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Brattleboro’s Harris Hill Ski Jump Cancelled for 2021

by Not Signed In | Recreation & Sports

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Vermont’s Harris Hill Ski Jump is canceling its February 2021 competition due to the Covid-19 pandemic and turning its attention to planning for its centennial in 2022.

“We considered the enormous health risks to the jumpers, coaches and judges coming from around the country and overseas,” event co-directors Kate McGinn and Liz Richards said. “Those risks would extend to the hundreds of volunteers who staff the competition and the thousands of spectators who come from all over New England.”

Town of Brattleboro Halloween Event & Safety Tips    

by Not Signed In | Family

The Town of Brattleboro Recreation and Parks Department in collaboration with the Brooks Memorial Library is excited to announce we will be hosting drive-thru Trick-or-Treating at the Municipal Center Parking Lot.   This event will be held on Saturday October 31ST between 4:00 – 6:00 PM.   We ask all ghouls and goblins to enter the Municipal Center Parking Lot from the Grove Street entrance.  There will be a walk-up table for those who wish to walk vs drive.    A special thanks goes out to the Brattleboro Police and Fire Departments for their assistance with the event.

The Other Pandemic

by RDavis | Activism

When people in power continually lie and rule with bluster and bullying instead of with intelligence and compassion we all suffer. If these kinds of bad apples are in our neighborhood or in the sphere of our daily life we can try to keep away from such a toxic individuals. We know that keeping away from them is the best thing we can do to preserve our mental health.

But when that person is the President of the United States it is nearly impossible not to be affected by the toxic atmosphere that is constantly being created. It seems that when such high level power brokers do so many bad things they create a juggernaut of a unique kind of disease that feeds on itself and that grows in intensity. Their behavior feeds a beast of never-ending chaos.

A new kind of political epidemic is poisoning the entire world. The coronavirus is a physical threat and this new political virus is quickly harming the mental health of people all around the world. Trump is not the only bad player who is spreading this virus, but he has given greater legitimacy to other world leaders who are trying to solidify their power bases by building a world of lies with their own version of bluster and bullying.

Donald Trump’s October Surprise

by Lise | Politics, Spiritual

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, has Covid-19. That this happened on a full moon was weird, almost spooky and very Octoberish.

I noticed no other omens however.  Last night, we watched Stella Dallas on tv and then checked news wherein we saw that Trump was on a short list to have Covid-19.  In one of those “this changes everything” ways, that news instantly blew up all conventional thinking about everything.  Not that it was unexpectable — but definitely unexpected.  We were expecting him to try to keep the White House by force, not catch Covid and potentially die.  Like I said, Octoberish.

Brattleboro Fall Leaf Collection Schedule 2020

by Not Signed In | Home & Garden

FALL  LEAF  COLLECTION  SCHEDULE

The following dates have been scheduled for Brattleboro’s curbside Fall Leaf Collection. All locations will be picked up each Friday:

Leaf Pick Up Date

ALL RESIDENTSFriday, October 23, 2020

ALL RESIDENTSFriday, November 6, 2020

Brattleboro and Vermont COVID-19 Dashboard Numbers – October 2020

by cgrotke | Health

It’s October now. Here is the continuation of daily COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro.

You can find the September numbers here, August numbers here,  July numbers here, the June numbers here, the May dashboard reporting here, and the April numbers here.

March for Medicaid

by ESchwartz | Activism

On October 3 the Vermont Workers’ Center will hold a March for Medicaid in Bellows Falls. This is part of a national week of action coordinated by the Workers’ Center and the Nonviolent Medicaid Army, a growing national force fighting for universal healthcare and all economic and social rights for poor and working class people. The campaign is calling on Governor Scott to protect Medicaid by cutting the state’s contract with OneCare, a for-profit company siphoning off millions in Medicaid funding that should be spent on people’s healthcare, and to make good on Vermont’s commitment to universal healthcare as enacted in Act 48.

Will It Be A Funeral Or A War For Democracy?

by RDavis | Activism

Just when it looked as though the current political climate in this country could not get any worse, events unfolded that have pushed us closer to unprecedented constitutional and human crises. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Supreme Court justice who changed the world for the better, has passed on. Her legacy will last for generations and life will be better for many Americans years after her death.

But the Republican politicians in Washington want to shorten the mourning period and act quickly to move the court as far to the right as they can. They have vowed to place a Trump appointee as quickly as possible and, because our government no longer serves the people, the minority viewpoint will prevail and the court will tilt to the right for too many years.

VFW $7 Lunch Specials Open to the Public 9/28 to 10/2 and Wed. Breakfast

by LisaL | Food

VFW $7 Lunch Specials Sept. 28th – Oct. 2nd/Breakfast Sept. 30th

Mon – 2 chili cheese dogs w/ macaroni salad & coleslaw
Tues – chicken n biscuit w/ salad
Wed – breakfast 6am-9am
Wed – pulled pork grilled cheese w/ potato chips
Thur – stuffed cabbage rolls w/ salad (order ahead starting Tues)
Fri – tuna noodle casserole

BBQ Chicken Dinner at the VFW Sunday Oct. 11th. Please Call to Reserve Your Meal.

by LisaL | Food

The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road will be having a chicken BBQ on Sunday, October 11th. For $12, you get 1/2 a BBQ chicken, homemade baked beans, coleslaw and corn bread. Drive thru to-go’s, or dine in. Starting at 11 am until gone. Please call 802-257-0438 to reserve yours today. Social distancing and mask wearing while inside.

The End of Restaurants as We Know Them?

by RDavis | Health

Sadly, one of the sectors of the economy taking a major hit during the pandemic is the restaurant industry. Many places have gone out of business and those that remain are struggling to figuring out a way to create a new kind of business model that promotes financial viability.

When restaurants ramp down and close there are all kinds of ripple effects in the economy. People lose jobs and supporting industries, which include farmers, also feel the pinch. If one looked at the pandemic solely from an economic viewpoint that would mean that opening all public businesses would be the highest priority.

VFW $7 Lunch Specials Open to the Public 9-21 to 9-25 & Wed Breakfast

by LisaL | Food

VFW $7 Lunch Specials from 9-21 – 9-25 & Wed. Breakfast
Mon – chicken cordon bleu w/ baked potato & veg
Tues – stuffed pork w/ mashed potato & veg
Wed – Breakfast 6am-9am (menu below)
Wed – Eyvonne’s mac n cheese w/ ham
Thur – prime rib grinder w/ potato chips
Fri – spaghetti and meatballs w/ salad & garlic bread
Wednesday Sept. 23rd breakfast from 6 am – 9am hall side

The Vermont Way

by RDavis | Living

It was a small event in the overall scheme of things. But small events are what our daily lives are made of. When those events take on special meaning our lives become richer.

Labor Day and the heavy traffic of years past as cars streamed down Weatherhead Hollow Road in Guilford on their way to the Guilford Fair was replaced with silence. A few cars trickled by and I’m sure that “the hollow” missed the echoes of loudspeakers calling for the horse show entrants or for announcers telling the hillside crowd how far the horses had pulled the stone boat.

I was taking an afternoon nap in my hammock when my wife Roberta summoned me to the road in front of our house. It was a windy day and a large tree branch had fallen across the road, only allowing for one car at a time to barely pass.