Brattleboro after Irene – Open for business!

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Brattleboro after Irene – Open for business!

Last week a crazy storm made her way through Brattleboro Vermont and much of New England.  There were many small towns and villages seriously affected by the deluge of water and flooding.  Our thoughts and hearts go out to them.   Downtown Brattleboro has fared well through the storm.   The high water was concentrated [...]

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We Offer You Our Own Public Health Care Option

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Amy and I know firsthand the challenges of being without health insurance. In 2007, when we left our corporate jobs to start Forty Putney Road Bed and Breakfast in Brattleboro, VT, we struggled to find a health care coverage option that would be affordable and not exclude existing conditions. Now that we are settled in [...]

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Marlboro Music Festival – Marlboro Vermont

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Marlboro Music Festival – Marlboro Vermont

Marlboro Music Festival is located in Marlboro, Vermont (only a short 15 minutes from our B&B, Forty Putney Road).  Marlboro Music Festival is an amazing group of concerts held throughout July and August.  Marlboro Music has gained world-wide acclaim as an institution devoted to fostering artistic excellence and grooming new musical leaders who illuminate all [...]

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Yellow Barn Music School and Festival – Putney, Vermont

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Yellow Barn Music School and Festival – Putney, Vermont

The Yellow Barn Music School and Festival, is an internationally known chamber music professional school and concert located in Putney, Vermont. Join them this year, 2010, for their 41st Anniversary season. Yellow Barn provides a supportive, noncompetitive and challenging learning environment. They offer an inspiring five-week study and performance experience for advanced students and young [...]

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Brattleboro Tree Walk

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Whether you are interested in dendrology or just looking for an interesting walk; the “Treasured Trees” walk around Brattleboro is a scenic and interesting loop.   The Treasured Tree Project, which was undertaken by the Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee, was developed to highlight trees around town.  After two years of research and work, the 2.25 mile [...]

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Rolling out the Green Carpet – from the Brattleboro Reformer

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Each morning I sits down to read the local paper with my coffee.  Last week though, I almost spilled it when I saw this photo on the front page!  Luckily it was not only for something good, it was for something we are very proud of… Amy and I have always been environmentally sensitive.  When [...]

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We’ve got a Vacancy – Check out our new video!

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Tim was fooling around in the new version of Picassa and made our first little video of our Vermont Inn. Nothing too exciting, but we thought that we would share it here. Enjoy!

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Amtrak Vermonter – Start Your Vacation Early

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Wouldn’t you love to start your vacation a bit early? Wouldn’t you like to avoid the hassle, stress and expense of driving or flying somewhere? Well if Vermont is on your list of places to visit (and I hope it is), and you live on the east coast, why not try the Vermonter from Amtrak? [...]

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Naked Brattleboro

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So one of our recent guests checked in the other day and commented, “Brattleboro was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today”. Surprised, I asked what the article was about. He answered “All of your naked people”. Of course, this was both a surprise, and not. It seems that in recent months, [...]

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PAII, It’s not just for dessert…

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We just returned from the PAII conference at Disney World in California. You may be wondering what is PAII? You may have seen their logo on many Bed and Breakfast websites. PAII is a national organization for B&Bs and full service Inns. This organization provides innkeepers with education allowing us to stay in tune with [...]

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