Winter parking ban begins in Brattleboro
BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Parking Department would like to advise everyone that the winter parking ban is now in effect until April 15, 2025. Overnight parking is forbidden on all streets in the town of Brattleboro.
Vehicles parked for longer than one hour between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. may be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense. The ban applies even if there is no snow on town streets, and vehicles may be towed at any time if they are hampering snow plowing or snow removal.
Brattleboro has a flashing light system and a signboard program in place to assist citizens in knowing when plowing will be done. A flashing amber light designates the need to remove snow from off-street lots. A flashing purple light designates the need to remove snow from the streets.
Snow removal starts at 11 p.m. During snowstorms, vehicles must be parked under cover in the Transportation Center. Also, the Department of Public Works will place sign boards around town with notification of pending snow removals.
If parking is not available in the Transportation Center, overflow parking is allowed in the Preston lot on Flat Street. Vehicles must be out of the Preston lot by 8 a.m. to allow for plowing of that lot.
Yellow Barn hosts meeting about its Main Street properties
PUTNEY - On Thursday, Nov, 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Yellow Barn, 49 Main St., invites all interested community members to join a conversation about its plans for creating public green space on Main Street in Putney.
In June 2024, Yellow Barn achieved its longtime dream of owning its concert hall (the Big Barn) and surrounding property. Together with the original Wells House property, Yellow Barn now owns over 4 acres of green space on Main Street.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for all who enjoy and depend upon and enjoy Downtown Putney, and Yellow Barn would like to hear from any and all individuals," organizers said in a news release. "As the first in a series of dialogues with the local community, Thursday's conversation will be an important kick-off."
MSA presents Pop-Up Art Café
SAXTONS RIVER - Main Street Arts Gallery, 35 Main St., will host a Pop-Up Art Café on Saturday, Nov. 23, from noon to 2 p.m. Enjoy some light refreshments and get inspired by their Gallery Lounge display of local artists. Virginia Driscoll, Susan Rosano, Amber Paris, Briony Morrow-Cribbs, and Rick McEachern currently have artwork on view through December.
The Pop-Up Cafe is a great way to meet some of the artists and connect to the local artistic community. Artwork is available for purchase with a small percentage going to support Main Street Arts events and community programs. For more information, visit mainstreetarts.org.
Westmoreland Ladies Aid Society hosts holiday bazaar
WESTMORELAND, N.H. - On Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the annual Ladies Aid Holiday Bazaar will feature a variety of baked goods, the popular cookie walk, the quilt raffle on which tickets have been sold all year, and an array of beautiful and unique handcrafted items.
The annual Ladies Aid Bazaar is the group's major fundraiser. Profits will be used to fund the many area missions it supports.
A soup and sandwich luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All of that will be available upstairs in Fellowship Hall on the South Village Common. Fresh greenery arrangements, as well as some permanent fall arrangements, will be located on the front lawn of Fellowship Hall, weather permitting. The winning quilt raffle ticket will be drawn at 1 p.m.
The downstairs area of Fellowship Hall will be the location of some interesting, elegant oddments or treasures, described by some as white elephants. Many books, games, and puzzles as well as a selection of children's items, kitchen and household items, and many Christmas items will be available.
Online auction benefits Caleb's Cherubs Educational Fund
WEST TOWNSHEND - Caleb's Cherubs Educational Fund will hold its third annual Santa's Raffle Basket on-line auction beginning Nov. 24 and ending on Dec. 8. Join them at 32auctions.com/santasrafflebaskets2024.
Up for bid are several dining experiences, memorabilia, quilts, jewelry, and a privately catered wine pairing and five-course meal for six prepared in the privacy of your own home. All proceeds benefit Caleb's Cherubs Educational Fund, a nonprofit whose mission is "empowering diversity, equality, inclusion, belonging, and self-esteem through education." Find out more at ccefvt.org.
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