Major Fire on Elliot Street
Anyone have details on a multiple-alarm house or apartment building fire on Elliot Street? Smoke spreading for blocks around …
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Food Stamps May Not Come in November – Are We Ready?
…a USDA (the currently shuttered agency that administers the )
memo obtained by the Crossroads Urban Center in Utah carries in it a
very disturbing warning for the 46+ million Americans currently on
foodstamps.
Wednesday Farmers’ Market Still Open!
The local farmers are bringing great fall produce to the Wednesday Farmers’ Market–open through the end of October– downtown by the Brattleboro Food Coop from 10-2. Apples and cider, pears, winter squash, garlic and onions, greens and tomatoes, peppers and potatoes, maple syrup and preserves, flower bouquets, humanely-raised pork, and lots more is all downtown on Wednesdays, fresh from our dedicated local growers.
Don’t forget Anon’s Thai Cuisine for lunch and that the market accepts EBT and debit cards! 802-254-8885. See you at the market! Spread the word!
Free Scrabble Mentor
Club and Tournament Scrabble is more than just a pastime. Like chess and bridge, it is played as a competitive sport all over the English-speaking world. Brattleboro is fast becoming a hotbed of Scrabble players, with a weekly club session and a developing group of friends who take the game seriously (while alllowing room for laughter and orientation of newbies.
Like any competitive game, there are fundamentals and preparation involved with becoming a top player. I am committed to promoting the game and to helping folks who wish to dive more deeply into the fascinating world of club and tournament play to improve their skills and become a part of this vibrant community.
Chicken BBQ in West Brattleboro
This weekend, West Brattleboro, In front of Congregational Church. Tasty BBQ Chicken. Add baked beans and slaw for a delicious dinner.
Apple Brunch Sunday in Guilford
Broad Brook Grange will present its 17th annual Columbus Day Weekend Apple Brunch on Sunday, October 13, from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Grange hall in Guilford Center. The proceeds from the event will allow for continued renovations of the historic building and support of its community programs.
The all-you-can-eat brunch features eggs and omelets, any style, made to order. Also on the menu are apple and regular pancakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and home fries, with Guilford maple syrup. Other treats include home-baked apple coffee cakes and other goodies, homemade applesauce, and bread for toasting. A selection of juices — including cider — will be available, along with coffee, teas and milk.
For Animal Lovers – Dog Brain Research
strongly suggests they should be better protected by policy responses and social practices.
Clean Air Cities
To all with eyes to see, it’s clear that climate change is here now and already having a profound effect on the places we live, the natural resources we depend on and the species that provide rich biodiversity around the planet.
Nature knows. The Maple Sugar industry is concerned that our forests are migrating northward. The timber industry is worried about dying trees and increased risk of forest fires. Populations of small animals are changing. Cottontails are seen with increasing frequency. Turkey Vultures are staying for the winter. Canada Geese can be seen at Christmas time. Southern species of fish are seen further north than ever.We need to take significant steps now to curb greenhouse gas pollution and avoid the worst effects of runaway global climate change.
The Dragon of Fear
A long time ago, before I was born, a world leader named Roosevelt said: “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” And, of course, he was right. We live in a world where there are millions of things to fear, millions of things that might potentially get us. More and more, the simple occasions of daily life are occasions for fear, from going to the doctor to using the Internet. If you really thought about it, you would be paralyzed!
For most people who have fears (I feel I can say this, being a person with fears), it’s not the present moment that’s the problem. It’s what the realities that the present moment might lead to. Yes, we want to fix the problems of the present but it’s the problems of the future that really bother us. So many bad things could potentially happen. Even if you think you’re not a fearful person, think of how many times you say “I didn’t do such and such because I was afraid such and so might happen.” Fear and worry are future oriented but the future hasn’t happened yet so none of those fears are “real”. They are imaginings, usually fairly dark imaginings at that.
Single Payer in Vermont?
Can anyone explain how the “Single Payer Medical Insurance” for Vermont will affect me. I’m so confused. Will it interfere with “Affordable Care Act”? I have MVP through my employer. Will I be able to pick my own Insurance? Someone told me that paying for my insurance will not come out of my paycheck and that it will come out of my taxes? Any truth to that?
