News and information sections, from near to far
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Review Committee will meet on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 6:30pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center. It is anticipated that the Committee will enter into executive session at 6:30pm to discuss records exempt from access to public records.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Energy Committee will meet on Monday, November 2, 2015 at 5:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
We will schedule two single-day closures of Route 30 in the immediate vicinity of I-91 in November– one the week of November 1 and another in mid-November. These closures are to ensure public safety as we conduct work on the new bridge above Route 30.
I-91
Northbound I-91 traffic has been relocated onto the southbound bridge. Traffic will remain reduced to one lane in each direction on I-91 until completion of the new bridge. The new bridge will be 104’ wide and is designed to carry all four lanes of traffic –two northbound and two southbound.
Reminder: On Friday, October 30, Route 30 will be closed from approximately 5:00AM to 8:00 PM to ensure the safety of the traveling public when we pour concrete for the new bridge in a location above Route 30.
This work is weather dependent, and may need to be rescheduled, if inclement weather prevents a concrete pour on Friday.
Cindy Cook
Principal, Adamant Accord, Inc.
Past Vice President, Association for Conflict Resolution
Sign up now for BCTV’s small group classes. Register online at or contact 257-0888 or . All classes are at BCTV’s facility in the Brattleboro Municipal Center.
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Wednesday, November 4, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Public input was a main theme of a long meeting of few agenda items Tuesday night.
The public is called upon for input to the police and fire facilities question once again. The public is invited to weigh in on upcoming budget discussions. And the public had some feedback at the meeting regarding Brattleboro’s new land use regulations.
The board also heard a monthly finance report and approved of some EPA brownfield grant related matters. Read on for all the details.
Brattleboro Time Trade is pleased to offer a limited number of one-year Time Trade memberships at NO COST through The Vermont Community Foundation grant funds intended to support low-income individuals. Time is of the essence: We need to provide these scholarships before the end of this year!
Please help us spread the word and contact us at 802-246-1199 or brattleborotimetrade@gmail.com if you might quality.
Check out to find out more about Time Trade and how it works!
Congratulations to our Brattorama Winners! We had 32 Putney Road establishments participate in our first-ever Brattorama Game, in celebration of our new completely solar-powered branch in Black Mountain Square.
More than 90% of players picked up their game boards in the new branch, and we were glad to make the acquaintance of many new people, including our winners below! We awarded 25 prizes from various Brattleboro businesses, plus a grand prize of a $1,000 Savings CD from BS&L! Is your name among the winners? Feel free to share this news and tout your good fortune!
Grand Prize Winner:
Margaret Ingram, $1,000 Savings CD
Free Oil Change, Brattleboro Tire
Daniel Nicholson
Brattleboro Time Trade: Exchanging services, creating connections, strengthening communities, one hour at a time. See below for more exciting Upcoming Events and learn what Time Trade can do for you!
How Time Trade Works: You do something for someone and earn time credits for your “bank,” which you can then put towards someone else doing something for you! It’s that simple – and amazing!
This week’s fabulous listings, brought to you from a puppy pile:
OFFERS (i.e. things people could do for you):
Focusing for Action Blocks (And More)
Starting, Marketing & Growing Your Online Business
I Will Knit You a Scarf
Child Care
Violin or Fiddle Lessons
Brattleboro Citizens’ Breakfast
October 16, 2015
Gibson-Aiken Center
Restorative Justice
“Community … is made from conflict as much as from cooperation; the capacity to resolve conflict is what gives social relations their sinew.” David Cayley, The Expanding Prison 1998 (quoting Nils Christie, “Conflicts as Property,” 1977)
Darah Kehnemuyi, Executive Director
On Friday, October 30, Route 30 will be closed from approximately 5:00AM to 8:00 PM to ensure the safety of the traveling public when we pour concrete for the new bridge in a location above Route 30.
I-91
Northbound I-91 traffic has been relocated onto the southbound bridge. Traffic will remain reduced to one lane in each direction on I-91 until completion of the new bridge. The new bridge will be 104’ wide and is designed to carry all four lanes of traffic –two northbound and two southbound.
Does anyone have more information about the current power outage effecting parts of Brattleboro?
Tuesday night the Brattleboro Selectboard will hold the first of two public hearings on the town’s new land use regulations. The new zoning rules are up for a final round of public discussion and comment, and a final opportunity to propose changes, before likely adoption in the near future.
At this special meeting, they will also officially announce a series of public meetings to discuss the Police-Fire Facilities project, and possible pre-select pre-qualified engineering firms to perform brownfield site assessments.
You can attend and participate, and bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
The Brattleboro Citizen Police Communications Committee (CPCC) will meet on Monday, October 26, 2015 at 5:30pm at Brooks Memorial Library in the community room.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Upper Dummerston Road will be closed to through traffic on Thursday, October 22, 2015 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm between Senator Gannett Drive and East Orchard Street to replace a culvert.
Emergency services, delivery vehicles, and local traffic will NOT be permitted through the closure during those hours. Motorists must seek alternate routes.
The hearings will be at 6:15 p.m. in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center.
The final draft is available for review online and at the Brattleboro Planning Services Department, Town Clerk’s Office and the Brooks Memorial Library.
This is an entirely new set of land use regulations that will affect the entire town, replacing the current Brattleboro Zoning Ordinance and Brattleboro Subdivision Regulations. More information about the proposed regulations, how the new regulations will implement our town plan, and the proposed zoning map are available on the project website.
Newly announced Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman is calling for a two-year moratorium on new industrial renewable generation projects.
He calls solar arrays “eyesores”. I suppose he sees beauty in nuclear and fossil fuel generating stations.
What is his real agenda?
Brattleboro Time Trade: Exchanging services, creating connections, strengthening communities, one hour at a time. See below for more exciting Upcoming Events and learn what Time Trade can do for you!
How Time Trade Works: You do something for someone and earn
time credits for your “bank,” which you can then put towards someone
else doing something for you! It’s that simple – and amazing!
This week’s fabulous listings, brought to you from a whole lotta layers:
OFFERS (i.e. things people could do for you):
Gardening, Weeding, Mulching
Wide Range of Experiences
How to Run Safely
Gardening Help
Weeding
Can Drive, Though Do Not Own a Vehicle
Brattleboro Fire Department, 103 Elliot Street * Brattleboro, VT 05301 * 802-254-4831 FAX: 802-257-2323
Michael Bucossi, Fire Chief
Peter Lynch, Assistant Chief
PRESS RELEASE
Date of Incident: 10/17/15
Location of Incident: 176 Canal Street
Nature of Call: Fire in attic
Time Reported: 04:40am
Time Under Control: 5:36am
Starting the night of Friday, October 16 and continuing for the first part of next week we will have some short (approx. 10 minute) traffic interruptions on RT 30 as we launch our formwork out over Route 30.
To reduce congestion on I-91, both Exit 3 on ramps will be closed on Sunday, October 18from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. I-91 will remain open. The October 18 closure is the last scheduled closure of the on ramps in October.
I-91
Please see above re Sunday closure of Exit 3 on ramps.
Northbound I-91 traffic has been relocated onto the southbound bridge. Traffic will remain reduced to one lane in each direction on I-91 until completion of the new bridge. The new bridge will be 104’ wide and is designed to carry all four lanes of traffic –two northbound and two southbound.
