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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 Brattleboro Words Trail is collaborating with community partners to host an official dedication of a state historic marker recognizing the achievements of Lucy Terry Prince, considered the nation's first African American poet, and her husband, Abijah Prince. The Princes, early Black landowners in Guilford and Sunderland, Vt. in the mid-1700s, eloquently advocated for civil rights. A drummer and special speakers will commemorate the placement of the marker at the Guilford Welcome Center (Exit 1 on Interstate 91) Tuesday, Oct.
After more than 45 years in health care and hospital management, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital president and CEO Steve Gordon is ready for retirement. Gordon, 66, has held the top job at BMH for 11 years and will be stepping down in April 2022, a month before his 67th birthday. Most of his professional career was spent in eastern Massachusetts and southeast New Hampshire. Before coming to BMH in February 2011, Gordon served as president and CEO of Good Samaritan Medical...
Amid allegations of fights, students accusing one another of rape, one gun found in a student's vehicle, a rumor of another, graffiti of threats to kill everyone, malicious mischief, police walking the halls, and students feeling unsafe to go to school, Brattleboro Union High School has had a rough start this fall. Some of the acutely disturbing events appear driven by social media and perhaps the long isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many are asking whether a culture of...
He came to the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) between theater gigs, but for Greg Lesch, that association has become a calling. And that service has resulted in Lesch's being asked to serve as the permanent executive director after serving in an interim capacity since the resignation of Kate O'Connor in December. “In the 18 years that Greg has been at the Chamber, he has demonstrated exceptional commitment and dedication, and his great work ethic, knowledge, and experience will...
The saga of troubles that followed Marlboro College's 2019 announcement that it was closing may have reached its denouement, and a happy one at that. On Sept. 24, Democracy Builders Fund (DBF), which purchased the 533-acre campus and its 52 buildings in 2020 for a pittance in cash, conveyed the property to Potash Hill, Inc., an entity under the control of the Marlboro School of Music (MSM), which operates as Marlboro Music. “While it will create some important challenges, the...
All summer, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray has been doing a listening tour through Vermont, but it took until the first full week of autumn for Gray to arrive to the southern part of the state. Gray has now been to every county in Vermont on what she calls the Recover Stronger tour. She said she and House Speaker Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, and Senate President Pro Tem Becca Balint, D-Brattleboro, have been gathering feedback from people around state, and the three...
The Emerson-DeWitt building development project at 47 Flat St. has been given a boost, making the list of 28 rehabilitation and revitalization projects in 22 of the state's designated downtown/village centers to be supported with tax incentive dollars. In this case, the project is getting $577,100 in tax credits toward the total cost of almost $10.2 million. The building, a former warehouse and, most recently, an auto parts supply store, has been vacant and partially boarded up for nearly a...
Maya Richmond will be the new executive director of the Windham County Humane Society (WCHS). Richmond follows Annie Guion, who has been in the post since 2008. Director of Operations Keri Roberts, a 19-year WCHS veteran, will continue in her role, as will board of directors President Julie Hamilton. “We feel very fortunate to have hired Maya,” said Guion. “She has a wealth of experience, and she has implemented wonderful, progressive programs at her previous organizations.” “As the first shelter...
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...