Thanks.
Scrabble Anyone?
A Scrabble Club meets every Thursday night beginning at 6:00 PM at the Marlboro College Grad Center on Vernon Street. We are an eclectic group of word nerds who play the game as it is played in a tournament setting, yet value and support newcomers in their exploration of Scrabble beyond the dining room table or cell phone.
If I’ve piqued your curiosity and you don’t mind finding out how much you DON’T know about Scrabble, we invite you to bring that curiosity along with your sense of humor to our club.
A Little Known Bible Story
Help Clean Up Pliny Park on Wednesday
We’re cleaning up Pliny Park and need your help!
When: Wednesday, October 2nd – 5:30 p.m.
We’ll be raking, sweeping, and picking up trash Bring gloves, rakes, brooms or wheelbarrows if you have them.
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Refrigerator Repair in Brattleboro Area?
Who do you recommend for refrigerator repair in the Brattleboro area?
Corn Maze?
Does anyone know of a corn maze in this area that’s open now? It looks like the one in Guilford doesn’t open until Columbus Day weekend. Thanks!
Blue Moose Bistro Serves Classic Italian “A La Ken”
Brattleboro, VT – Ken Flutie didn’t realize how his love and passion for food would change him when Italian grandmothers took him under their wings and taught him to cook the old-world or classic Italian way.
Born and raised in New York, Ken Flutie worked in restaurants as a line cook and sous chef with classical to traditional training during college, but when he first started working in retail (his professional career for thirty years) after graduation, the “Nonnas” (term of endearment which pays tribute to all the women and the women they learned from), who taught Ken to cook the Italian way – with passion, flavor and love. The Nonnas took him under their wing, made sure he knew how to cook and enjoy classic Italian home-made foods. Flutie kept his recipes and love of Italian cooking personal by serving family, friends and sometimes catering events until after he retired in 2005 from the retail business working for Phillips Van Heusen/Calvin Klein when he became a professional chef.
Free Parenting Course Begins October 2nd – Childcare is Included
FREE award-winning parenting class, Guiding Good Choices, Wednesdays, from Oct. 2-30.
Guiding Good Choices is a free, five-session workshop that aids parents and/or caregivers of students in grades 4-8. The course covers how to set clear guidelines with both positive and negative consequences, how to control and express anger constructively, promote family bonds, and prepare kids with “refusal” skills for that time down the road when trouble may tempt them.
The NeighborWorks HEAT Squad Comes to Windham and Windsor Counties
The NeighborWorks HEAT Squad (heatsquad.org) is Vermont’s one-stop-shop for helping homeowners complete home energy efficiency improvements to their homes. The Squad helps customers of all income levels every step of the way to a comfortable and affordable home – from education and engagement, to scheduling an energy audit, to managing and even financing energy efficiency improvements (single family residences and apartments up to four units).
Please Join SeVWA On The Morning of Oct. 5th For The 17th Annual CRWC Source to Sea Cleanup!
Please join SeVWA for Connecticut River Watershed Council’s (CRWC’s) 17th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup!
On the morning of October 5th help us clean-up some of our most favorite local swimming holes and recreational sites along the West River in Brattleboro, Dummerston and Newfane – be a part of making these locations cleaner and safer for those of us that visit and enjoy these sites, for the wildlife too, and to protect the river’s water quality.
BMH Kicks Off Community Engagement Portion of “The Doorway to Exceptional Care” Capital Campaign
YOUR DOOR HELPS OPEN OURS!
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) announced the start of the community engagement portion of its Emergency Department capital campaign today. The hospital is seeking to raise $3.5 million to renovate and expand the 31-year-old facility.
Co-chaired by Art Greenbaum and Martha O’Connor, a committee of community leaders has spent the past year working to solicit charitable support from the hospital board, the campaign committee and key supporters, as well as from BMH leadership, physicians and employees. Now that over $3 million has been committed they are asking the community to join them in supporting the facility that impacts every life in the greater Brattleboro area.
