A donation of $10,584.30 has come to the Broad Brook Community Center project toward the goal of adding a lift to the historic building's second floor.
Wild Root Arts, the organization that managed the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery from 1999 until 2006, raised the money during that era but failed to find major funding sources because the Brattleboro space is privately owned.
The $2.2 million Grange project is now in its final round of construction, a phase that includes installing an elevator in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The design of 1890s-era Grange halls throughout New England typically followed the same plan - kitchen and dining area on the ground level and a small gem of an auditorium upstairs.
Pratt Library reopens to the public WEST DUMMERSTON - The Lydia Taft Pratt Library on West Street has reopened to the public for in-library browsing. The library intends to resume online and outdoor programming activities for all ages in the coming summer months, and will maintain open hours on...
Beginning this fall, Vermonters will have four additional pathways to high-demand careers through new certificate programs at the Community College of Vermont (CCV). The new certificate offerings are cloud computing, community health, entrepreneurship, and human resource management. CCV certificates are designed to prepare students for the workplace or further...
I grew up in Latin America, mostly in countries where one was considered either “white” (of Hispanic descent), Indian, or a mixture of both. So, I grew up thinking I was white. Then I came to the United States and discovered I was brown. But I was not alone. Many of my friends from Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela who back home were considered “white” were also going through a similar rebranding process here in the U.S. We first became...
Vermont's creative sector can contribute to thriving post-pandemic communities. To do so, the creative sector - and the people who work within it - require state and local investment. So said speakers at the May 3 launch of CreateVT Action Plan. The plan is centered around two ideas: that the arts are part of Vermont's essential infrastructure, and that the state and communities will benefit from funding and supporting the arts just as they do roads, bridges, and schools. “We...
The Landmark Trust USA, a nonprofit historic preservation organization, invites the public to tour Naulakha, the house and gardens of author Rudyard Kipling. The tours are available on Sunday, June 6 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Monday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds will support the organization's mission to bring new life to heritage buildings. The property's rhododendrons are likely to be in full bloom. The event will be held rain or shine, and no dogs...
Groundworks Collaborative is returning to a virtual broadcast for its annual Camp for a Cause fundraiser. The event, which in pre-Covid times sought an annual permit to lift the town's public camping restriction on the town Common for one night each May, will happen virtually again this year on Friday, May 21. Organizers are encouraging participants to camp at home - on lawns, in garages, on balconies and decks, in cars, on couches, etc. - and in so doing, raise...
Obituaries • Shirley Anna Brown Adams, 90, formerly of Jacksonville. Died April 29, 2021 at Thompson House nursing home in Brattleboro. Shirley was born in Greenfield, Mass., on Jan. 8, 1931, the daughter of the late Walter and Mina Hillman Brown. She was an Arms Academy graduate and attended Community College of Vermont at the age of 58, where she studied writing and had some of her work published. She worked for New England Telephone in Brattleboro, Wilson's Department Store...
Westminster Cares has cancelled its annual Garden Tour fundraiser due to COVID-19. “The Garden Tour has grown into a major event attracting several hundred attendees, many from other states and Vermonters alike,” the nonprofit's board of directors said in a news release. “To execute a successful event requires six to eight months of planning which starts in the first quarter of the year.” “While there is still an ongoing pandemic and uncertainty around gathering requirements, quarantine restrictions, and vaccination timelines,
The Theatre Adventure Wednesday Troupe will present an original adaptation of the classic tale Charlotte's Web on Wednesday, May 12, Thursday, May 13, and Friday, May 14, at 10:30 a.m., as an online production. The inclusive troupe uses acting, assistive technology, dancing, projected images, scenic design, and music to tell a well-beloved story about a girl named Fern who falls in love with a pig, a clever and caring spider, a rat who saves the day, and many other endearing...
“SOLOs Episode 8: Running the Gamut” - a video montage of monologues by seven area performers filmed by Brattleboro Community Television - premieres simultaneously on BCTV and on YouTube Friday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. The show features Veronica Stevens as Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion; Joel Kaemmerlen in “Charles,” written and directed by Michael Nethercott; Fred Lawrence in his original “A Windy Tale from a Traffic Jam”; Marisa Imôn in her original, “The Reason I'll Never Know...
The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont is inviting the public to help raise money and awareness Saturday, May 15, at its 34th annual Walk for Life. The event, set for 10 a.m. outside on the lawn of the Centre Congregational Church on Main Street, will spotlight community efforts not only to support local people living with HIV/AIDS but also to reduce the risk of transmission to others. The event will feature speakers recognizing the challenges facing women living with HIV,
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital recently announced that Brattleboro OB/GYN and Four Seasons Midwifery, a member of the BMH Medical Group, has changed its name to Four Seasons OB/GYN and Midwifery. According to a news release, the new name of the practice, with sites in Brattleboro and Springfield, Vermont, reflects a desire to welcome patients from southern Vermont, southwestern New Hampshire, and northwestern Massachusetts. Four Seasons OB/GYN and Midwifery is a collaborative group of obstetrician-gynecologists and certified nurse-midwives who provide comprehensive care...
