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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.
Dealing with the bureaucracy of a federal agency is never easy, but it is a task that Thomas M. French has gladly done to help his fellow veterans. It is also a task he is very good at - and a task for which French, 86, was honored on June 19 with the 2022 Legionnaire of the Year award from the American Legion's Department of Vermont. Over the past five years, the longtime Brattleboro attorney formally brought 15 actions against...
When this former hub town for Vermont's Union troops first debated how to honor its Civil War soldiers a century and a half ago, some locals proposed a plaque listing names, while others promoted and ultimately unveiled one limited to numbers. “This monument commemorates the loyalty and patriotism of the men of Brattleboro, who fought for liberty and the Union in the Great Rebellion of 1861-1865,” its 40-word statement began. “Enlisted 385. Died in Service 31. Erected by a grateful...
In the reshuffling of the Vermont electoral deck that started with the retirement of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, virtually every officeholder was faced with a question: Do I stay put, or do I try to move up? Two Windham County members of the Vermont House of Representatives whom many thought would take a flier at a run for higher office decided to stay put. Reps. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Brattleboro, and Sara Coffey, D-Guilford, both have served two terms. Both are alumni...
A plan to drop the town's nearly 60-year contract with Rescue Inc. for a lower-priced emergency medical service lacks a state license just weeks before its scheduled July 1 start. Complicating matters, the current private nonprofit provider says it won't respond to local calls without negotiated compensation after June 30. As part of a presumptive transition plan for the local fire department to take over EMS duties, the Selectboard abruptly entered into a contract with the for-profit Golden Cross Ambulance...
An unidentified fisherman was rescued on June 2 after falling off a railroad bridge to avoid a fast-moving Amtrak train. Local police and firefighters were called to the elevated tracks that span over the confluence of the Connecticut and West rivers shortly after 1 p.m. after the southbound Vermonter blew its whistle and tried to brake, they reported. “I heard the horn a lot longer than usual,” said Spencer Knickerbocker, who was working nearby at his family's Vermont Canoe Touring...
After nine months as interim superintendent of the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU), Mark Speno has been named Superintendent for the 2022-23 school year. On June 1, the WSESU Board of Directors announced Speno's appointment for the coming school year. “The Board is looking forward to collaborating with Mr. Speno, expanding on his excellent work supporting students and staff and extending it into effective implementation of policies and continuous improvement,” said the brief press release. Following a short executive session...
In April, the Selectboard voted 5–0 to end its contract for emergency medical services with Rescue Inc., setting in motion a new model for EMS that would make it the responsibility of the fire department. But the fire has not yet burned out on that controversy, which has divided the local community, and on Friday, June 3, the Selectboard was served with a legal filing formally alleging violation of a provision of the Vermont statutes regarding open meeting laws. At...
Kindle Farm School High School Program Supervisor Kendall Edkins has been hosting weekly metal detecting classes at the school for high school and middle school students. Edkins, of Walpole, N.H., said when he scouts locations to search for artifacts buried beneath the ground, he focuses on the history. “Everything kind of has some history,” he said. Edkins said that Brattleboro has a lot of fields and old homes, and “my personal favorite places to go are like the old foundations,
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...
