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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 Windham Southeast School District Board has chosen attorney Aimee Goddard of Buehler & Annis, PLC to serve as independent investigator into sexual abuse charges dating back to the early 1970s, following evidence “to wherever the investigation takes it,” as School Board Chair David Schoales put it. The decision was made at the board's Dec. 21 meeting, held at the Dummerston School and livestreamed on Zoom. “We have identified an investigator and a law firm we would like to retain...
The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has begun to hit Vermont hard. The Vermont Department of Health reported Jan. 4 that 68,957 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state since March 2020, including 3,962 people in Windham County. According to the Health Department, 1,727 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Jan. 4. Added to 2,625 new cases reported for the period between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, this makes 4,352 new cases since Dec. 29. There were...
After a forensic dive into 18 generations of paint on the exterior and four layers on the interior, conservator and paint analyst Dr. Susan Buck will make a return presentation about her work at the historic Rockingham Meeting House on Monday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Buck, who teaches part-time at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and conducts paint analyses in her own Virginia lab, has been doing this work since 1995. She considers herself...
Vermonters have been vigilant and ahead of the curve since the COVID-19 pandemic began almost two years ago. By most yardsticks, the state has done well in navigating the pandemic, with some of the lowest positivity rates in the country, and fewer virus-related deaths than in most other states. “Vermont has done a better job than other states, but this feels like one of those times when we've been forgotten - again,” noted one local child care provider, speaking to...
The Last Night Brattleboro will offer a fun-filled and substance-free day of celebration for all ages on New Year's Eve, Friday, Dec. 31. With the continuing pandemic, the committee said in a news release that it has “scaled back or altered some of our activities out of an abundance of caution to prevent community spread. COVID-19 protocols, such as masks and social distancing, will be required at all events.” The committee members ask that those “not feeling well or [who]
As usual, The Commons will not publish an edition for the last week of the year. The next issue of the newspaper will appear Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Deadline for news and advertising is Friday, Dec. 31, to the extent that anyone will be thinking about news and advertising on New Year's Eve. All of us at Vermont Independent Media wish our readers warm holiday greetings, a safe end of the year, and best wishes for strength, prosperity, and resilience...
Selectboard members have refused the gift to the town of the Guilford Center Meeting House by the Guilford Historical Society, citing prohibitive rehabilitation costs and advice from the architecture firm working on the library as reasons to pass on the offer. The vote not to accept the meeting house as a gift to the town was unanimous. “I think I can speak for the board and say we are all disappointed, but I can understand, even though it's disappointing,” said...
Four-year-old Nolan Goodnow was supposed to be sleeping the night of Dec. 9 when he woke his mother at 3:30 a.m. to ask what he was hearing. “It sounded 'beep, beep,'” he recalled. Nolan's mother, Allison Gleason, thought it was a plow truck in the parking lot, only to look outside her second-floor apartment at 19 Western Ave. to see growing flames had triggered a fire alarm. Stopped by smoke upon opening the door, Gleason had to fall some 15...
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...
