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  Vermont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vermont is known for its brief mud season in spring followed by a cool summer and a colorful autumn, and particularly for its cold winters.
Vermont is the birthplace of former presidents Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur.
The Vermont's state legislature is the Vermont General Assembly, a bicameral body composed of the Vermont House of Representatives (the lower house) and the Vermont Senate (the upper house).
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 Brattleboro Retreat (Vermont Asylum for the Insane)
The Brattleboro Retreat is significant as one of the original psychiatric hospitals in the United States and the first in Vermont, founded 1834 by the bequest of Mrs.
The Brattleboro Retreat is a private non-profit psychiatric hospital comprehensive treatment complex of national acclaim, noted for its continued role in the development of mental health treatment in the United States and for its historical role as a rural, self-contained mental health hospital community.
Also in 1844, the Vermont legislature passed the Act for the Relief of the Insane Poor, whereby state grants for enlarging the Asylum were terminated in favor of formal payments at the rate of $1.50 per patient per week for care of the state's patients.
www.crjc.org /heritage/V02-34.htm   (12410 words)

  
 Brattleboro Historical Society | Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro Remembers is a collection of such stories accompanied by the rich assortment of historical photographs that stirred these memories of earlier days in the southeastern corner of Vermont.
Brattleboro Remembers emerged as a result of writing workshops sponsored by the Brattleboro Historical Society and made possible by a grant from the Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont.
Brattleboro was ideal for settlement because of its topography.
www.historicphotographs.com /?page=gifts   (448 words)

  
 Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce Home
Brattleboro is a unique town that is best savored slowly.
Festival 05301 fills Brattleboro with a month of music, performances, arts, workshops and hands-on experiences that engage and inspire creative spirits of all ages.
The world-renowned musicians, outstanding regional artists, and emerging performers who take part in the Festival are all connected with Brattleboro – part of the fabric that makes this historic Vermont town one of the nation’s top ten small arts communities all year round.
www.brattleborochamber.org   (225 words)

  
 Brattleboro : Introduction | Frommers.com
Set in a scenic river valley, the commercial town of Brattleboro is not just a good spot for provisioning; it has a funky, slightly dated charm that's part 19th century, part 1960s.
Brattleboro is the commercial hub of southeastern Vermont at the junction of I-89, Routes 5 and 9, and the Connecticut River.
Brattleboro has long seemed immune from vexations of modern life, but one modern inconvenience has made a belated appearance: traffic jams.
www.frommers.com /destinations/brattleboro/2178010001.html   (393 words)

  
 VERMONT STATE POLICE
The Vermont State Police Brattleboro barracks is located in Windham County (estimated population 43,000), which is in the southeast corner of Vermont.
The Brattleboro barracks is a sub-station of the Troop D Headquarters, located in the town of Rockingham.
The sworn personnel assigned to the Brattleboro barracks serve as the primary law enforcement agency for sixteen towns, which cover a total of 960 square miles in Windham and Bennington counties.
www.dps.state.vt.us /vtsp/brattleboro.html   (247 words)

  
 t r u t h o u t - Low Power FM Taking Back Airwaves in Vermont
After a well-publicized court battle with the FCC, rfb operates with the consent of the Brattleboro community, and is protected for the moment from FCC interference in operations.
Vermont Earthworks decided that rfb's future was too precarious, so its board decided to apply for an LPFM license so community radio can continue in Brattleboro.
Vermont Earthworks was granted a construction permit on March 3, and they plan to be broadcasting by early fall.
www.truthout.org /docs_2005/062805H.shtml   (2728 words)

  
 Brattleboro Vermont Brattleboro VT hotels lodging real estate travel tourist info Southern VT
The town of Brattleboro in Windham County is located on the shores of the Connecticut River, in the Vermont's southeast region.
Brattleboro serves as a major gateway to Vermont and is a year round resort area in an agricultural region.
Brattleboro is a distribution center and is also known for banking, printing and entertainment.
www.vtliving.com /towns/brattleboro   (438 words)

  
 Brattleboro Fire Web Site
Brattleboro is both a rural and urban community located in the south east corner of Vermont.
Brattleboro is well known for its human services such as the Austine school for the Deaf, World Learning school for international training, the Brattleboro Retreat for psychiatric treatment and drug addictions, and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.
The Brattleboro Fire Department recently was able to use a section of the Brattleboro Union High School that is scheduled to be remodeled for some vuluable training for it's firefighters......
www.brattleborofire.org   (303 words)

