“I'm in a people-oriented profession, says Andy Miller, co-owner of the new Brattleboro Pharmacy, located at 413 Canal St. “I am a pharmacist. Customers will share things with me. I can see when they walk in the door how they're feeling. I like doing business in person. That's the...
Community members can learn how to create and share your interests and ideas with regional cable viewers through the art of video. BCTV offers training and video production equipment to volunteers who want to make programming for broadcast on cable channels 8 and 10. As the public access station...
On Saturday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine, The Grammar School campus in Putney will transform into a medieval village as it hosts its 23rd annual Medieval Faire. Enjoy the village as King Arthur and his royal court preside over games, feasts, and peasant frivolity. Join players gaming on the glen, merchants minding the village market, cooks tending a feast fit for a king, and musicians leading the festivities. Traditional highlights include Merlin the Wizard,
As the new Vermont affiliate for The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a national non-profit organization that identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center is now accepting submissions for the 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Vermont students in grades 7-12 are invited to submit art and writing entries in a variety of categories, including comic art, ceramics and glass, digital art, architecture, painting, photography, video game, poetry, humor, dramatic script, science...
The Greater Falls Prevention Coalition (GFPC) has hired two new staff members charged with promoting the group's substance abuse campaigns and empowering youth and parents to make healthy choices. Joining the team are Chad Simmons, media and communications coordinator, and Deb Witkus, parent outreach coordinator. “I am so excited to see the capacity of our community substance abuse prevention efforts grow,” said GFPC Director Kari Fletcher. “The addition of Chad and Deb will allow us to expand our ability to...
I am a little confused by Ned Pokras' purported “rebuttal” (Viewpoint: “Hot Enough for You?,” The Commons, Sept. 15) to my op-ed, which cited the many ways in which Warmists' inherently racist and herd mentality serves neither science nor the best interests of the human population. The cause of my confusion is that, despite claiming to rebut my claims, Mr. Pokras unambiguously affirms every one of them, albeit using that affirmation as a springboard from which to arbitrarily decontextualize the...
I'm writing to support Carolyn Partridge and Michael Obuchowski as our Vermont state representatives. Obie and Carolyn have been doing a great job for a long time and I plan to continue to vote for them. I encourage others to do the same. I run a small nonprofit organization, Making the Most of I, which serves low-income women in transition. We provide a free 14-week course that addresses self-esteem, stress reduction, communication skills, conflict resolution and many other topics that...
As bad as the May 11 hard frost was for apple growers in Windham County, they faced a bigger problem when surviving varieties ripened two weeks early. Two such growers, Harlow Farm in Westminster and Scott Farm in Dummerston, use a combination of local part- and full-time workers, plus a crew of laborers from Jamaica. Another, Dutton Berry Farm, depends on imported workers, all from Jamaica. These farms' imported laborers held visas that were valid for the customary ripening period...
The debate over the appropriate use of force by police has raged in Brattleboro ever since Robert A. “Woody” Woodward was fatally shot on the morning of Dec. 2, 2001 at All Souls Church. Accounts of what happened that morning varied widely. According to police, Woodward refused to comply with the police requests to drop the knife he was holding. When he advanced toward the police with the knife in his hand, Brattleboro Police Officers Terrance Parker and Marshall Holbrook...
Obituaries Editor's note: The Commons will publish brief biographical information for citizens of Windham County and others, on request, as community news, free of charge. • Calvin J. Alexander, 102, of Vernon. Died Sept. 28 at home. Husband of the late Doris Clark for 62 years. Father of Joyce Stevens and her husband Richard of Wakefield, Mass.; and Cynthia Hill of Haddam, Conn., and his daughter-in-law Lucy Alexander of Pottstown, Pa. Brother of Cesarine Stoddard of Brookfield, Vt.; and Lucille...
The main thing, the most important thing, is that most people are unhappy in this country. The politicians, presumably charged with ameliorating the issues and problems we struggle with in this country, do not talk about that. They seek to be our representatives, but they don't represent what we are going through and what most of us in this unhappy nation are experiencing. The politicians speak almost exclusively about money and money-related matters. Well, it is true that a lack...
