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BRATTLEBORO-Sebastian Alvarez knows firsthand that not every student learns the same way.
Now the 16-year-old Brattleboro sophomore will get to make that case to the people who set education policy for the entire state.
Ninth-grade students in the Global Citizenship class at Bellows Falls Union High School took a unique route toward learning about justice on the international stage this school year. They used art. More specifically, they designed and painted a mural in the school entry hall this past fall with the help of Afghanistan political refugee and artist Negina Azimi. John Ungerleider, director of the Great Falls Community Justice Center, also helped organize the project. Teacher Laura Tabachnick described the month-long mural...
While global attention over the past year has been focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing humanitarian crisis it has created, a group of activists took time on March 1 to remind people of another ongoing humanitarian caused by war. About 20 people took part in a vigil in front of the Post Office to call for an end to U.S. participation in Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen. The Brattleboro vigil, one of 13 that took place...
The Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) Board of Directors has upheld its decision to fire former Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS) Principal Steven Perrin following a two-week hearing that ended Jan. 30. The hearing took place in executive session, with the results announced publicly at the board meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28. “Pursuant to a hearing, the board has affirmed the decision to dismiss Mr. Perrin as BUHS principal,” WSESD board Chair Kelly Young said. She took no questions, and...
“Emerging from the pandemic hiatus, contemporary relevance questioned, in-person Vermont Town Meeting is at risk, as some people advocate abolishing it,” says Howard Fairman, who has written and created a concise and comprehensive downloadable guide to the venerable Vermont institution. Fairman, who has served as parliamentarian at Putney's Town Meeting, says he is making the four-page “Grassroots Vermonter's Guide to Vermont Town Meeting” available “in the spirit of 'knowing what we've got before it's gone.” Despite Town Meeting's long tradition...
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets has announced grant awards from a new competitive round of Local Food Purchase Assistance funding, and two Windham County organizations are among the recipients of the total $200,000 awarded. SUSU commUNITY Farm in Newfane will receive $50,000 to launch an expanded, free CSA (community supported agriculture) program to provide “locally grown, culturally-relevant” vegetables for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) families and new refugees. Retreat Farm's Community Food Project in Brattleboro...
The village of Lower Bartonsville has been the driving force in getting an article on the upcoming Annual Town Meeting agenda to try to get some nominal funding for a police presence in rural parts of the town. This year, voters in Rockingham will consider spending $6,000 in taxpayer money to fund a contract with the Windham County Sheriff's Office. But opposition to the contract is emerging from the village of Bellows Falls, which funds its own police department, and...
Athens • Annual Town Meeting on Monday, voting Tuesday: In-person Town Meeting will be held Monday, March 6 at the Athens Community Center (former elementary school) at 6 p.m. All voting for town officers will occur on Tuesday, March 7 by Australian ballot. Polls will be open between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Athens Town Office. • Budget: Voters will be asked to vote on a budget of $632,621.95 general budget. • Financial contributions: Voters will be asked...
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., is in a difficult position. On the one hand, she wants to work hard for her constituents, who have serious and pressing needs. On the other hand, she serves in one of the most divisive Houses in history - and she is in the minority party. “It does get demoralizing when I sit in a committee and what is happening on the other side of the aisle is a lot of misinformation and disinformation,” she...
Emma Rose Sheldon is a licensed clinical mental health counselor. BRATTLEBORO-I feel compelled to speak...
KATE TRZASKOS is executive director of the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. BRATTLEBORO- What does the future...
The writer represents Windham-1 (Guilford and Vernon) in the Vermont Legislature. GUILFORD-Thank you to the...
Chloe Learey is executive director of the Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development.
BRATTLEBORO-For the first time since 2015, the Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) Annual Galbraith Lecture...
BRATTLEBORO-Sarasa Ensemble performs “Nordic Circle” at the Brattleboro Music Center on Friday, Nov. 13, at...
VERNON-Regional nonprofit Jazzhers will host a jazz clinic for female and nonbinary students in grades...
BRATTLEBORO-Peter Gould’s new novel, Part for the Hole, is about a guy who decides to...
-The Bellows Falls Terriers are now one victory away from winning the Division III state...
-There will be more soccer at Hayford Field in Wilmington this week as both of...
-It has been a great autumn of soccer in the Deerfield Valley so far this...
-The Twin Valley-Leland & Gray soccer rivalry is one of the best in Vermont as...