  
 Brattleboro Vermont Lawyers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Since its beginning in 1954 in Brattleboro, Vermont, the firm has steadily grown and now serves clients throughout Vermont in all major areas of federal, state, municipal and administrative law and proceedings.
Firm members and associates participate in personal and professional settings in a wide variety of political, educational, charitable and governmental activities resulting in a complete familiarity with state and local mores and attitudes as they affect the firm's clients.
Each attorney is a member of the American, Vermont and Windham County Bar Associations.
www.brattleborolawyer.com   (95 words)

  
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If you're traveling on I-91 along Vermont's eastern border it would be a mistake not to exit the Interstate and visit downtown Brattleboro and some of the surrounding communities.
And in many ways they established what Brattleboro was to be for the remainder of the 20th century and beyond, an educated and cultured community.
www.linkvermont.com /townsvill/brattleboro_newfane   (1327 words)

  
 Brattleboro (town), Vermont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brattleboro is a town located in Windham County, Vermont.
Out of the total population, 18.0% of those under the age of 18 and 9.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
iBrattleboro (Brattleboro citizen journalism with news, information, events, map, weather, and more)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brattleboro,_Vermont   (395 words)

  
 Brattleboro, Vermont VT, town profile (Windham County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Brattleboro, VT Brattleboro is a town in Windham County.
Brattleboro is at the junction of the West and Connecticut rivers.
Median rent in Brattleboro, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $478.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25091   (614 words)

  
 Brattleboro News
Vermont is leading the nation in a new re-entry program for criminals returning to society.
BRATTLEBORO I went to a funeral last March in Montpelier for someone I deeply admired but whom I had never met.
The Vermont Department of Health has issued drinking water and food safety recommendations for residents in Windham and Bennington counties affected by flooding due to heavy rains this past weekend.
www.topix.net /city/brattleboro-vt   (1009 words)

  
 Hooker Dunham Theater & Gallery - performance, music, art, Brattleboro, Vermont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This Brattleboro Retreat art show is intended to honor their clients’ creative process and share with the viewer the power of artistic expression in the healing process.
Throughout its history, the Brattleboro Retreat has recognized the arts as an important aspect of life and a significant part of treatment for psychiatric disorders and in addictions treatment.
The Brattleboro Film Series presents another of its fine classics and foreign masterpieces, “Kwaidan.” The series was founded by award-winning screenwriter, Jason Whiton, who has been organizing film series for over 20 years and is also a filmmaker, comic book script writer and Putney School Art Department teacher.
www.hookerdunham.org   (2008 words)

  
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Vermont Artisan Designs is southern Vermont's finest contemporary craft gallery featuring the workmanship of more than 350 American craftspeople in pottery, jewelry, blown glass, wrought iron, wood, toys and woven goods, as well as fine art.
The Vermont Jazz Center was founded in 1973 by Attila Zoller and is a school and a place of meeting, as well as a concert and workshop venue.
The Vermont Ski Museum is open in the heart of the Village of Stowe.
www.cswg.com /relocate/pages/entertain2.htm   (373 words)

  
 Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center presents the art of our time in a way that entertains, educates, and inspires audiences of all ages.
A private, non-profit organization founded in 1972, BMAC is a non-collecting museum which produces frequently changing exhibitions of the art of our times.
Located at 10 Vernon Street in downtown Brattleboro, BMAC is housed in historic landmark Union Station.
www.brattleboromuseum.org   (176 words)

  
 Brattleboro Historical Society | Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro is a river town rich in history.
It was the site of the first permanent English settlement in Vermont, Fort Dummer, in 1724.
For more than 100 years Brattleboro was the home of the world famous Estey Organ Company.
www.brattleborohistoricalsociety.org   (165 words)

  
 Vermont Artisan Designs: New England's Finest, located in Brattleboro Vermont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Vermont Artisan Designs – along with the new, upstairs, Gallery 2 – is an extensive “showcase of fine art and hand-crafted gifts.”
We’re pleased to work with the Vermont Crafts Council and have a number of our artisans featured in the Cabot Creamery-sponsored “Best of Vermont” exhibit being held in New York City in mid-August.
The show is in conjunction with the arrival of the Lois McClure, a replica of a canal schooner built by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.
www.vtartisans.com   (218 words)

  
 Brattleboro's decision not to fluoridate its water
BENNINGTON -- If fluoride had been on trial in Brattleboro, it was in a court where innocence must be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Last November, Brattleboro voters rejected a proposal to fluoridate the town's water system by a vote of 2,859 to 2,276.
The anti-fluoridation camp said fluoridation is potentially, at least, introducing a toxic chemical that all citizens will be compelled to drink regardless of their own dental safeguards, and that it will do more medical harm than good.
www.fluoridealert.org /news/591.html   (587 words)