Over the years my campaign has had a number of yard signs printed and distributed. During the 23 months between elections they have many uses: yard sale or garden produce signs, roofs for pet shelters, boot trays, kids play structures, and on and on. But now they need to revert to their original intent. So if you still support me, and I hope you do, go find that sign in your barn, shed or basement, dust it off and stick...
Several events will going on around Brattleboro in connection with 350.org's 10/10/10 Day of Climate Action. Brattleboro Climate Protection and Artists for a Cool Planet have teamed up to expand on the 350.org Work Day to include the entire month of October. Check out their art exhibit, The End of the Romance: Getting Over Oil, at Amy's Bakery Arts Cafe, 113 Main St., which will include art work from 25 plus local artists that will inspire action on climate change.
Music • The Wiyos come to Putney: Twilight Music presents vaudevillian ragtime-jugband-blues-hillbilly-swing trio The Wiyos with roots singer/songwriter Russell Kaback at The United Church of Putney on Saturday, October 9 at 7:30 pm. Back from a coast to coast, 24-state tour with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp, the internationally acclaimed, Brooklyn-based Wiyos feature Michael Farkas, Teddy Weber and Sauerkraut Seth Travins on vocals, washboard, harmonica, kazoo, steel and acoustic guitars, banjo, ukulele and upright bass. Drawing from a...
USDA designates several counties as primary natural disaster areas WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated four counties in Massachusetts and two counties in Vermont as natural disaster areas because of losses caused by unseasonable late frost and freeze that occurred between April 28 and May 17. All qualified farmers in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties in Massachusetts, Bennington and Windham counties in Vermont, and Cheshire County in New Hampshire will be eligible for low-interest emergency (EM)
The great flood of 1927 wiped out many roads and bridges around Vermont. The reconstruction work that followed this disaster gave the state better, smoother roads and made driving hilly, sometimes mountainous byways, more comfortable and accessible by car. As roads were paved, touring families loaded into their cars and viewed “the best foliage” on routes that appear in the Federal Writers Project's 1937 guidebook Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State. In southern Vermont, one “loop tour” from...
Artisans, food booths, children's games and more than 200 apple pies will grace the town green as Newfane hosts its 40th Heritage Festival on Oct. 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “It really is a quintessential fall event. It has a homecoming feeling,” says co-organizer Rehama Grip. The festival does not charge admission to enter or listen to the live entertainment. Visitors can enjoy shopping at the over 80 vendor stalls with homemade crafts and food booths...
At 6-1 heading into the home stretch of the season, the Brattleboro Colonels boys soccer team is looking more and more like a team that will make some noise in the playoffs this year. The test of a good team is how it responds to adversity. For example, Brattleboro suffered its first loss of the season with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Rutland on a rainy home game last Tuesday night. The Colonels had plenty of alibis to...
Whereas, the first permanent settler in the area that today encompasses the town of Dover was Captain Abner Perry who migrated north from Holliston, Massachusetts in 1770, and Whereas, in 1780, the general assembly granted a charter to William Ward of Newfane for a 26,464-acre parcel that was incorporated as the town of Wardsborough (Wardsboro), and Whereas, in response to a local petition, and in accordance with Chapter 59 of the Laws of 1810 that became effective on October 30,
In a public lecture on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the New England Youth Theatre on Flat Street, renowned landscape painter Wolf Kahn will ask: “Can art be taught?” Kahn, whose career has spanned more than six decades, is a leading figure in American art. Since 1968, Kahn and his wife, Emily Mason, have spent summers and autumns in southern Vermont, where the hills, barns, woods, and skies have inspired his art. His “rich and expressive body of...
“I can't in good conscience state that there are gangsters operating in Bellows Falls.” That's what Police Chief Ron Lake said in response to rumors that had been circulating online about alleged members of a “White Russians gang” in recent arrests as part of a drug raid, and other allegations that some young people in town have joined gangs. Lake cautioned that one can't judge on looks alone whether someone is a gang member or not. In the case of...
It may not be obvious walking down Brattleboro's Main Street, but an increasing number of area residents are unable to afford the most basic necessities of food and housing. For the seventh consecutive year, Brattleboro Clayworks and Landmark College are working together to address this growing need, by sponsoring the Empty Bowls Dinner to benefit the Brattleboro Area Drop-in Center, a day shelter providing an emergency food shelf, overnight shelter, and other support services. This year's Empty Bowls dinner will...
