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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 Commons and the Brattleboro Reformer will jointly host a candidates' forum for the Windham Southeast School Board on Wednesday, Feb. 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Windham Southeast School District includes all public schools within Guilford, Brattleboro, Dummerston, and Putney. Early voting begins Wednesday, Feb. 9 and concludes on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 1. To access the link for the forum and resources for the election, visit bit.ly/wsesd-forum. Voters in the four towns will select one representative...
The year was 1920. Apartments were renting for $30 a month. Coffee was selling for 30 cents per pound at a grocery on Main Street. The mercury was down to 22 below zero. And Fred H. Harris, “whose ability as a ski jumper is well known, made a jump of 68 feet and another of 50 feet,” reported the Brattleboro Daily Reformer on Feb. 2. Harris was a man who lived for adventure. Having already been the first to lead...
After stepping down after his first term in the Vermont House, Nader Hashim wants to return to Montpelier. Hashim officially announced his candidacy on Feb. 7 for the Vermont Senate. He will be running in the Democratic Party primary this August, seeking one of the two seats representing Windham County. One of those seats is opening up with the decision by Senate President Pro Tem Becca Balint to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. In an interview with The...
When Dana Sprague began thinking of how to commemorate the centennial of the Harris Hill Ski Jump in print about four years ago, he brought some ideas to his fellow trustees of Harris Hill Ski Jump Inc., the nonprofit that oversees all things Harris Hill. “My thought was doing a beautiful program for this anniversary, with beautiful photographs, a list of winners, record holders, and a few historical references,” said Sprague, a local historian. He was surprised when the group...
The Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) School Board has finalized hiring attorney Aimee Goddard of Buehler & Annis, PLC to investigate reports of sexual abuse and has determined a reporting process, setting up a website, phone line, and other resources. In announcing Goddard's “formal” hiring, a press release from the board issued Tuesday, Feb. 1 says Goddard will “investigate reports of sexual abuse, harassment and/or abuse of power by current or former faculty, staff, or administration.” “In addition, the investigation...
A deepening staffing crisis at Vermont's largest psychiatric hospital is forcing children and adolescents in distress to wait for days, or even weeks, for inpatient mental health beds. The Brattleboro Retreat is the only psychiatric facility in Vermont that works with children and adolescents. Staffing there has been tight for years, but a recent Covid-19 outbreak sidelined 30 staff members at one time, causing a backlog in child and adolescent admissions. Since December, children and adolescents have spent more and...
Selectboard member Tim Wessel has announced his candidacy to represent Windham County in the Vermont Senate. “In the coming weeks, I will be officially launching my campaign website and using other tools to get the word out to those who are not yet familiar with my work for Brattleboro,” said Wessel on Feb. 1. “While continuing for another year on the Selectboard, I'll be also making my case to voters as to why I will be a strong voice to...
For architect Robert “Bob” Swinburne, the design process starts with collaboration from day one and carries throughout every project. So much so that he's named his practice Bluetime Collaborative to reflect his cooperative approach. “'Bluetime' is the winter twilight time when I am in my office working hard or going for a snowshoe and the world here turns a quiet and luminescent blue before it gets dark,” Swinburne says. “This is an especially focusing and productive time of day for...
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...