The Pioneer Valley War Tax Resisters will be at the Brattleboro Food Co-op, 2 Main St., on Monday, May 17 (the deadline for filing personal income tax forms this year) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. According to a news release, group members will be “calling for a stop to the United States' endless wars on people and the environment, which are funded by misappropriating tax dollars towards military and military-related spending.” “Those present will also be celebrating how tax...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will host a free, public celebration of its spring exhibits, with many of the exhibiting artists and curators in attendance, on Saturday, May 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the museum's galleries and under a tent on the front lawn. Refreshments will be served outdoors, and two new exhibits, “Scott Boyd: Endangered Alphabets” and “Delita Martin: Between Worlds,” will be on view, in addition to the five exhibits that opened in March. “Because of...
To pursue the much-needed conversations about systemic racism and learning how to speak for racial justice locally and nationally, Tarish Pipkins, better known as Jeghetto, will join Sandglass Theater for a Voices of Community residency that, according to a news release, “ties the past and present together and looks toward a more-just future.” The residency includes a public livestream of Just Another Lynching: An American Horror Story and an artist/audience conversation on Saturday, May 22 at 7 p.m. The 22-minute...
What sadness, anger, and shame I felt when I read about the demise of the Vermont Bread Co. and its parent company, Koffee Kup Bakery, in Burlington. The company, in business since 1978, was based here, with beloved breads and English muffins sold up and down New England and the middle-Atlantic states. And now it's gone. And so is the tax revenue. And so are the jobs of 247 Vermonters - 91 of them here in our town. As I...
During May and June, The Crowell Gallery at Moore Free Library, 23 West St., presents “Some of This, Some of That,” a multimedia exhibit of works by artist Paul Madalinski. A Chicago-born artist who transplanted his urban roots to Brookline in 2009, Madalinski will show a selection of his work dating from the mid-1970s to the present, including paintings, drawings, video, prints, and sculpture. An artist reception is planned at the library on Saturday, June 5, from 1 to 3...
The Guilford Conservation Commission was awarded a Volunteer Group Award from the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program (VtUCF). The award is presented to an organization or group that has demonstrated a strong commitment to introducing or sustaining an urban and community forestry project. According to a news release, the Conservation Commission has focused its efforts on the emerald ash borer, an invasive forest pest, as members mapped more than 2,700 ash trees on 67 miles of town roads to...
Coach Kelly Markol thinks last week was the week that the Brattleboro Colonels softball team grew up. After starting the season with two shutout losses in their first three games, the Colonels had yet to find their groove. But against two tough teams - Springfield and St. Johnsbury - Markol said her players finally gained enough confidence to realize they were a good team themselves. While the Colonels lost an epic 13-inning game at Springfield, 4-3, on May 6, spoiling...
The Brattleboro Literary Festival continues its 20th anniversary year with authors Kate Russo and Claire Lombardo participating in its next virtual Literary Cocktail Hour. Russo's novel Super Host is the story of Bennett Driscoll, a Turner Prize–nominated artist who was once a rising star. Now, at age 55, his wife has left him, he hasn't sold a painting in two years, and he hasn't been reviewed in five. His gallery wants to stop selling his work, claiming they'll have more...
You can borrow books, DVDs, tablet computers, telescopes, and even snowshoes from Brooks Memorial Library. Now, you can add electric-assist bicycles to the list. On May 7, the Brattleboro E-Bike Lending Library was introduced with a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by test rides on the two new bikes that Brooks will be lending out. This E-Bike Lending Library was made possible by a collaboration between Local Motion, a Burlington-based nonprofit that describes itself as advocating for “active transportation, vibrant communities,
I recently volunteered as a host. Was that what it was called? No, that wasn't it. Ambassador? Yes! I was an Ambassador at the May Gallery Walk - “The Art Party”! I had a clipboard and a three-quarter-length-sleeve baseball tee that read, “I Love Brattleboro.” I felt like I was on a team. I was positioned with my husband at Pliny Park beside the Friday night justice seekers on the corner of High and Main. It was loud and overwhelming...
Late last month, townspeople got big news - twice. On April 27, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York filed a criminal complaint against Seth Andrew, the motivating force behind Democracy Builders Fund (DBF), which purchased the campus of the defunct Marlboro College last July. On April 30, Degrees of Freedom, an innovative but non-accredited educational institution and a DBF project, announced it was delaying launch of its operations on the 533-acre campus. The events generated...
Two years after he began quietly buying properties in southern Vermont, an entrepreneur who hails from Belarus by way of Massachusetts now has more than $3 million in real estate holdings in the area. Pavel (Paul) Belogour, 50, has, seemingly overnight, bought acreage, buildings, and businesses. He's bought a marina and a factory outlet store, and he is in the process of building what he describes as a Viking village in Guilford. And last week, New England Newspapers, Inc., the...