Questions & Answers

I’ve lived here for 15 years. I know there are so many amazing things about the Brattleboro area, but fear that like most folks, I’ve become blind to some of them due to familiarity.  

I have a friend from out of town coming for a week.  Suggestions on local must-do’s? Hidden gems? Things I may have forgotten we have?

I’ve got local restaurants covered.  We’ll definitely take in a movie at the Latchis.  Visiting the Brattleboro Museum is on the agenda. If the weather cooperates, we’ll hike the Retreat trails and maybe Fort Dummer. 

Thanks for your suggestions!

I have a prescription and am now trying to remember the name of this store in or near Colony Mill in Keene, NH where I once bought glasses for $50. Does anyone know if this store still exists, and if yes, its name and/or location?

Or, any other place for cheap prescription glasses.
Thanks.

I’m looking for suggestions and advice about finding a general practitioner, preferably someone who knows about lumps.  Any suggestions and advice are welcome. Thank you.

My regular plow guy is out of commission, and I didn’t realize it until now (got my dates mixed up).  Anyone know someone who is still plowing who might be able to do a small in-town driveway?  It usually takes my regular guy 2-3 passes.  I’m willing to pay any reasonable fee.

Does the Greyhound bus stop in Brattleboro, VT and if so, where?

Did anyone else get sick after eating carrot soup at the Cotton Mill Open House on Sunday? I’m sick as a dog, and trying to figure out if it’s food poisoning or a virus.

In years past, you could donate winter coats at Mason Lodge or Drop In Center.

Is this happening again?

Is there any place locally that can repair an LCD projector?  Ours at the Humane Society is on the fritz, and we definitely don’t have the funds to replace it.  If it makes any difference it is an IBM M400.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Has anyone heard anything about a robbery early this morning at the America’s Best Inn on Putney Road? Allegedly, the desk clerk was assulted and injured.

This television-free home is looking for the most inexpensive landline/Internet package in Brattleboro … any suggestions?

This morning I was at Dental Health on Western Avenue and while I was there I saw some really interesting product labels from the Brattleboro Jelly Company. Dr. Neumeister had them mated and framed and they looked like they were probably from the early 1900’s. I looked online and I found other vintage Brattleboro Jelly Company labels for sale. Amazon.com even sells a canvas reproduction of the company’s maple syrup label. But I couldn’t find any information on the company itself.

Where was it located? Who owned it? When was the company in business? I have a feeling that there’s an interesting story behind those labels and I’m hoping that someone on ibrattleboro knows it and is willing to share.

Ken Brace

We have recently relocated to Brattleboro and are getting married! Being new to town, we are overwelmed by the choices of JPs and other officiants in the area. We have no history or familiarity with any of them. I was unable to find much online for most of the JPs in town, although for a few I did uncover some town involvement and newspaper quotes over the years.

I’d expect we aren’t alone in wondering who to call first; Brattleboro is a destination town, and  I’d imagine people visit here to get married, and have the same questions as us.

Is there any need for pet food/care donations for the families displaced by the fire?

Anyone have details on a multiple-alarm house or apartment building fire on Elliot Street? Smoke spreading for blocks around …

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.

Who do you recommend for refrigerator repair in the Brattleboro area?

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!

Any recommendations for electrician for small jobs? The ones I know either cost a fortune or don’t arrive. Also, handyman for glazing a few new small panes. Thank you so much.

Can anyone recommend a good eye doctor in Brattleboro? I just need an eye exam sometime in the next 2 weeks. Thanks!

Two people have told me about a reupholsterer in Newfane but I can’t find any ads or contact info. Does anybody know a chair reupholsterer who does the whole deal- springs, stuffing, fabric- in Newfane or anywhere in the area?? Thanks in advance.