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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.
In 2003, Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing (BAAH) looked at two growing housing problems: shortage of decent rental housing affordable to low-income people, and homeowners' difficulty keeping their homes in the face of rising costs. It struck us that there could be a way to address both problems together: help the homeowner create an apartment. With our Apartments-in-Homes program, we have helped homeowners create more than 50 apartments - most in houses, but others in garages or barns. BAAH provides technical...
On Monday, Nov. 14, all members of the community are invited to come together for a free dinner, live music, and the chance to help develop new ideas and focus energy for the future of their town. The Our Future Putney Community Visit is a three-part process of facilitated discussions coordinated by the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) to engage members of the community, brainstorm ideas for the future, and identify top priorities for Putney. VCRD Operations Director Margaret...
Project Feed the Thousands kicks off its 29th annual campaign against hunger in our community on Friday, Nov. 4, amidst overwhelming concerns surrounding inflation and the impact it is having across our region. According to government data, the annual rate of inflation is currently well over 8% for 2022, more than double compared to a year ago. Inflation has especially boosted food and fuel costs, affecting vulnerable individuals and families. Project Feed the Thousands is a community-wide food drive and...
A new factor is making the situation worse - a new opioid-cutting agent called xylazine, also known as “tranq.” Xylazine is used by veterinarians mainly as a large-animal tranquilizer, and is not approved for human use. According to Sue Conley of the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, “It can keep people passed out even if we use Narcan [a prescription medicine used for treating opioid overdoses], and we have to go to the next step, which is rescue breathing, until...
Brenda Siegel of Newfane, the Democratic nominee for governor, spent a recent afternoon walking through Hardwick's downtown with Rep. Chip Troiano, D-Stannard, as her guide. Local business owners chatted politely each time she popped in to introduce herself and hand out campaign pamphlets. But out on the street, one woman immediately recognized her and warmly exclaimed: “Thank you for running!” Buttonholed by a reporter in a flower shop a few minutes later, the woman, Karen Starr, 70, of Danville, said...
The explosion in opioid use in this region has taken a social and cultural toll - especially the rise in the number of deaths due to overdoses, but also insidious and long-term health issues such as Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. All of these consequences - exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak and the social isolation and reduction in services it created - have come at a high cost to families, health care workers, health and rehabilitation institutions, law enforcement, and emergency...
The Boys & Girls Club on Flat Street prides itself on being a safe place for young people, be it through its COVID-19 health procedures, annual facility assessments, or mandatory staff background checks. The municipal Transportation Center three doors down - where vandals left the club van undrivable this month while it was parked in a $1,000-a-year space - is another story. “We can attest to ongoing public alcohol and drug use and sales, intoxication, littering, and loitering,” club officials...
Some 3,500 acres of Glebe Mountain forestland will help anchor a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service management area in southern Vermont. The land in Londonderry and Windham, now owned by The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit organization, will be transferred to the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge to create a larger federal district, organizers announced on Oct. 26. “Under U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stewardship, the property will be made more accessible for expanded and compatible public...
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...
