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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.
Scan Jody Williams' credits in her 1968 Brattleboro Union High School yearbook (Choir 1, Usher 2, etc.) and you won't see any clues she'd grow up to be a Nobel Peace Prize–winning Rebel With a Cause. “In high school, I didn't smoke, I didn't drink, I didn't swear, and most definitely, I did not cut classes,” says the Vermonter, who was barefoot in a tank top and jeans during her award announcement. But Williams learned how to upend the establishment...
Brattleboro Union High School officials have disclosed the results of their internal climate survey from the fall, and they aren't great. “This survey was given in mid-October,” said Curriculum Coordinator Paul Smith. “In some cases this is not surprising. Things were in pretty rough shape in October, coming back to school after extended time to being around other students created some friction. It's not great - no question.” “Nevertheless, the percentile of scores are alarming,” said Windham Southeast School District...
Each May, the American Ambulance Association honors emergency medicine professionals from across the nation for their lifetime achievement in the field with a banquet and awards ceremony in Washington D.C. each May. “This year, Joe Thompson was one of the honorees,” said Drew Hazelton, chief of operations at Rescue Inc. As described by the association, the Stars of Life awards program - named after the symbol that identifies emergency medical personnel, equipment, and vehicles - “celebrates the contributions of ambulance...
The in-person return of the annual Southern Vermont Economy Summit advertised a post-pandemic, fast-forward theme of “Cultivate Change.” But first came a rewind to all-too-familiar COVID-19 precautions. Before 200 attendees could gather this past week at the Mount Snow resort, they had to take a COVID-19 test, wear a mask, and physically distance themselves in meeting rooms, according to summit health and safety guidelines shared after cases rose nearly 20 percent statewide in the past several weeks. Yet, as the...
As Dennis Marcom tells it, his friend and neighbor in Walpole N.H., Peter Stolley, arrived in his kitchen at the beginning of April and said, “What do you think about going to Poland and volunteering for World Central Kitchen for a week?” Two weeks later, the two retired friends were on a plane, headed for a town near the Polish/Ukrainian border, spending their time making sandwiches, to the tune of 6,000 to 7,000 sandwiches a day as part of a...
With a new study finding this town needs at least 500 more housing units, public and private leaders are proposing to add hundreds of new homes and apartments. One plan comes from the nonprofit Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development, which owns the grounds of the former century-old Austine School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing off Maple Street. It is working with the neighboring Omega Optical and its Delta Campus to explore building up to 500...
The Downtown Brattleboro Alliance's monthly Gallery Walk launched its 2022 season on May 6 and will continue the community celebration on the first Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. through December. Gallery Walk started as a gallery tour and was originally sponsored by the Arts Council of Windham County. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance took over the program and created a series of virtual events. The DBA successfully put on six...
Want to get something off your chest? Want to advocate for a compelling social issue? Learn how to write persuasive letters-to-the-editors and op-eds and get them published. Hear what the editors of local papers expect for effective editorial writing as part of the Media Mentoring Project, a series of workshops produced by Vermont Independent Media (VIM), publisher of The Commons. Speaking Your Truth: Opinion Writing is scheduled for Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. on Zoom and will feature these...
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...
