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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.
If Katy Emond succeeds, in September, Putney parents like her will have a new resource to help ameliorate the challenges of being working parents. Emond - a community member for 40 years, a high school teacher for 16 years, and a swimming instructor for 25 years - is also the mother of three children. Soon, she hopes to become executive director of the Putney Community & Childcare Center, her vision to help parents who must work but too often cannot...
For three decades, Vermont teenagers have gathered at the annual Governor's Institute on Global Issues and Youth Action to talk about hot topics ranging from abortion to zero-tolerance policies. Even so, some didn't know how to respond to visiting scholar Amer Latif's recent speech title, “Love my enemy! Seriously?” “It's much easier to say, 'Look at what they've done - we need to take those people down,'” Latif admitted. “But what kind of interactions are possible with those that we...
In 2017, after searching for three decades, a master diver rediscovered a documented but long-lost Indigenous relic in the cove at the confluence of the Connecticut and West rivers. These petroglyphs - etched carvings in rock, made by Indigenous peoples thousands of years ago - have been submerged for a century, under water displaced by alterations to the river's flow from hydroelectric power stations upstream. Now, the Atowi Project - a two-year-old nonprofit that is reclaiming and revitalizing the area's...
This town's municipal government takeover of emergency medical services, intended to save money, instead is racking up higher costs. At its July 5 meeting, the Selectboard voted to raise the salaries of local firefighters with EMS training by up to 10 percent - draining the last dollars of a projected surplus less than a week into the change. The board, following a recommendation from former Town Manager Yoshi Manale, had hoped to swap a $285,600 annual assessment from Rescue Inc.
When the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated hybrid learning, F.M. Kuzmeskus, Inc., the school bus provider to the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU), had to gather details about which students would be going to the school buildings. That resulted in a “ridership collection form” that will be used in the coming school year as well. “Operating within the guidelines provided by our state and federal agencies, we've established safety protocols that begin on the school bus and extend throughout the day,” says...
The Guilford Country Store is for sale, and the Friends of Algiers Village, the nonprofit that owns the building in which the store is located, is looking for new owners who will maintain the village business in the iconic, century-old tavern. The store, on Route 5, is currently a country store and fully-operating gourmet delicatessen. The country store has been a fixture in Guilford for generations, providing food, goods, and a place for people to gather. The nonprofit Friends of...
It started with a barefoot naked man, doused with fake blood and walking down the middle of Main Street. It ended with politicians, a faux nuclear waste cask, pro-abortion marchers, and the latest fashion stylings of Alfred Hughes Jr. Welcome to the Fourth of July in downtown Brattleboro, as the first Independence Day parade held since 2019 showed the town in all of its infinite variety. The 49th edition of “By the People: Brattleboro Goes Fourth” offered the traditional patriotic...
In May, composer-pianist David Feurzeig embarked on a musical tour. Not just any tour, but one he calls “Play Every Town,” in which he plans to play 251 free concerts - one in each town and city in the state - to help “combat climate change through the power of community and music.” “Routine international touring is unsustainable-and 'unsustainable' means something it's literally not possible to keep doing,” says Feurzeig, who is anticipating the tour to extend into 2026. “I...
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...
