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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 Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs and the House Committee on General and Housing will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Feb. 16, starting at 5 p.m. The committees will hear testimony concerning the state of housing in Vermont. The hearing takes place in Room 267 of the Pavilion Building at 109 State St. It will be available to watch live on YouTube at bit.ly/702-housing-hearing. Written testimony is encouraged and can be submitted at testimony2023@leg.state.vt.us or...
Heather Waryas is coordinator of Bellows Falls Union High School’s Work Based Learning Program, which put students into actual work situations to learn the skills needed to develop a career. The work-based learning idea is not new — students have apprenticed in the community for centuries. It has had any number of names, depending on the culture or country: apprenticeship, internship, on-the-job training, work integrated training, vocational education, and others. But this ancient training technique just might be part of...
With the Vermont State House full of newcomers — roughly one-third of the legislators are first-termers this year — House Majority Leader Emily Long has her work cut out for her. The Newfane Democrat is now in her fifth term in Montpelier, where she represents her hometown of Newfane, plus Townshend and Marlboro. This is her second term as House Majority Leader — a job, she says, that requires her to keep the legislative process humming along. “The majority leader...
All three open seats on the Selectboard here will see races on Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 7. Incumbent Elizabeth McLoughlin is being challenged by former Selectboard member Richard DeGray for a three-year seat, while incumbent Jessica Gelter is vying with four other candidates for two one-year seats. In-person voting will take place Tuesday, March 7 at American Legion Post 5, 32 Linden St., from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Absentee ballots must be requested, because — unlike the...
Vogue.com is headlining “The Return of Big Belt Buckles.” People is heralding “The ’70s Flip,” “’80s Workout Headbands,” and “’90s Supermodel Blowout.” But in Vermont, this season’s biggest retro trend will showcase plaid flannel, mud boots, and gloved hands raised high in the air. After a pandemic pause, March Town Meeting is set for a comeback. Some 70% of the state’s 247 municipalities are scheduled to return to shoulder-to-shoulder decision making on or around the traditional first Tuesday in March,
The Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro is hosting a Meet the Candidates Forum for candidates vying for two Selectboard races “to talk about the important issues facing our town,” the organization writes in a news release. In the upcoming Annual Town Election on Tuesday, March 7, voters will vote for one candidate for a three-year seat and two candidates for two one-year seats at American Legion Post 5 at 32 Linden St. The forum will take place at the...
Following is the text of the proposed addition to the town charter: A. Residential tenants, as defined in Chapter 137 of Title 9 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, shall be protected from eviction without ‘just cause,’ where just cause shall include: 1. a tenant’s material breach of a written rental agreement, 2. a tenant’s violation of state statutes regulating tenant obligations in residential rental agreements, 3. non-payment of rent, and 4. a tenant’s failure to accept written, reasonable, good faith...
There is uncertainty brewing in the town’s complex landlord-tenant relationship as voters prepare to decide on an amendment to the town charter. As proposed, landlords — with some exceptions, including owners who live in their duplexes and triplexes and who rent accessory units on their property — would be prevented from evicting tenants without cause. Rent increases would be capped at 12%. [See sidebar, A3.] The tightness of the housing market means that an eviction, for cause or no cause,
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...
