Brattleboro

Brattleboro Area Jewish Community releases commnity cookbook

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Area Jewish Community, Congregation Shir HeHarim, announces the release of their community cookbook, titled “Song of the Mountains, Vol. 2, Favorite Family Recipes, Past & Present.” The theme is about family and the memories which are brought to mind by the foods...

Monthly workshops help students build life skills

BRATTLEBORO - Vermont Works for Women is running Youth@Work for girls and gender-expansive students enrolled at Windham Regional Career Center this spring. VWW’s youth program coordinator Marla Goldstein began meeting monthly with a cohort of students to build personal and professional skills for...

Bereavement training applications due soon

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro Area Hospice will hold an eight week training for bereavement volunteers on Wednesdays from 1 to 4 pm, March 23 to May 11, on Zoom. This is a chance to be trained and work as a bereavement volunteer for one of the most helpful and exciting organizations in the area....

Wardsboro students win award

BRATTLEBORO - At a playful ceremony Saturday, February 26, Retreat Farm and the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center awarded the third and fourth grade classes of Wardsboro Elementary School for having the “most artistic” ice shanty at their Artful Ice Shanties exhibit. Third- and fourth-grade...

Organizations holding bereavement group

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro Area Hospice and Turning Point Center are teaming up to offer a weekly support group for those who have lost a loved one to an overdose.
The group will meet at Turning Point, 59 Elm Street, on Tuesdays from 4 to 5:15 pm. This is an in-person group and masks are...

Tami Berkley Purcell

Local real estate agency makes record sales

WINDHAM COUNTY - Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country Realtors is again the top sales volume agency in Windham County and the No. 5 sales volume agency in Vermont. Tami Berkley Purcell, owner of Berkley & Veller, announced that the company did $224,949,731 of sales in Vermont and New...

Winter Carnival activities

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro has been bustling with Winter Carnival festivities. Ski jumping at Harris Hill kicked off Saturday, followed by a week of all kinds of fun events and activities. Retreat Farm will be at the center of the action with events happening every day in and around the farm...

“Journey to the Safest Place on Earth,” documentary.

“Journey to the Safest Place on Earth,” documentary.

Free screening, nuclear film

BRATTLEBORO - Nuclear reactors like the old decommissioning Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon have become de facto nuclear waste storage facilities due to the absence of a workable plan to manage the nation’s high level radioactive waste. The Biden Administration is pushing for more nuclear power...

BDCC hosts roundtable to discuss loan programs for local business owners

BRATTLEBORO - On Tuesday, February 22, from 3 to 4 pm, Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation will host a roundtable event that will bring together commercial lenders with business owners to discuss loan programs and application requirements. Loan officers will be available to answer any...

Become a pal to homeless pets

BRATTLEBORO - The Windham County Humane Society is seeking 75 new pet pals by the end of February.
Pet Pals is a very special program for society’s best, most loyal friends: animal-loving, compassionate people. Members make a special commitment to homeless pets by making a monthly gift....