Two last-minute proposals to the fiscal year 2020 municipal budget - both seeking funding from the town's 1-percent-option meals and rooms tax - were met with two opposite outcomes at the Jan. 22 special Selectboard meeting. The Board endorsed an idea to market the town, yet declined a new request to create a fund to support local arts and artists. At the Jan. 8 Board meeting, representatives from the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance presented...
On Thursday, Jan. 13, at 6:30 p.m., Shanta Lee Gander will present via Zoom, “Bearing Witness and Endurance of Voice: The Legacy of Lucy Terry Prince,” a program detailing the life story of Lucy Terry Prince, hosted by the Rockingham Free Public Library. Lucy Terry Prince was born in Africa, where she was kidnapped by slave traders and then transported to Rhode Island. While still enslaved in 1746, she wrote “Bars Fight,” the oldest known poem written by an African...
The Brattleboro Food Co-op is pleased to share that thanks to the outstanding support of our community we are providing a meaningful increase in pay to all team members. Effective June 26, our minimum starting wage for all positions rose from $13.44 per hour to $15 per hour. Additionally, all team members (with the exception of the general manager) received an increase in pay commensurate with this adjustment to the minimum starting pay. The Co-op is a union team, and...
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