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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.
The Commons and the Brattleboro Reformer will host a forum for candidates vying for seats on the Windham Southeast School Board. The forum will be held this year via Zoom and a call-in number on Monday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The goal is to offer voters an opportunity to get to know the candidates before the four district towns - Guilford, Brattleboro, Putney, and Dummerston - go to the polls on Tuesday, March 7. Cindy Jerome, Dummerston town moderator,
An appeal of the decision by the Putney Development Review Board to approve the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) application to build a subdivision of 25 affordable housing units on Alice Holway Drive land has been denied by Vermont Superior Court's Environmental Division, spurring disappointment in opponents and giving the WWHT a green light to proceed after a 30-day waiting period. “We were pleased to have received word that the appeal of WWHT's zoning permit for the creation of...
After an extensive search and interview process, current Assistant Principal Dana Aquadro has been named the new principal of Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School. He will start in that role on July 1. A Vermont native who has lived here throughout his life but for one year post-college in Portland, Maine, Aquadro earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Keene State College and his administrator's certificate from the Upper Valley Educators Institute. He says when...
Michael Pieciak, who won his race for state treasurer by visiting every town in the state, is settling nicely into his new job. He has his staff settled in and ready to go. But he's already feeling pressure. Put it down to the environment. Vermont takes climate change very seriously, and there are many state-wide organizations fighting to make the state greener than green. These include the Vermont chapter of the Sierra Club, the Vermont Natural Resources Council, the Vermont...
With more wins than any other late-model stock-car racer at Barre's Thunder Road Speedbowl, Gov. Phil Scott has plenty of experience with speed sports. But standing at the base of Brattleboro's Harris Hill over the weekend, he apologized for not taking a turn at Vermont's sole Olympic-size ski jump. “I fully intended to compete,” the 64-year-old Scott told a crowd of thousands upon Saturday's start of the annual Presidents Day weekend competition. “But unfortunately, I left my skis at home.”
With two-thirds of Vermont towns requiring property value reappraisals, the House Ways and Means Committee is considering a moratorium on them and transitioning to a state-run reappraisal system. “This was not on my agenda coming into the session as, like, the project to take on,” Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Brattleboro, the committee chair, said at a hearing on Feb. 2. “But it does seem like we're in a crisis. This is the moment to fix it if we're going to fix...
Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) voters will see three races for school board directors in the Tuesday, March 7 election. One candidate is running unopposed for a fourth seat on the board. Kimberly Price and Jaci Reynolds are vying to represent Brattleboro in the three-year seat being vacated by Emily Murphy-Kaur. Also, Robin Morgan — appointed last fall to the seat held by David Schoales, who resigned in October — is being challenged to complete the one year remaining on...
Residents, teachers, and students turned out in recent weeks to persuade the Bellows Falls Union High School and Windham Northeast Supervisory Union (WNESU) boards to reinstate Principal John Broadley, who in a letter last month announced that he will not seek to renew his contract. The larger-than-normal turnouts at the board meetings on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 saw parents express concern about interruptions and continuity for their children as Broadley joins a number of employees leaving the district since...
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...
