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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.
For three decades, the free public Thanksgiving dinner at downtown Burlington's Sweetwaters American Bistro surmounted countless challenges, from finding enough tables to seat an annual count of 1,000 people to switching to takeout during the Covid-19 pandemic. “It never crossed my mind not to do something,” longtime owner David Melincoff said of all the hurdles. Then Melincoff sold the restaurant this year and retired, bringing an end - at least temporarily - to a 31-year tradition. “With Covid and not...
Jennifer Tolaro-Heidbrink, a lifelong area resident, has just been named the new executive director of Parks Place Community Resource Center, its fifth since the facility opened in 1995. Though Parks Place was created more than a quarter century ago, Tolaro-Heidbrink says that people in the community and even some local officials are just not sure what the center does. The organization's mission is “to create opportunities by connecting people and resources in the Greater Falls area.” In practical terms, that...
Living Memorial Park has been around for nearly 70 years and is a beloved part of the town's life. In recent years, however, that love hasn't extended to making long-term improvements to facilities at the park. The result, according to Recreation & Parks Director Carol Lolatte, is that some of its most popular venues - the Nelson Withington Skating Facility, its two softball diamonds, and the Kiwanis Picnic Shelter, among them - need upgrades. And they need them sooner rather...
In every Vermont town, a majority of voters on Nov. 8 supported Proposal 5, the measure that wrote reproductive liberties into the Vermont Constitution. Results from the Vermont Secretary of State's Office show the campaign for Proposal 5, also known as Article 22, succeeded in building a sweeping coalition of support, far beyond liberal Chittenden County and the state's more-populous, deep-blue downtowns. Overall, the measure prevailed by a vote of 77% to 23%. And virtually every corner of the state...
Robin Morgan is the newest member of the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) school board. She will take the seat, vacated when David Schoales resigned, and she will serve until the March election. Morgan was appointed Tuesday, Nov. 15 after an executive session that took close to an hour, with all votes in her favor except for representative Shaun Murphy, who abstained. Chair Kelly Young read a statement celebrating Morgan's “ability to collaborate, her conviction, and integrity.” “We value her...
The Parking Department notes that the municipal winter parking ban is now in effect. Here are the main things to remember: • Overnight parking is forbidden on all streets in the town. Vehicles parked for longer than one hour between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. may be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense. • The town's flashing-light system and sign-board program both alert citizens when plowing will take place. A flashing amber light designates the need to remove snow...
Vermont voters love Gov. Phil Scott more than ever. According to results from the Vermont Secretary of State's Office, the 64-year-old incumbent was reelected to a fourth term on Nov. 8 with 71% of the vote - eclipsing his previous record in 2020 by more than 2 percentage points. The spread widened further this cycle, giving the governor a margin of nearly 47 percentage points. Town-by-town data released by the Secretary of State's Office showed that America's second-most popular governor...
After a noisy summer and fall of banging and clanging noises along the Connecticut River, the $61.2 million Brattleboro-Hinsdale bridge project has begun the next phase of work. As work on the new bridge continues to progress from Route 119 on the New Hampshire shoreline in Hinsdale, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) says that bridge work has begun on Vernon Street (Route 142) in Brattleboro. According to a recent NHDOT news release, bridge crews from Reed & Reed,
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...
