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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 2014, a group of townspeople received the first estimate on the repairs that would need to be made to the Broad Brook Grange building to bring it up to code and to serve the town and the region for the next century. Bobbie Fitch Haumann recalls that the estimate came in at $750,000. “Oh, if that had only been true!” she says with a chuckle. Bringing a 127-year-old building up to date would require an elevator, a sprinkler system,
A former Brattleboro Union High School student is speaking out, alleging that Principal Steve Perrin made unwanted sexual and romantic advances over several years at the high school starting in 2010. Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) Superintendent Mark Speno has remained silent for months about whether Perrin - who was abruptly placed on paid leave last spring days after the former student reported the pattern of behavior to authorities - will return to his duties. The Commons has confirmed the...
Brattleboro Union High School is reporting two of its students were treated last week for drug overdoses in the building. “We experienced two separate medical emergencies on campus involving the use of substances possibly laced with fentanyl,” interim Principal Cassie Damkoehler has emailed the families of 800 grade 9-12 students from the towns of Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Putney, and Vernon. In both instances, the students were seen to be experiencing health problems and, as a result, received immediate medical care,
A $45,070 funding cut to Brattleboro Senior Meals has providers concerned and looking for ways to make up the shortfall without affecting seniors who rely on the program. “We only found out about this six weeks ago, so it still has us scrambling,” executive director Cynthia Fisher said this week. “It has not impacted diners and meal recipients so far, and we're hoping they won't be impacted.” Federal and state money comes to Brattleboro Senior Meals through the Older Americans...
Visitors to town often ask, “What are those huge, old, buildings covered with slate on Birge Street?” Those familiar with local history know that these longstanding structures, considered to be the largest group of slate-sheathed buildings in the United States, were once owned by the Estey Organ Company. At one point, the company was one of the world's largest organ manufacturers, employing more than 700 employees and craftspeople. Each organ they created proclaimed in fine black print that it was...
From the time the two nonprofits were formed in the early 1980s, the Brattleboro Historical Society and the Estey Organ Museum received gifts of historic musical instruments crafted in town during the Estey Organ Company's heyday. Donations over the years to both organizations have included a tidal wave of organs. About 525,000 were manufactured in town between 1846 and 1955 and sold to customers on six continents. Since 2015, the two historical nonprofits have been doing something that some might...
Closed due to safety concerns in 2009, the Vilas Bridge, which connects Walpole, N.H. with Bellows Falls across the Connecticut River, may yet be rebuilt and reopened. New Hampshire has earmarked $17.7 million for the project and recently included it in the state's 10-year highway plan. With 7% of the bridge in Vermont, Vermont will be paying 7% of the costs. The schedule is for preliminary bridge engineering and design to begin in 2023, and construction to begin in 2028.
The Fire Department is seeking community input as part of an EMS study facilitated by AP Triton Consulting. The firm, based in Wyoming, is conducting the study as part of a strategic plan for the next five years. A brief, confidential online survey at surveymonkey.com/r/bfdcitizens seeks input and opinions from the community. The results of the survey will be compiled and published in the final report, tentatively set to release in December. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, a representative from AP...
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...
