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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.
If Lorena Cuevas were a book, she'd be hard to catalogue. The new library director for Moore Free Library holds a bachelor of arts degree in art history from Fordham University and has extensive experience in arts administration, staff development, and operational management. She is also a professional hospice chaplain with a master of divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Since 2018, she has worked as a librarian at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro. How does one...
In an affirmation of the idea that the town wants, needs, and welcomes newcomers, community leaders, social service providers, and concerned citizens filled an airy second-floor room at the Cotton Mill on Oct. 29 to celebrate the opening of the Brattleboro Multicultural Community Center. As the town prepares to welcome the first group of refugees from Afghanistan by the end of this month, the center will play a key role in aiding the transition for these newcomers. However, offering care...
Brattleboro Area Hospice (BAH) has announced the establishment of the Friends of Cicely Saunders, a legacy program named after the British nurse who founded the hospice and palliative care movements. With the encouragement of several people who have named BAH as a beneficiary in their wills, organization leadership has decided to create this avenue for those who want to support the dying, their families, and those grieving. Muriel Wolf is a legacy friend who has made a bequest to BAH.
After being closed for 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brattleboro Walk-In Clinic will reopen Tuesday, Nov. 9. “We're really excited about it,” said clinic Vice President Adrian Segar. In 2020, “we had to close,” he said. “We just felt that particularly with volunteer providers it wasn't safe to open the clinic at that time.” “We're not a hospital building and don't have the resources to do the kind of safety checks and so on that hospitals did...
On Oct. 18 at their county caucus, the Windham County Democrats elected Angela Lawrence of Dummerston as their new county chair. Lawrence, a first-generation Vermonter and a first-generation American, came to the United States 20 years ago from Kenya and grew up in Brockton, Mass. She is a Marine Corps veteran, having served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. She came to Brattleboro in 2013 and has recently moved with her family to Dummerston. She is married to a local carpenter...
The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB), the new state board charged with overseeing broadband development in the state, recently approved DVFiber's $4.1 million grant request. The funding comes through the provisions of the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and is being awarded through the VCBB to provide universal access to high-speed Internet. With the grant, DVFiber says it can now move ahead with its partner, Great Works Internet, Inc. (GWI) of Biddeford, Maine, to secure high-speed broadband access for...
The appearance of a Nazi flag flying in front of a private residence in the center of town has prompted the Selectboard to issue a statement condemning the act. After residents and concerned people from neighboring towns brought the matter before the Selectboard at its Oct. 12 meeting, Chair Sherwood Lake Jr. wrote in an Oct. 21 email to The Commons that “a commitment was made by the board to address the concerns presented in the situation and hate-based behavior...
After taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Harris Hill ski jump will celebrate its centennial with the return of the annual President's Day weekend competition on Feb. 19 and 20, 2022. As one of just six 90-meter ski jumps in the United States and the only one in New England, Harris Hill is known throughout North America and Europe as one of the more enjoyable jumping venues on the international circuit, with big crowds and a...
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...
