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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.
BRATTLEBORO-Windham Regional Career Center (WRCC) Director Nancy Wiese has been named Vermont's Career Tech Center (CTC) Director of the Year. "Over her six-year tenure, Nancy has been a transformative leader - securing vital grants for program equipment, providing unwavering support to students and staff, and expertly navigating the challenges of the pandemic during her very first year. Please join us in celebrating this well-deserved honor," reads a Career Center Facebook post announcing the honor. "It's very nice to be recognized,"
BRATTLEBORO-The Building Bridges Veterans Initiative started out in Northampton, Massachusetts in 2015 as a monthly social get-together for veterans — a chance to enjoy a dinner with their comrades. It has since grown to 17 sites around New England, including Brattleboro, and has served 115,000 meals, along with a big helping of friendship and a message to those who served that they are not alone. At the monthly meal in Brattleboro on March 25 at American Legion Post 5, Building...
Here are the topics and locations for the forums being held around Brattleboro as part of “No Kings 3.0” on Saturday, March 28, in the words of the people organizing the events: • Forum A: Relationships and Conversations, Politics in Small-Town America. “How to listen deeply and talk about what matters — relational organizing can restore democracy — and we already know how to do it. Let’s get out of our own way and remember how to not just persuade...
-“No Kings 3.0,” which organizers hope will be the biggest mass protest in U.S. history, is set to take place Saturday, March 28, throughout the country, including events in Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, and Wilmington. No Kings is a mass, nonviolent movement against the policies and behavior the Trump administration and has already mobilized millions — from more than 5 million participants for the first No Kings protest June 14, 2025, to more than 7 million people joining more than 2,700...
BRATTLEBORO-With a back-up bullhorn in place and a patient crowd, a power outage didn’t much faze annual meeting attendees at Brattleboro Union High School on March 17 as they voted to approve the Windham Southeast School District’s (WSESD) proposed fiscal year 2027 operating budget of $69.9 million. The budget represents estimated per-pupil spending at $15,972 — 0.8% higher than the current year. Finance Committee Chair Ruby McAdoo noted an overall 2.6% budget increase to this year despite an anticipated rise...
BRATTLEBORO-An ounce of prevention can sometimes truly lead to a pound of cure. One example of this maxim in action is the Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) program — run by Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and Rescue Inc. — which just won the 2026 American Hospital Association Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award. Traditionally, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) respond to medical emergencies in a time of crisis. With MIH, EMTs come to a patient’s home and prevent the crisis before it can...
WEST DUMMERSTON-The Dummerston Fire Department celebrated the recent arrival of their new tanker truck with a “push-in” ceremony March 21 at the main fire station on West Street. Many community members showed up to cheer their firefighter neighbors as they “pushed” the Tanker 1 into the station, in keeping with an old fire service tradition to welcome new trucks in a firehouse. The motor rumbled at a slow idle, and its emergency lights flashed. Retired Fire Chief Allen Pike was...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) nurses voted on March 23 to authorize a strike, if necessary. No date for a strike has been set. According to a news release, an “overwhelming supermajority” of BMH nurses, represented by the Brattleboro Federation of Nurses (BFN), voted for the strike authorization. The vote follows what BFN called “stalled negotiations, with management continuing to propose concessions that nurses say would hurt patient care and drive staff away.” Proposals by BMH management include no wage increases...
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...