  
 Downtown Brattleboro Vermont
Building A Better Brattleboro's mission is to support and nurture the economic, cultural, residential and educational environment of the Town of Brattleboro with primary emphasis on downtown.
Through this designation, Brattleboro is part of the State of Vermont’s Downtown Program, which provides access to grants, technical assistance and networking opportunities with other Vermont downtowns working to strengthen their central business districts.
Downtown is the heart of Brattleboro, the center of commerce, culture and community life.
www.brattleborovt.org   (247 words)

  
 Brattleboro, Vermont Web Design Services - Web Site Design Firms
This Brattleboro, Vermont web design service featured listing has received 86 unique visitors in the past three months.
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www.marketingtool.com /channel/webfirm/b.435.g.5785.html   (1151 words)

  
 ALHN - Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
Brattleboro, had in the past, what could be called City Directories that listed the people living in the city, on what street, and most often what their occupation was.
This Ahnentafel represents the ancestors of Hattie E. Bruce of Newfane and Brattleboro, VT. Her ancestors were, for the most part, early New England settlers, their roots extending back to England.
Brattleboro, Vermont (Windham County) Newspapers 1915-1916 ~ by Terry Perham
www.usgennet.org /usa/vt/county/windham/brattleboro.html   (341 words)

  
 This is Vermont
West Brattleboro remains its own entity, though it lost its post office in 1900, becoming a station at the main post office in Brattleboro.
Acting quickly in response, the Vermont General Assembly voted on an act ³for the punishment of conspiracies against the peace, liberty, and independence² of the infant state.
The issue remained until Vermont Statehood was acheived in 1791.
www.thisisvermont.com /townsbrattleboroindex.html   (423 words)

  
 Strolling of the Heifers: June 2nd-5th 2005 Brattleboro Vermont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The four-day celebration was created to raise public awareness of the importance of sustaining agriculture and family-owned farms in order to maintain Vermont's unique character, beautiful landscape and rural way of life.
The Brattleboro Area Farmers' Market (BAFM), one of the oldest and most popular farmers’ markets in the region, is hosting several events this year in conjunction with the Strolling of the Heifers to celebrate local agriculture.
The event will be held at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, which is housed in an historic landmark train station in downtown Brattleboro.
www.strollingoftheheifers.org /index.php   (565 words)

  
 Southern Vermont Country Inn - Putney, Vermont - Hickory Ridge House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Our southern Vermont bed and breakfast is a favored second home in Putney for New England business travel...
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 Brattleboro Reformer - newspaper in Brattleboro, Vermont USA covering Brattleboro local news at Mondo Times
Brattleboro Reformer is a newspaper in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA covering general news.
Brattleboro Reformer contact information is available only to Mondo Times Advanced and Professional Members.
Brattleboro Reformer is owned by MediaNews Group, Inc..
www.mondotimes.com /1/world/us/45/2582/6091   (127 words)

  
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Vermonters find out what it's like to have a Superfund site in their back yard.
Vermont will have a national voice when it comes time to lobby the federal government over a controversial border crossing proposal.
It's a condition called Anemia and now results of a ten year study at the University of Vermont shows seniors and anemia are a dangerous combination.
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 DRM Home Page
We are Vermont's largest law firm, with more than 50 years of service to clients in the northeast and around the world.
Governor James H. Douglas is among the many state and local leaders celebrating the launch of Vermont 2-1-1, a new state-wide system connecting those seeking services or volunteer opportunities with the appropriate community-based organizations and government agencies.
The ten selected are attorneys Peter D. Van Oot of the Brattleboro office; Thomas H. Moody, Paul H. Ode, Jr.
www.drm.com   (416 words)

  
 American Civil Liberties Union : Brattleboro, VT Resolution
WHEREAS the Town of Brattleboro recognizes the Constitution of the United States of America to be the supreme law of the land, which public servants are sworn to uphold, superseding all state and federal laws, administrative rules, and local ordinances;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town of Brattleboro request that federal, state, and county law enforcement officials acting within the Town hold or detain no person without charging that person in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of this State and the United States; and
IT IS FINALLY RESOLVED that the Town Clerk communicate this resolution to Vermont's Congressional delegation, the Governor and Attorney General of the State of Vermont, Brattleboro's Chief of Police, the local U.S. Attorney's office, the local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Vermont State Police.
www.aclu.org /SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11889&c=207   (705 words)

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