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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.
After inquiries from The Commons about process and potential open meeting law violations during its appointment of a new, five-member Planning Commission on Jan. 10, the Selectboard responded to some of those questions. After declining to respond by press time on Tuesday, Jan. 11, the board sent an email on Friday, Jan. 14 with a “timeline” of events. The correspondence followed a Thursday, Jan. 13 special meeting and executive session for “confidential attorney-client communications for the purpose of providing legal...
It's a “happy coincidence of opportunity, needs, and values,” as School for International Training (SIT) President Sophia Howlett called it. SIT has a mostly empty campus these days. Meanwhile, the people who are helping to resettle Afghan evacuees in southern Vermont needed a short-term place for them to stay and begin the transition to life in a new country. And thus has grown an innovative idea that may become a model for future collaborations between other educational institutions and refugee...
With the increase in positivity of the omicron variant of COVID-19 throughout Vermont, as well as staffing challenges that all hospitals in the state are experiencing, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital says it has taken several measures “to assure the continuation of essential hospital services and the safety of our patients and staff.” As of Jan. 10, the following operational changes at BMH have taken effect: • Staff at BMH's Primary Care practices are transitioning new-patient and other applicable appointments to telehealth,
And just like that, the town has a new Planning Commission. At its Jan. 10 meeting, the Selectboard reorganized the body, announcing it had decided to reduce it from nine members to five, for at least the time being. The board appointed Michael Szostak to a one-year term, Jethro Eaton and Charles Light to two-year terms, and Julie Howland and Jeannette Tokarz to three-year terms, having selected the final candidates using criteria and a process that were never defined in...
Around the world, as of this week, almost 5.5 million people have now died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Each population has had its own experiences because of how governments have decided to handle both the social and economic consequences of a global pandemic. Within the countries on the European continent, as across the world, governments have each handled the pandemic differently. For example, in France and Italy, one must have a COVID-19 pass system that proves...
The ankle-deep waterway that runs through the Townshend State Forest, under State Forest Road, and into the West River - raising debate over racial justice, economic equity, inclusion, gender identity and equality, and the role of government in citizens' lives - is again on the front burner here. Proponents of renaming Negro Brook have secured Selectboard support - with a caveat - and are moving cautiously forward. Lynne Shea, representing a “small group” of residents who want to resuscitate an...
After complaints from parents and child care providers that young children were being left out of efforts to provide COVID-19 test kits to Vermonters [“Petition calls for state testing for youngest Vermonters,” News, Jan. 5], the state announced on Jan. 7 that it is launching what it calls the Tests for Tots program. This program will immediately provide rapid antigen COVID-19 test kits to regulated child-care providers across Vermont. As described by the state, the new program builds on the...
In the fading light of a cold January afternoon, dozens of people gathered to remember the one-year anniversary of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. in 2021, and vow to not let it happen again. The candlelight vigil in Pliny Park on Jan. 6, which was organized at the last minute by Everyone's Books at 25 Elliot St., was among hundreds that took place around the United States. Though it was not explicitly billed as...
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...
