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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 Memorial Hospital (BMH) is one of four rural health care providers in Vermont that will share in $2.72 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Emergency Rural Health Care (ERHC) grant program. The announcement was made on Sept. 15 at Springfield Hospital during a gathering of health care experts, funding recipients, and congressional representatives for a panel discussion on the state of health care in Vermont convened by USDA Rural Development's Vermont and New Hampshire office.
Annie Rose is driving home from visiting her son, who has been incarcerated for 15 months on a gun and drug charge. “He's in a minimum-security prison because he's never been in trouble before. I know that he's done illegal things before, but this is the first time he has been caught,” says the 75-year-old grandmother. Her son turned 54 years old the previous day. “We talked much longer than we usually do,” reports Rose, smiling. “It was a meaningful...
When the Selectboard voted with little public notice or debate last spring for the municipality to take over emergency medical services from Windham County's largest and longest-serving agency, Rescue Inc., officials claimed the private nonprofit wasn't sharing enough information. “The continued lack of transparency,” Selectboard Chair Ian Goodnow said April 19, “meant that I, as one board member, felt it was time to look for a different EMS provider.” Goodnow and his four colleagues have stressed their collective belief in...
When Karen Peterson began work at the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont in 1993, the novice assistant toiled daily in the shadow of a disease that was a certain death sentence. Peterson would go on to witness lifesaving advances in testing and treatment as she climbed the career ladder to become the Brattleboro-based nonprofit's executive director in 2013. So why, as she prepares to step down after three decades of work, is her job harder than ever? “I get comments...
While last week's rain offered a little bit of relief, Windham County is still dealing with drier-than-normal conditions. According to the Sept. 8 report by the U.S. Drought Monitor website (droughtmonitor.unl.edu), the northwest corner of Windham County is experiencing “abnormally dry” conditions. Most of the county is at the next level, “moderate drought,” and the southeast towns of Halifax, Guilford, and Vernon are experiencing “severe drought.” All of Vermont has experienced precipitation shortfalls since the spring, and drier-than-normal conditions are...
Leland & Gray Union Middle/High School students and parents are poised to begin a five-phase program that will not only underscore the benefits of intentional, substance-free living, but also earn each participating student a free, unrestricted pass to ski or snowboard at Stratton Mountain this winter. The event on Thursday, Sept. 15 features Boston-area speaker Joel Stanton, a former corporate consultant, who'll engage with the school community as a required first step toward the free pass. The core of his...
Four years after starting her job as Greater Rockingham Area Services (GRAS) administrator, Marty Gallagher is closing in on the estimated $1,870,850 needed to upgrade energy systems at the former Rockingham Memorial Hospital at 1 Hospital Court. Gallagher says at the start, her work for the nonprofit to secure the needed money through researching and writing grant applications and researching low-interest loans felt like a “baptism by fire.” But recently she has seen her largest success to date: an $817,908.36...
State health officials say that Vermonters will be able to receive the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine booster shots starting Wednesday, Sept. 7. The updated boosters are designed to be a match for the BA.5 Omicron variant currently affecting most people. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended use of the new vaccine booster doses. That action came after authorization for use by the Food and Drug Administration and a unanimous recommendation by the CDC's Advisory Committee on...
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...
