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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.
As usual, The Commons will not publish an edition for the last week of the year. The next issue of the newspaper will appear Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Deadline for news and advertising is Friday, Dec. 30. All of us at Vermont Independent Media wish our readers warm holiday greetings, a safe end of the year, and best wishes for strength, prosperity, and resilience in the months to come.
The Brattleboro Area Jewish Community (BAJC) Shine a Light for Social Justice program returns with a mix of in-person and online events designed to bring light to eight social justice issues. Every night from Dec.18 through 25 the BAJC Zoom room will be open for candle lighting at 5:30 p.m. with Rabbi Amita Jarmon. According to a news release, BAJC will kick off its Chanukah celebrations with an LGBTQ+ Dance Party. “If you feel pride about who you are, if...
Two churches have joined forces to form Beloved Community, offering combined worship services and spiritual programs as well as working for justice and compassionate service to the broader community. First Baptist Church of Brattleboro (FBC) and First United Methodist Church of Brattleboro (FUMC) share space at 18 Town Crier Drive and are “joining hands to share the love they experience together with others,” say FBC Pastor Suzanne Andrews and FUMC Pastor Ralph Howe. Each congregation has maintained its individual deacons,
Windham County's two largest population centers are poles apart when it comes to their municipal governments' thoughts on how to provide local emergency medical services. Brattleboro has generated months of headlines for its selectboard's decision to drop a nearly 60-year contract with the region's largest and longest-serving EMS provider, Rescue Inc., and hire competitor Golden Cross Ambulance to help with a proposed fire department takeover of coverage. Now Rockingham leaders are considering whether to drop their almost two-decade connection with...
The town's legislative delegation in Montpelier - its three incumbent House members and its two incoming Senators - talked about priorities for the 2023-24 biennium and heard concerns from constituents during an informal meeting on Dec. 10 at Brooks Memorial Library. Democratic State Reps. Mollie Burke, Emilie Kornheiser, and Tristan Toleno are returning to the State House, while Wendy Harrison and Nader Hashim will begin their first terms in the Senate. While the Democrats in the House and Senate have...
Eve Nyrhinen describes her complicated father, Ray McNeill, as “warm-hearted, deeply loving, and fun,” but also “an exacting perfectionist and perhaps the most stubborn person I've ever known.” “This fueled his relentless drive toward his dream: to brew the world's best beers,” Nyrhinen said of McNeill, who died Dec. 2 in a fire that consumed his namesake brewery and pub on Elliot Street. “He was a generous employer and a loyal friend,” she said. “I've been contacted by so many...
Since the fire that destroyed McNeill's Brewery and took Ray McNeill's life, scores of people who knew the man, his pub, and his product have stopped to talk about him and remember. An award-winning brewer, McNeill was dubbed “the Bohemian Brewer of Brattleboro” in Microbrews magazine, where the author wrote, “His brews are not quite heavenly, but close enough to it that you might hear a harp playing in the background when you sip one of his brews.” But this...
With the return of Rep. Emily Long of Newfane as House majority leader, Windham County will again be represented in the leadership of the Vermont House of Representatives for the coming 2023–24 biennium. Democratic members of the House selected their leadership slate during a public caucus held on Dec. 3 at the State House in Montpelier. Rep. Jill Krowinski of Burlington was elected by the 104-member caucus to return for her second term as Speaker of the House. Krowinski's nomination...
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...
