Brattleboro

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...

Art addresses pandemic isolation

BRATTLEBORO - “Sonic Blanket,” a multimedia, audiovisual art piece addressing the themes of isolation, community, history, and place, made its debut on Sunday, December 19, at midnight on WVEW Brattleboro Community Radio and will be broadcast nightly at this time for one year. Local artist...

Gail Somers

Hospital hires first diversity director

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro Memorial Hospital announces it has hired the organization’s first-ever director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Gail Somers.
Somers comes to BMH from C&S Wholesale Grocers in Keene, NH, where she held a series of management roles in finance, sales...

Humane society hosts holiday toy drive

BRATTLEBORO - The Windham County Humane Society is in desperate need of a variety of new dog and cat toys to keep shelter pets’ spirits bright as they wait for their new family. The pet toy drive will run until Friday, December 24. People can drop off new pet toys at the shelter, 916 West River...

Rabbi Amita Jarmon reading the Torah

Rabbi Amita Jarmon welcomed

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Area Jewish Community welcomes a new rabbi to their congregation and to the Brattleboro area. Rabbi Amita Jarmon began as spiritual leader of the Jewish community on Wednesday, December 1.
Rabbi Jarmon grew up in Amherst, MA, and feels that she is “coming home...

Holiday shopping, jingle bell jogging

BRATTLEBORO - “Holly Days, Holly Nights” will run from Friday, December 3, to Sunday, December 5, this year. Thirty-one businesses are participating to help consumers check off some names on their holiday list.
Consumers who shop at participating businesses for special deals - with the “...

Brattleboro tree lighting Friday

BRATTLEBORO - Join the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance for their annual tree lighting ceremony in Pliny Park on Friday, December 3, at 5 pm. This is a community tradition where people gather around the tree, close their eyes, and, together, set an intention for the holiday month.
Join the...

New farm to school coach at Food Connects

BRATTLEBORO - Food Connects welcomes Jenny Kessler to their team as their newest Farm to School coach. She will work with schools in the Windham Central Supervisory Union and Windham Northeast Supervisory Union.
Kessler joined the Food Connects team in mid-October and brings 13 years of...