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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.
The Putney Food Co-op is the first retailer to officially join the Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership's efforts to support local organic dairy brands and organic dairy farms. The Partnership, launched earlier this year through the efforts of Stonyfield Organic co-founder Gary Hirshberg, hopes to encourage consumers to increase weekly purchases of organic dairy brands with the goal of providing area dairy farms with the demand they need to remain financially viable. Putney Food Co-op is the first retailer in...
A chance to help change the structure and future of the indoor skatepark at the Boys & Girls Club on Flat Street will be the topic of discussion on Friday, April 1 at the Club. “The Club is seeking community input and involvement in stewarding the skatepark into the future,” says Executive Director Michelle Simpson. “Due to certain Boys & Girls Club of America restrictions, we are not able to open the skatepark up to the public, making this an...
It started with a post in the Brattleboro, Vermont Facebook group by Greenfield, Mass. resident Erin Bohannon, who attached scans of portraits of local people and said that she was looking to return them to families. If you've lived in the area for a bit, the names on the 5{x}7 black-and-white photographs would be familiar: Barb Covey, Marion Gassett, Tucky Houghton, Stuart Anderson, Eugene Lane, and many more. Bohannon didn't ask for money, and she was willing to pay the...
The Vermont Legislature is entering the final phase of the 2022 session, with the budget bill for fiscal year 2023, the transportation bill, and the capital spending bill all receiving approval from the House last week. The proposed state budget for FY 2023 is more than $8 billion, the largest in Vermont history, thanks to strong General Fund revenues and hundreds of millions of dollars in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. But when local lawmakers briefed members of...
Liam Madden is someone who isn't afraid to take chances. A Marine Corps sergeant who served in Iraq, he became one of the leaders of Iraq Veterans Against the War and stood up to the Corps when it threatened to revoke his honorable discharge for his anti-war activities. After his Marine service, he got a degree in environmental studies and international affairs from Northeastern University and got into the field of climate sustainability. Madden went on to start the Green...
Brattleboro Union High School sophomore Sasha Lann is the first-place winner of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' 12th annual State of the Union essay contest with their essay about voting rights. Isabelle Tupper, also a sophomore at the school, was a finalist. The contest offers Vermont high school students an opportunity to take on a major issue facing the country and propose what they would do to solve it. This year, 409 students from 38 high schools submitted essays. A panel...
On March 18, the Board of Directors of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) announced the appointment of Christopher J. Dougherty as the organization's new president and chief executive officer, effective May 9. Dougherty succeeds outgoing CEO Steven R. Gordon, who will retire in April after serving 11 years in that post. “We'd like to extend a very warm welcome to Chris Dougherty, who throughout his career has been known for his inclusive leadership style, impressive financial accomplishments, and the successful outcomes...
The Windham Southeast School District will belatedly join the rest of the state in making classroom masks a choice after a special meeting crowd of more than 500 people registered nearly three hours of complaint. At first, Brattleboro Union High School and elementary classrooms in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney told families they would adopt the Vermont Agency of Education's new relaxed Covid-19 recommendations beginning March 14. “We have followed the guidance set out by our local health professionals from...
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...
