Brattleboro

Twin Valley’s Luke Rizio starts off cross-country season with a winning streak

WOODSTOCK - The high school cross-country racing season started with a 5K skate on December 29. Twin Valley’s Luke Rizio won with a time of 11:47. There were skiers and teams from Mount Anthony, Burr & Burton, Woodstock, Rutland, Brattleboro, and Bellows Free Academy. Following that event, a...

Southern Vermont receives grant for housing and community development

VERMONT - Gov. Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development announced $3.5 million in Community Development Block Grant funding awards through the Vermont Community Development Program. The funding will support 14 projects in all 14 counties, including affordable home repair...

Linda and Steve Lembke

New efforts to protect Vermont’s rivers

VERMONT - In 2021, the Vermont River Conservancy took on two new and large projects in Guilford and Brattleboro, respectively, to improve wildlife habitat, keep communities safe, and ensure people will always have access to rivers for swimming, paddling, and fishing.
As an example of this...

VCP celebrates members’ art

BRATTLEBORO - The Vermont Center for Photography’s 2022 members’ exhibition is now on display until Sunday, January 30.
The group exhibition is a celebration of the diversity of VCP’s membership. From analog to digital, traditional to unconventional, and documentary to abstract, this...

Jeff Bower will give a demonstration on using a lathe this Wednesday.

BMAC presents woodworking demonstration

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a demonstration by master wood turner Jeff Bower on Wednesday, January 12, at 5:30 pm at HatchSpace, a community-supported woodworking facility on the corner of High and Green Streets.
Bower will use a lathe to create a...

Music from the heart

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Music Center’s 2021-22 season guest series will continue Friday, January 14, at 7:30 pm, with the Sarasa Ensemble presenting “Music from the Heart.”
The concert will focus on the resurgence of music following Germany’s 30 Years War. The program will include...

Jamaica artist to discuss landscape art

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a free online talk by artist Michael Abrams on Thursday, January 6, at 7 pm. Abrams will welcome viewers to his Jamaica studio via Zoom and Facebook Live for a conversation about his installation “Arcadia Rediscovered” and his...

BDCC has $350,000 to loan to local small businesses.

BDCC named as microloan agent

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation was recently selected to be a US Small Business Administration microloan intermediary. BDCC has received a commitment of $350,000 from the SBA to lend to small businesses throughout southern Vermont.
BDCC is only the third SBA...

Christmas Eve market

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market will be open for a special Christmas Eve Market on Friday, December 24, from 10 am to 2 pm, at its 80 Flat Street location. The market will be closed on Christmas Day, but will be open on New Year’s Day, Saturday, January 1.
Bring home...

Campany

Climate council plan calls for forward thinking

Editor’s note: In our December 16 edition, we talked to Abbie Corse, who served on the Vermont Climate Council, which released its initial Vermont Climate Action Plan on December 1. Corse was one of two representatives from southern Vermont on the council. This piece features the other...