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9 unusual facts about Brattleboro


Brightwood, Springfield, Massachusetts

Brightwood is scheduled to receive a stop on Springfield's new, northbound, intercity commuter rail, headquartered at Union Station and headed north through Chicopee, Holyoke, Northampton, South Deerfield, and Greenfield, to Brattleboro, Vermont.

Chester W. Chapin

Around 1826 he bought an interest in the stage line from Hartford, Connecticut to Brattleboro, Vermont, soon holding extensive mail and stage contracts.

Contra dance

The Brattleboro Dawn Dance started in 1976, and continues to run semiannually.

New England Central Railroad

Other significant operations are at White River Junction and Brattleboro, both of which are the location of offices and smaller yards.

SIT Study Abroad

SIT Study Abroad is a university-level study abroad program administered by World Learning, a 501(c)(3) international non-profit organization based in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States.

Smiffenpoofs

Following their March 2, 2006 performance in Brattleboro, Vermont, the Smiffenpoofs were praised in the Brattleboro Reformer: "The Smiffenpoofs are as tight and refined as a group can be. They are champagne and caviar, Newport Beach and Rolls Royce."

St Peter's Church, Letwell

The harmonium, dating from 19th century, was constructed by the Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, Vermont.

The Bad Spellers

The band relocated to the United States in 2009, and currently resides in Brattleboro, Vermont.

WLOB

In the 1960s McGavern/Guild Media NYC owned WLOB AM 1310/FM 98 as Atlantic States Industries, who also owned WTSA (Brattleboro, Vermont), WNVY (Pensacola, Florida) and WRYT (Boston, Massachusetts).


Alan D. Eames

He also created and ran two branches of his Three Dollar Dewey’s Ale House in Portland, Maine, and Brattleboro.

Amanda Mitteer

Amanda Lee Mitteer (born November 20, 1978) is a beauty queen from Brattleboro, Vermont who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.

Deerfield Valley Transit Association

It operates 16 routes, including service from Brattleboro to Bennington, Wilmington to Mount Snow, Wilmington to Readsboro, three routes for the elderly or disabled, and nine routes during the winter season around Mount Snow Resort.

Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.

The son of Vermont Senator Ernest W. Gibson, Gibson, Jr. was born in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, March 6, 1901.

Estey Organ

He arrived in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1835 at age 21 to work in a plumbing shop which he soon bought and thereby began his long career as a successful businessman.

Ida May Fuller

She spent most of her life in Ludlow, working as a legal secretary, but lived with her niece in Brattleboro, Vermont during her last eight years.

Joe Gunther

Joe Gunther is the hero of Archer Mayor's longrunning mystery novel series set largely in Brattleboro, Vermont.

John Humphrey Noyes

Noyes was born in Brattleboro, Vermont to John Noyes, an agnostic teacher, businessman, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Polly Hayes.

Politics of New England

The New England Coalition (NEC) is an educational non-profit organization based in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Rutland Railroad

The Vermont Central leased the Rutland on December 30, 1870, partly to acquire Rutland's leases of the Vermont Valley Railroad (Bellows Falls-Brattleboro, Vermont) and the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad (Brattleboro-Millers Falls, Massachusetts), which gave Vermont Central a connection to the New London Northern Railroad and a water route from New London, Connecticut, to New York.

WKVT

WKVT-FM, a radio station (92.7 FM) licensed to Brattleboro, Vermont, United States

WTSA

WTSA-FM, a radio station (96.7 FM) licensed to Brattleboro, Vermont, United States


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