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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.
BRATTLEBORO-Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak is running for a third term. The Brattleboro native made the formal announcement May 29 outside the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office in Montpelier before heading back to his hometown for a campaign kickoff reception at American Legion Post 5. Pieciak, who has been treasurer since 2023, was long rumored to be a possible Democratic challenger to Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who polls as the nation’s most popular governor and who has defeated his challengers...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro’s Charter Revision Commission reconvened May 14 for the first time since August to try to make sense of the thorny question left by the March 3 election, when voters approved two ballot measures pointing in different directions. One measure eliminated the town’s Representative Town Meeting (RTM) in favor of an Open Town Meeting, where any registered voter may attend and participate. The other called for replacing the RTM with an Australian ballot system, in which residents vote on budgetary...
BELLOWS FALLS-At the Annual Village Election on May 19, newcomer Wendy M. Levy, running for her first major village position, beat out Deborah Wright for village president, winning a two-year term by a 2.5:1 margin, with 124 votes to Wright’s 50 votes. Current Village President Paul Obuchowski decided not to seek re-election. Levy, who came to Bellows Falls from Brattleboro in 2022, had previously served as a Rockingham Free Public Library trustee. Wright, a local business owner for over 20...
BRATTLEBORO-The woman responsible for comprehensive childcare in Vermont now wants to be the state’s next governor. Gubernatorial candidate Aly Richards, 40, the longtime CEO of the nonprofit Let’s Grow Kids, will be facing another Democrat, Burlington resident Amanda Janoo, in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The thought of a competitive primary does not faze Richards. If anything, it energizes her. “It’s amazing that we have a primary,” she said. “We need more women putting themselves out there, fighting...
BRATTLEBORO-It’s estimated that 558 million Americans have lived in this country since its founding 250 years ago. According to Catherine Tester, past Department of Vermont Commander of the American Legion, more than 1.1 million Americans have died defending the nation in wars and combat actions since 1776. “They each have their stories to tell,” said Tester, an Orwell resident who served in the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve from 1980 to 1995. “The crosses at Normandy, the graves at...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Regional Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) has chosen Rachel Shields Ebersole as its new executive director. “There’s a lot to take in — a lot of history, a lot going on,” says Shields Ebersole, who started work earlier this month and brings more than a decade of experience in community building, communications, program management, and regional economic development to the role. Priorities for her, once she has a handle on the big picture, will be “leaning into the regional...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and a union representing its 280 support staffers have signed their first contract, avoiding a threatened walkout amid a projected $14.5 million annual budget shortfall. The two-year agreement with Brattleboro Healthcare United workers, announced May 14, comes a month after management at southeastern Vermont’s main health care provider successfully negotiated a separate contract with the 160-member Brattleboro Federation of Nurses. “These agreements recognize the hard work and dedication of our employees while also reflecting the realities facing...
ROCKINGHAM-A two-alarm fire last week that had the potential of leaving dozens of vulnerable residents homeless was contained quickly enough to prevent a much more serious disaster. Damage from the May 11 blaze at the Rodeway Inn at 593 Rockingham Rd. was limited to the main structure of the motel and did not affect any of the rooms. An estimated 40 to 50 residents who are in the General Assistance Emergency Housing program have been able to stay in their...
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...
