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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.
A cautious sense of optimism pervades downtown Brattleboro. I know. I asked. This is my report. Optimism is good news, because during the pandemic, as Windham County residents faithfully quarantined, downtown took some heavy hits. Most of its restaurants closed. The Strolling of the Heifers parade vaporized, as did its offices, leaving the River Garden, in the center of town, empty. Important retail stores also disappeared, leaving other empty storefronts - and empty storefronts are a harbinger of downtown decay.
Sharing Housing, Inc., a Vermont-based nonprofit whose mission is to develop shared housing in communities through education and advocacy, has announced two online courses to encourage shared housing as an answer to the twin crises of affordable housing and social isolation. “Five Key Benefits of Shared Housing,” a free course, will introduce you to the world of shared housing and “show you how living together can improve your physical, emotional, and spiritual health.” This course covers housing cost burdens and...
Forty years after they perished in the Star Hotel fire, firefighters Terry Brown and Dana Fuller are being remembered and honored as an ongoing drive seeks to finish the Brown-Fuller Memorial Park. Currently, two benches donated by the Lions' Club mark the site of the tragedy. “The two benches are a great start to a wonderful memorial; however, they do not tell the full story of that tragic night,” reads a fire department Facebook post. In early 2019, Chuck Wise...
Advocates for the rights of migrant farmworkers and other immigrants - documented and undocumented alike - have applauded the Brattleboro Police Department's revisions to its Fair and Impartial Policing Policy (FIPP), which now prohibit officers from communicating or collaborating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “We applaud the towns and counties that have strengthened their policies to better protect immigrant rights,” says staff member Will Lambek of Migrant Justice, a Burlington nonprofit that suggested the local policy change. “This...
The public is invited to learn about the choices, challenges, and responsibilities that local journalists face at “That's News to Me: Covering Brattleboro Today,” a panel and audience discussion with local journalists who will share their experience, the values that drive them, and how they view their role in the community. The free event takes place on Friday, Aug. 6, starting at 5:30 p.m., at 118 Elliot on 118 Elliot St. A reception follows from approximately 7 to 8 p.m.
One of the rainiest Julys on record in Windham County ended with a wave of heavy showers and thunderstorms on July 29 that dumped as much as 5 inches of rain in a matter of few hours and caused flash flooding that damaged miles of roads and multiple homes. No injuries were reported, but emergency crews were kept busy with evacuations from places where flash flooding occurred. Gov. Phil Scott toured flood-damaged areas of Putney and Westminster on Aug. 2.
Kate Barry starts opening the first of a stack of cardboard boxes on the bar, her smile broadening into a grin. “These are our light fixtures,” she says excitedly, as her husband, Bruce Hunt, tools in hand, looks on, and their 3-year-old daughter, Juniper, sits on a barstool momentarily entranced by a solitary Lincoln log that she found here, somewhere in the space that will become The Collective. “All of this is new,” Barry says, gesturing to a gleaming array...
The past week's torrential and troubling rainfall has brought to many minds Tropical Storm Irene, which ripped through Vermont on Aug. 28, 2011. As Irene passed through Vermont that Sunday, its wind caused damage. But it was the aftermath - 11 inches of rain that the storm quickly dumped on the state - that caused $733 million in destruction. However, Windham Regional Commission Executive Director Chris Campany says the storm also brought a few “lessons learned.” He spoke Monday with...
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...
