🌱 When you can roll up your sleeve in Brattleboro this month

Hello Brattleboro! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• When you can roll up your sleeve in Brattleboro this month
• Can Brattleboro’s young Bears turn last year’s momentum into wins?

Also on today's calendar: 25% OFF BOOKS~PUZZLES~GAMES for adults & children! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy with a snow shower, with a high of 32 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Partly sunny and cold, temps: high: 27, low: 11.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 33 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rutland Herald Community News for Dec. 10, 2025 (rutlandherald.com) — Brattleboro residents can donate blood at Winston Prouty Center on Dec. 24 and 27, helping the Red Cross maintain supplies during the holidays. The broader roundup also highlights other regional blood drives, statewide arts and history grants, and LGBTQ+ funding awards that may benefit organizations and neighbors across Vermont, including some based in Windham County.
   

• Bears start campaign looking to build on last season's strong finish (reformer.com) — Brattleboro’s girls hockey team is gearing up for a new season, returning a small core of veterans and many first-time varsity players while emphasizing conditioning and teamwork. Coach Alyssa Leonard expects stronger chemistry, two full lines, and tougher road trips, with the Bears opening at home against Harwood this Saturday at 4:45 p.m.
   

📸 Around Brattleboro

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brattleboro

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Death-Over-Drinks: A Die-A-Logue (BRATTLEBORO, VT)
  Saxtons Distillery, 155 Chickering Dr, Brattleboro
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• Windborne: Music of Midwinter
  Brattleboro Music Center , 72 Blanche Moyse Way , Brattleboro
  7:00 pm

Friday December 12

• 25% OFF BOOKS~PUZZLES~GAMES for adults & children!
  ByWay Books & More , 399 Canal St , Brattleboro
  10:00 am

Saturday December 13

• Brattleboro in Stitches
  Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room , 224 Main Street , Brattleboro
  1:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Brattleboro Camerata: Music of Bach & Hassler
  Brattleboro Music Center , 72 Blanche Moyse Way , Brattleboro
  4:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Sci-Fi Reading Group
  Meeting Room D – Quiet Reading Room , 224 Main Street , Brattleboro
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Art & Exploration at the Library: Book Group and Art Making for Seniors
  Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room , 224 Main Street , Brattleboro
  1:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• BUHS Winter Recital
  BUHS auditorium
  6:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Brattleboro Senior Meal
  Gibson Aiken Center , 207 Main St , Brattleboro
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Sing & Dance With Robin
  Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room , 224 Main Street , Brattleboro
  10:30 am
• Vermont Agency of Agriculture and VDOL H-2A Info Session
  Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room , 224 Main Street , Brattleboro
  4:00 pm
• Windborne: Music of Midwinter
  Brattleboro Music Center , 72 Blanche Moyse Way , Brattleboro
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Brattleboro in Stitches
  Meeting Room A – Community Meeting Room , 224 Main Street , Brattleboro
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for 6:00am-2:00pm Team Member Shift in Brattleboro. Apply here.
• Masiello Employment Services posted a job opening for Inventory Control Clerk in Brattleboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brattleboro here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newfane

• Writer workshop at the Moore Free Library (reformer.com)
• Brattleboro resident killed in Ukraine (reformer.com)

Putney

• David Yazbek to share 'A Few Cheery Songs About Death' (reformer.com)
• 'The Continuing Adventures of King Wenceslas' at Next Stage (vermontjournal.com)
• Tim Daly fell in love with Téa Leoni ‘four minutes' after meeting her on ‘Madam Secretary' (nypost.com)

Ok Brattleboro! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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