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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.
Two Windham County House members who found their current districts radically altered have made their decisions on what they will do in the 2022 election season. Rep. Carolyn Partridge, D-Windham, first elected to the House in 1998, will not seek re-election, while Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun, D-Westminster, will run for her second term in the House to represent the newly created Windham-3 district of Westminster, Brookline, and Rockingham. The recently approved House redistricting map sought to create one-member districts, which led...
Supporters of Issac Evans-Frantz of Brattleboro, who is running for the Democratic Party nomination for U.S. Senate, are not worried about his underdog status in the race to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy. “When Bernie [Sanders] ran for Congress, everyone said it couldn't be done, that he would be the spoiler,” said Nancy Braus of Everyone's Books of Brattleboro at Evans-Frantz's campaign kickoff rally on April 26 on the front steps of the U.S. Post Office. Evans-Frantz -
The 2022 edition of Green Up Day is set for Saturday, May 7, and it comes with a challenge to Vermonters. “Many residents have been contacting the Green Up Vermont office, concerned about the amount of trash on the roadsides this spring, looking for Green Up Day supplies and information, and also a solution,” Green Up Vermont Executive Director Kate Alberghini said in a news release. “I can't tell you the number of times I have heard, 'What kind of...
Here's a list of what towns in Windham County are doing on Green Up Day, and whom to contact if you want more information: • Athens: Lynn Morgan, 802-869-2227 or jelpmorgan@yahoo.com. Leave full bags and large debris along roadsides. Routes may be worked on anytime through May 7. • Brattleboro: Brattleboro Subaru, 1234 Putney Rd., (bag pickup and drop-off); Robin Rieske, 802-275-7232 or rabiah@sover.net or Hilary Francis, 802-251-8157 or hfrancis@brattleboro.org. Bags available on Green Up Day from 8 a.m. to...
Members of the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) plan to include two students for one-year terms each on the school board going forward. Brattleboro representative Lana Dever said at the April 12 meeting that the process to develop a proposal to do so was “very collaborative” among all board members and school administrators. “We look forward to working with the [Brattleboro Union High School] administration as we implement this initiative,” Dever said. “This is something that is long coming and...
Abby Jacobson wants other adoptees to have what she never did. That's why she has started her consulting practice to offer adoptees a safe and supportive place to explore questions of identity. “My vision is to offer guidance to other adoptees, ages 16-plus, in order to prevent continued issues of low self-esteem, low self-worth, and an overall sense of loss of connection with others,” she said. Jacobson worked for over 20 years as a licensed substance abuse clinician and psychotherapist.
Town Administrator Peder Rude, absent from recent Selectboard meetings, is battling “a very strenuous form of cancer,” said Selectboard Chair Zon Eastes this week. Rude is expected to “be working from home for the next long term,” Eastes said. He is up to working now almost half-time, but the town office needs help to handle the workload, which Eastes said is the biggest in many years. While former board member Sheila Morse is volunteering to serve as acting assistant town...
Regional and state leaders are voicing concern about Brattleboro's surprise last-minute severing of ties with Windham County's largest emergency medical services provider, Rescue Inc. [“Brattleboro breaks ties with Rescue,” News, April 20]. “I think it's a given that there will be some bumps in the road,” Putney Fire Chief Tom Goddard, newly elected chair of the state's southeastern EMS district board, told his peers at a meeting after the action. “This is a pretty significant, huge change.” The Brattleboro Selectboard...
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...
