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BOS Meeting Notice & Agenda- 12/11/25 @6PM

Board of Supervisors  Meeting Notice and Agenda  Thursday, December 11 @ 6:00 P.M.  Via Zoom* and In Person:  @327 Old Ferry Rd, Brattleboro VT 05301      Roll call of Supervisors  Changes and/or Additions to the Agenda  Approval of Minutes- November 2025  Approval of Check Register- November 2025   Approval of Financial Statement- November 2025   Ratify FY 27 Budget, Capital Plan & Member Town […]

Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- 11/13/25 @ 6 PM

Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In-person  Minutes of November 13, 2025   Members Present: (In-person) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair(interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Amanda Ellis-Thurber, Brattleboro; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Dave Eastman, Guilford; Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Irvin Stowell, Townshend; Jim Pinkerton, Vernon; Liz […]

Finance Committee Meeting Minutes- 11/13/25 @ 5 PM

Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Finance Committee Meeting Via ZOOM and In-Person DRAFT Minutes of November 13, 2025   Committee Members Present: Committee Chair-Merrill Mundell, Wilmington; Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Liz Spector, Wardsboro Committee Members Absent: James Damato, Readsboro WSWMD Staff Present: Robert Spencer, Executive Director; Peter Gaskill, Programs Coordinator; Vicki Hayes, Finance […]

Board of Supervisors Minutes- 10/9/25

Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In-person Draft Minutes of October 9, 2025   Members Present: (In-person) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair(interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Dave Eastman, Guilford; Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Kate Ullman, Jamaica, Doris Knetchel, Newfane; James Damato, Readsboro; […]

Ashes (wood ash)

| A-Z Disposal Guide

Ashes are not recyclable; however, small quantities of ashes from raw lumber and clean wood can be incorporated into your home compost pile. Just make sure they’re no longer hot! WSWMD will not encourage ashes being deposited into our compost. We ask that you wait until they are stone cold before disposing of them in the […]

Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- 9/11/25

Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In-person AMENDED Minutes of September 11, 2025   Members Present: (In-person) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair(interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Kate Ullman, Jamaica, Doris Knetchel, Newfane; Irvin Stowell, Townshend; Sandra Rulewich, Vernon; […]

Notice of Public Hearing- Oct 8, 2025

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Windham Solid Waste Management District will hold a second public hearing on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. to review the draft 2026–2030 Solid Waste Implementation Plan (SWIP). This plan is required by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and satisfies state requirements for WSWMD’s 18 member towns. A […]

Brush & Clean Wood

| A-Z Disposal Guide

Clean Wood and Brush There are fees for brush, larger branches, logs, stumps, and other types of woody yard waste and untreated lumber. We are no longer accepting small branches for our compost pile. We will take clean sawdust at no charge! No access sticker is required to dispose of brush. Brush disposal is charged […]