The $1.93 million village budget, as presented, maintains the current staffing for the Bellows Falls Fire Department, which includes five full-time career positions, and approximately 18 paid, on-call career firefighters. Should the voters at the business portion of the Annual Village Meeting on Monday, May 18, decide to go with a figure from a preliminary $1.6 million budget - which eliminates all but one of the full-time, and all the part-time career firefighters, as well as $321,775 worth of wages...
BELLOWS FALLS-World-class jazz comes to Stage 33 Live in Bellows Falls with guitarists John Stowell and Draa Hobbs performing as a duo on Sunday, April 27, at 7 p.m. Stowell's take on harmony, chords, and improvisation "sets him apart," said organizers in a news release. "A jazz guitarist influenced as much by pianists and horn players as he is by guitarists." Based on the West Coast, Stowell's footprint is global. He's been Artist-In-Residence at centers in Germany, Indonesia, Argentina, the...
On behalf of the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community (BAJC), I thank all those who participated in the fourth annual Israeli Film and Food Festival on Aug. 21 and 22. More than 150 movie lovers viewed some top-rated Israeli films and sampled Middle Eastern fare while helping BAJC raise much-needed funds. Our fundraiser was successful in a large part because of the support we received from local businesspeople who purchased ads in our program book or donated merchandise to raffle. We...
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