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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 Vermont House on March 11 narrowly overrode Gov. Phil Scott's veto of H.361, a measure that allows Brattleboro to amend its charter so that 16- and 17-years-olds can vote in local elections. The chamber's 99-member coalition of Democrats and Progressives was joined by one Republican and two Independents to pass the measure by a vote of 102-47. One hundred votes are necessary to meet the two-thirds threshold required to override a gubernatorial veto in the House. Municipal charter changes...
Last week, officials at Gov. Phil Scott's weekly press conference cited the falling number of severe Covid outcomes as a reason to end its masking recommendation and change its isolation guidance effective March 14. “The decision to wear a mask will be up to each person based on their own circumstances, personal risk assessment and health needs,” Health Commissioner Mark Levine said this week. “This will mean something different for everyone,” he said. “You may feel ready to take off...
Despite a five-hour executive session on March 1, the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) Board did not reach a consensus in its superintendent search before annual elections - and now a new board will deliberate and consider what steps to take going forward. WSESU is comprised of the Vernon School District and the Windham Southeast School District. Vernon has a five-member board with one seat on the WSESU. The WSESD has a 10-member board and four seats on the WSESU...
Deborah Stanford and Lana Dever have been elected as the first persons of color to serve as directors on the Windham Southeast School District school board. The district includes all public schools within Guilford, Brattleboro, Dummerston, and Putney. Voters in the March 1 annual election from all four towns selected one representative each for Brattleboro, Dummerston, and Guilford. All school board members represent the four towns equally, and all voters from each of the four towns voted on each seat.
As most Vermonters talked up Town Meeting Day last week, Brattleboro government leaders - who spent months actively pushing for a state law allowing municipal mask mandates - needed only 10 minutes to quietly lift their own. Though Windham County has among the lowest regional COVID-19 case rates, Brattleboro officials know the conversation isn't over. “People are going to feel differently about it,” Selectboard member Daniel Quipp said at a meeting overshadowed by the reporting of vote results. “Some will...
Looking back on another year of Town Meeting Day disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, there were two major issues that came up before voters. Two years ago, Vermont put into motion a plan to legalize the production, distribution, sale, and possession of recreational cannabis and gave cities and towns a say in determining whether to allow retail sales in their communities to anyone 21 and older. Under Vermont law, consumption of recreational cannabis is legal, but communities must opt in...
The Selectboard will hold a pre–Annual Representative Town Meeting information forum on Wednesday, March 9 via Zoom at 7:30 p.m. ARTM articles will be discussed, including the budget. Constituents can meet with Town Meeting members of each district to share their views and discuss articles to be voted on at the annual meeting, beginning at 5:15 p.m. (for District 1), 6 p.m. (for District 2), and 6:45 p.m. (for District 3). Also, at those times, each district will hold a...
Lee Bradford has been hired as the Brattleboro Food Co-op's new general manager. Bradford will replace Sabine Rhyne, Co-op's general manager from 2015 to 2021, who left at the end of the year. Store Manager Whitney Field has served as interim manager. The Co-op board of directors praised Field for her “steady leadership during this transition.” After Bradford's two-day visit and interview here in February, Field said that the prospective leader “came across to me as someone who is humble...
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...
