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Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee Meeting
By Not Signed In | Fri, May 24 2013The Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 4:30pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager's Office
(802) 251-8100
Police Fire Facility Committee Meeting Agenda
By Not Signed In | Fri, May 24 2013The Police-Fire Facility Building Committee will meet on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 2:00pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center. It is anticipated that the Committee will enter executive session.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager's Office
(802) 251-8100
Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee Meeting Agenda
By Not Signed In | Fri, May 24 2013The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 8:30am in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager's Office
(802) 251-8100
Strand Ave, Crosby Street Temporarily Closed in Brattleboro
By Not Signed In | Thu, May 23 2013Strand Avenue will be closed to through traffic tentatively until August 6th, 2013 while BUR Construction performs drainage and retaining wall construction. Crosby Street will also be closed to through traffic from the intersection of Crosby and Strand to 65 Crosby Street tentatively until August 6th, 2013.
Brattleboro Memorial Day Closings
By Not Signed In | Wed, May 22 2013In observance of Memorial Day, all Brattleboro town offices will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2013, with the exception of emergency services.
Parking is free at all metered spaces and in the pay-and-display lots on Sunday, May 26 and Monday, May 27, 2013. All other violations, including extended parking, will be enforced.
Selectboard Meeting Notes: Brattleboro Housing Authority Updates, and Ash Tree Destroying Insects
By cgrotke | Wed, May 22 2013The Brattleboro Selectboard heard sobering news about rental housing for low income citizens at Tuesday’s meeting. Section 8 funds are threatened, said the Brattleboro Housing Authority, which could impact residents and landlords alike.
The board also heard about the Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive insect expected to start eating our ash trees in the near future if action isn’t taken soon. The board discussed bonding, budgets, project architects, and whether it was a good idea to serve liquor outdoors in Harmony Lot.
River Garden Repayment Repealed (Annotated)
By RobertOeser | Tue, May 21 2013After sending out the Brattleboro Reformer article appearing below, I received several emails questioning the sentence reading
the original language of the bill said that “Building a Better Brattleboro, Inc., its successors and assigns, shall not convey this property to a for-profit entity, unless it shall reimburse the town of Brattleboro the sum of $150,000, without interest, at the time of said conveyance, if it ever were to occur.”
And folks are rightly confused! This language is not in the original bill. That bill, Act 29 (1999) contained the following wording:
Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes - May 21, 2013
By cgrotke | Sun, May 19 2013The Brooks House loan will be on Tuesday night’s Selectboard Agenda. The board will also hear about bonding options, invasive insects, retaining walls, online maps, and more. You can bring up other items that aren’t on the agenda during Public Participation.
You can participate by attending the meeting at the Municipal Center, or by watching on BCTV. As always, we’ll have coverage here the next day, too.
Brattleboro Citizens' Breakfast notes - "A 'Sneak Preview' of the Slow Living Summit "
By RobertOeser | Sun, May 19 2013
Brattleboro Citizens' Breakfast, Gibson-Aiken Center - Brattleboro VT - A “sneak preview” of the Slow Living Summit
Presenter: Martin Langeveld -newsafternewspapers@gmail.com
Mention the “Strolling of the Heifers,” and one ordinarily thinks of the weekend parade, this year scheduled for Saturday, June 8. And for good reason as surveys have demonstrated attendance during the Strolling weekend from 26 states and 400 zip codes. It has certainly helped to put Brattleboro on the map, ranking eighth among the Top Ten Summer Festivals of 2013 -
Brattleboro Police-Fire Facility Building Committee Meeting Agenda
By Not Signed In | Fri, May 17 2013The Brattleboro Police-Fire Facility Building Committee will meet on Thursday, May 23, 2013 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