The first time I ran away, my parents told me to come back,” Sarah said. “But it didn't take me long to realize that nothing had changed. They still didn't care about me. Three months later, I ran away again.” “I left them a piece of paper with a phone number so they could get hold of me, but they never called. Not once in four years,” the 20-year-old young woman added. It was my first meeting with Sarah, and...
Building a Better Brattleboro, the organization designed to support the economic, cultural and residential environment of downtown, hosted its annual membership meeting at the River Garden on Sept. 30. “This one [meeting] felt particularly good,” said BaBB Executive Director Andrea Livermore. Over the past year, BaBB's downtown designation from the state earned town businesses $230,167 in benefits, said Livermore. Two property owners received tax credits totaling $180,567 to help with updating safety features. Also, $47,000 in Downtown Transportation Funds came...
Brattleboro • Artsy-Craft Fair: Saturday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m. -3 p.m. Bric-a-Brattleboro Artsy-Craft Fair is an artsy-craft event held all day in River Garden at 153 Main St. There are over 20 local artists and crafters with their beautiful wears and there is live music throughout the day. Adults: $3, Kids: Free. • Wolf Kahn lecture: Saturday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center presents a lecture from esteemed painter Wolf Kahn at the museum on 10 Vernon...
As Daryl Pillsbury tells it, the idea for the Windham County Heat Fund came somewhat out of the blue in the fall of 2005. “I went to Richard Davis's house to watch the Red Sox game,” said Pillsbury. “I remember he said, 'Man, it's awful cold - there's got to be lots of people out there who don't have heat.'” So Pillsbury, then a state representative, and Davis, a registered nurse and executive director of Vermont Citizens Campaign for Health,
On the letter “The company I work for” [The Commons, Sept. 29]: err, arrgghh! Was it really written by a person or by a PR team? Electricity that you and your company make is not emissions free. I believe the Vermont Attorney General ruled that your company stop declaring such nonsense. Issues I have with your letter, Manu Sivaraman, include your reference to “low-cost electricity.” Your company has not yet offered the state a power deal for after March 21,
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is making available a number of six-week free (for Vermont residents) Healthier Living Workshops designed to help people with long-term health challenges maintain active and fulfilling lives. Occurring on consecutive Saturday afternoons for the upcoming session, the next six-week Healthier Living Workshop at BMH convenes on Saturday, Oct. 16, and continues through to Nov. 20. The sessions are held in the Tyler Conference Room at BMH, 2 to 4:30 p.m. To register, e-mail [email protected], or call 802-251-8459...
The Town Charter Commission presented 19 proposed recommendations in three categories entitled “increasing citizen participation in the governing of Brattleboro,” “greater accountability through transparent responsibility that is clear” and “housekeeping” in a public meeting on Sept 28 and 29. A thorough and spirited discussion touched on numerous issues, but the theme of balancing open and engaged democracy against unintended consequences wreaking havoc on the town rose to the surface. Although open to the public, Town Meeting Representatives and officials comprised...
October is National Physical Therapy Month. To encourage everyone to get out and exercise, the Grace Cottage Hospital Rehabilitation Department will hold its 12th Annual Poker Walk on Wednesday, Oct. 13. This fun, free, two-mile walk/run begins at the Grace Cottage Hospital Wolff Building. The course goes for one mile north on Route 35/Grafton Road, then back again to the Wolff Building. It's relatively flat by Vermont standards! Playing cards are distributed along the way, and a grand prize -
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Fall in southern Vermont brings with it, by degrees, certain changes - in the quality of the light, in the crispness of the air, in the smell of the apples on the trees, waiting to be picked, and eaten, and used in the recipes of the season. Fall brings the smell of donuts, of pumpkin pie, of other foods that bring us back to a place and a time. Following are a few favorite fall recipes we've accumulated from staff.
“Just because someone is old doesn't mean their life is over,” said Carolyn Garland, a nurse who accompanied residents of Thompson House to York Beach in Maine in late August. “I wish there was a Make a Wish foundation for older people. Some of them get stuck in their homes and just don't get out as they age, especially when they live alone.” Sandy Ware, activities director at Thompson House, couldn't agree more. That's one of the many reasons why...
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