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Help Yourself While Helping a Brattleboro Business

by Not Signed In | Health

It’s a nightmare for a small business owner: a major chain moves into town, undercutting a small business owner on price, and customers flee – with some just aiming to try the competition for a while. If the small business fails, it is not only a tragedy for its owner; the ramifications are also dire for its employees, for its loyal customers, and for those who have fled and who would no longer have the option to go back if they are not satisfied with the new competitor.

So Brattleboro’s Supreme Fitness finds itself in a battle for survival, and as a long time member, I and other members are asking for your help, and in the process you will help yourself get in shape! Here’s what you need to do: join or rejoin Brattleboro’s Supreme Fitness.

Selectboard Meeting Notes – Broadband, Break-ins, Trees, and a Trolley

by cgrotke | Town News
brattleboro selectboard - feb 4 2020

The Brattleboro  Selectboard contemplated strange things at their regular Tuesday meeting. Shall  we plant $16,000 worth of carbon-capturing trees? Could we do without paved roads?  Should we bring the trolley back along RT. 9? None of these were agenda items per se, but they were intriguing side thoughts to scheduled conversations.

A municipal broadband survey is coming your way, the sustainability coordinator is on the job, and most liquor licenses will be renewed without incident.

BCTV Schedules – Week of 02/03/2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/3/20

Monday, February 3, 2020

5:00 am Dummerston Conservation Commission – Living with Black Bears with Jaclyn Comeau 1/14/20
6:30 am The World Fusion Show – EP 66 – Arcomusical
7:00 am Heartline Ministries – God In Flesh
7:55 am Promo – NOFA VT Winter Conference
7:56 am Census – 2020 Census – What is the 2020 Census

Brattleboro VFW $6.50 Lunch Specials Open to the Public 2-3 to 2-7

by Not Signed In | Food

The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6.50 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438
Feb. 3rd – Feb. 7th

Mon – chicken cordon bleu, baked potato & veg

Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes – 2/4/2020

by cgrotke | Town News

The Brattleboro Selectboard will return to non-FY21 business at their next regular meeting, granting permits for festivals, approving liquor licenses, and proposing parking spaces.

The board will also be introduced to Stephen Dotson, Brattleboro’s new Sustainability Coordinator and will hear about carbon offsets and renewable sources of electricity. You can bring up other matters during public participation.

Brattleboro Committee Meeting Agendas

by Not Signed In | Town News

The Brattleboro Energy Committee will meet on Monday, February 3, 2020, at 5:00pm in the Mezzanine Room at Brooks Memorial Library.

The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, February 6, 2020, at 6:30pm in the Community Room at the Brattleboro Food Co-Op, located at 2 Main Street.

Jan Anderson

Executive Secretary

Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office

WSESD Board and Committee Meetings

by Not Signed In | Education

The Windham Southeast School District Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 in the Windham Regional Career Center’s Cusick Conference Room, 80 Atwood Street, Brattleboro.

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kristina Naylor

Where Have All The Nurses Gone

by RDavis | Health

In his recent budget address Vermont Governor Phil Scott pointed out that Vermont is spending too much money to hire traveling nurses. He has come to recognize something that has been causing economic pain to Vermont’s health care institutions for many years.

When an institution cannot hire enough nurses from the local community and they want to provide optimum staffing, they often turn to one of the national traveling nurse companies to fill vacancies. The overall cost of contracting with these agencies significantly hurts the bottom line of institutions and that means that overall health care costs increase for everyone eventually.

How Much Should I Pay?

by SK-B | Business

The Seller wants to sell their home at the highest possible price. The Buyer does not want to lose out to a competing buyer but also does no want to overpay. How do we determine a fair price?

Black’s Law Dictionary (Sixth Edition) defines “Fair Market Value” (in part) as:

The amount at which property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts.

Selectboard Special Meeting Notes – FY21 Budget Sent To Town Meeting Representatives

by cgrotke | Town News
brattleboro selectboard jan 28 2020

The Brattleboro Selectboard held a quick meeting to approve the FY21 budget, Town Meeting warning, and Representative Town Meeting warning. They also discussed a planned sidewalk for the new Hinsdale Bridge and changes to RT 142.

During public participation, citizens questioned the police chief about the recent uptick in vehicle break-ins.

Windham Southeast School District Programmatic and Performance Equity Committee Meeting Agenda

by Not Signed In | Education

The Windham Southeast School District Programmatic and Performance Equity Committee will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in the WSESU James E. Kane Conference Room, 53 Green Street, Brattleboro.

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER – Emily Murphy Kaur, Committee Chair

II. Approval of Minutes from January 6, 2020

BCTV Schedules Week of January 27, 2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 1/27/20

Monday, January 27, 2020

5:00 am Brattleboro Rallies – Vigil for the Homeless 1/14/20
5:45 am First Wednesdays – Food Across Borders
6:25 am Census – 2020 Census – Every Moment Counts
6:26 am Promo – NOFA VT Winter Conference
6:30 am Racism in America – Episode 3 – Xusana Davis

Just Say “No” to a Mayor in Brattleboro

by Wendy M. Levy | Op/Ed

On Election Day in March, Brattleboro voters will have the opportunity to tell the Selectboard to consider replacing the five-member Selectboard with one mayor.

The complete wording of the article which will appear on the ballot: “Shall the voters of the Town of Brattleboro advise the Select Board to amend the Brattleboro Town Charter to replace the Select Board form of governance with that of a mayoral form of governance?”

I encourage voters to reject this proposal for a number of reasons.

The Way We Live Now

by Lise | Books

Spoiler Alert: If you plan to read The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope, be aware that I’m going to spill the beans on fairly major plot elements.

I bought it for the title – and the introductory essay by David Brooks, whose description of the novel’s contemporary relevance immediately evoked Donald Trump. It being 2017, I was vulnerable to the book’s themes, and ventured to embark on this 900 page account of British society circa 1870 and the fabulously wealthy foreigner who briefly upends their world. The book is, of course, The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope. The disruptive foreigner is a Frenchman by the name of Augustus Melmotte, Esq., whose reputation and aura as the richest man in all the land soon has London society fawning at his feet.

Brattleboro VFW $6.50 Lunch Specials Open to the Public 1-27 to 1-31

by Not Signed In | Food

The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6.50 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438
Jan. 27th – Jan. 31st

Mon – sloppy joes w/ fries or onion rings