will be in place on U.S. Route 5 from the Brattleboro-Dummerston town line north to Putney. Flaggers will assist with alternating traffic patterns through multiple work zones as needed from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
There was a misprint in the Annual Town Meeting banner over Main Street. Annual Town Meeting will take place on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 8:30am. It will not begin on Sunday.
The addendum to the Town Report for the April 11, 2026 Annual Town Meeting is available for pickup at the circulation desk at the Brooks Memorial Library and a the Town Manager’s Office.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and over Zoom. Prior to the regular meeting at 5:15pm, the Board will convene and is expected to move directly into executive session to discuss contracts and real estate. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” Closed captioning will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members. The backup materials for this meeting will be available on the town website by the end of the day.
Annual Town Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 2026, at the Brattleboro Union High School gymnasium at 8:30am.
Prior to this meeting, the Brattleboro Selectboard will hold an informational forum on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at the Brattleboro Area Middle School (109 Sunny Acres Road) in the Multipurpose Room at 7:00pm. Below are more details about the informational forum.
Beginning Monday, crews will be accessing the shoulders along U.S. Route 5 from the Interstate 91 overpass in Brattleboro north toward the intersection with Putney Landing Road in Putney. There is potential for single lane closures with flaggers to be in place from Wednesday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The Town of Brattleboro is looking for citizens to serve on the following committees and boards:
ADA Committee
Conservation Commission
Design Review Board (Alternate)
Development Review Board (Alternate)
Energy Committee – 1 year term
Travelers to Brattleboro should be advised that on Saturday, March 28, 2026, from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., an organization plans to conduct a march in the downtown area.
The march will begin at the Preston Lot and continue north along Main Street before looping around and concluding at the Preston Lot. Event organizers are anticipating approximately 3,000 participants.
The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 4:15pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room at the Municipal Center (230 Main Street).
Construction is scheduled to resume on U.S. Route 5 from Brattleboro to Putney on Monday, April 6th during daytime hours.
Crews will begin to mobilize anticipating their start of work on the U.S. 5 portion of the project from north of the Interstate 91 overpass (just south of the intersection with Bennet Drive) and progressing north to Putney. Restricted shoulders and single-lane closures with alternating traffic patterns controlled by flaggers will be in place as needed.
Time for another “Noticed…” – it’s the place where you can write just sentence or two about something you’ve seen around town that caught your eye. Such as:
The ice fishing huts have been removed from Retreat meadows ; the benches used for skating have seemingly sunk in a bit and will be extricated when things free up, I’m guessing.
Not so much noticed, but remembered – work on Putney Road will happen once the weather stabilizes.
Brattleboro, VT – The Department of Public Works will be conducting an emergency repair to a failed culvert on Guilford Street on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
As a result, Guilford Street will be completely closed to all traffic between house numbers #773 and #821 between 7:30 AM and 5:00 PM. The road may reopen earlier if work is completed ahead of schedule.
Residents and motorists traveling beyond house #773 will not have access through Brattleboro and will need to detour through Guilford to reach their destinations.
The Department of Public Works (DPW) is currently responding to a water main break on Main Street between High Street and Grove Street.
Crews are on-site assessing the situation and beginning necessary repairs. As a result of this break, residents and businesses in the immediate area may experience:
• Temporary loss of water service
• Reduced water pressure
• Discolored water
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and over Zoom. Prior to the regular meeting at 5:15pm, the Board will convene and is expected to move directly into executive session to discuss contracts and labor relations agreements with employees. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” Closed captioning will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members. The backup materials for this meeting will be available on the town website by the end of the day.
The Town has identified a technical error in the April 11, 2026, Open Town Meeting Warning. The Warning contains two articles labeled Article 11 and two articles labeled Article 12, which affected the numbering of the remaining articles.
The Town has issued a revised Warning with the article numbers corrected. The only change made was to the numbering of the articles; no substantive changes were made to the content of the Warning.
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 8:00am in the Selectboard Meeting Room and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and over Zoom. Prior to the regular meeting at 5:15pm, the Board will convene and is expected to move directly into executive session to discuss contracts, labor relations agreements with employees and the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” Closed captioning will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members. The backup materials for this meeting will be available on the town website by the end of the day.
The budget and other Town matters are up for discussion at the next District 9 forum. We’ll meet at 6:45 pm on Wednesday, March 11, in the Community Room (3rd floor) of the Brooks Memorial Library. We had a lively discussion at our last forum and heard many happy and grateful comments from participants. Come join us on the 11th. For more information, contact robt.oeser@gmail.com robt.oeser@gmail.com or fideladelphia@gmail.com (413.559.1533).
