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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.
Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a charter change on Feb. 28 that would have granted 16- and 17-year-olds in Brattleboro the right to vote and run for office in municipal elections. On Tuesday, Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, who cosponsored the bill with the town's two other representatives, Mollie Burke and Tristan Toleno, said that the delegation hopes to begin the process of attempting to override the governor's veto. This is the Republican governor's third veto of the legislative session. In a letter...
For the second straight year, the “meeting” part of Town Meeting Day was hard to find in Windham County, as only Athens and Stratton opted to have in-person meetings. Every other town either conducted business by Australian ballot on March 1 or postponed the meeting until warmer weather returns later this spring. There were several contested races of interest around the county. In Newfane, incumbent Katy Johnson-Aplin and newcomer Jeffrey Chevalier were the winners for the two, one-year seats on...
Last week, a group of Afghan refugee women, accompanied by local artist and teacher Terry Sylvester, made signs that say “Welcome” in English as well as Dari and Pashto - the two official languages of Afghanistan - and distributed them to downtown businesses. “[Store owners] were very happy, and they said, 'Welcome' to us,” said Fatima, who participated in the project. ”They accepted our signs and put them in the windows, and they were very kind to us.” Later in...
After four months being closed, it's busy again at Rod's Towing & Repairs. “We've gone from zero to 100 overnight,” said co-owner Julie Winchester of the reopening of her family's business following its destruction in a fire in October. “We're so thankful. It's super busy. It's a little challenging working in a smaller space with uneven floors and in two buildings,” she said. “We haven't finished, so we have no waiting room or front counter,” Winchester continued. “The only thing...
After nearly two centuries here, the Windham County Sheriff's Office will move to Brattleboro. Windham County has bought the former Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Joint Information Center at 185 Old Ferry Rd., which was once the world headquarters of Famolare Shoes, to house the Sheriff's Office and the county courthouse. Assistant Judges Patricia Duff and Lamont Barnett closed the deal for $500,000 on the property, valued by the town at $810,000, on Feb. 14. The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant...
Athens Annual Town Meeting will be held by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 1 when polls at the elementary school will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. • Contest for moderator: The warrant includes a race for moderator between David Bemis and Candace Damon . • Financial: Voters will be asked to approve a $578,429 General Fund. • Selectboard expansion and duties: Voters will decide whether to expand the board from 3 to 5 members and eliminate the...
The national television crew arrived at the Harris Hill Ski Jump this Presidents' Day weekend with plans to capture all the pageantry and pyrotechnics of a high-flying centennial celebration for Vermont's lone Olympic-size venue. Instead, it witnessed something more head-spinning. As historians tell it, the landmark sprung 100 years ago when local sports pioneer Fred Harris eyed an evergreen-laden hill and led workers in clearing trees, crushing rock and cobbling together a launchpad for a 1922 inaugural competition that drew...
Traditionally, voters in Guilford have organized a “meet the candidates” night at the Broad Brook Grange hall, where the folks running for town offices would introduce themselves to voters. COVID-19 and ongoing renovations to the Grange Hall have disrupted that tradition. Instead, a different sort of event took shape on Feb. 17 at the Vermont Marketplace, the former Outlet Center, on Canal Street. And, by design, only two of the four candidates for the Selectboard were present. Lynn Latulippe King,
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...
