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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.
Newly elected Rep. Leslie Goldman, D-Rockingham, sat alone at her computer feeling sad. The Vermont Legislature had just adjourned. Instead of a celebration with colleagues, Goldman exited her first legislative session by clicking the Leave Meeting button on her Zoom account. “I would imagine, it's like when you do a play and there's a wrap party,” she said. “There was no opportunity to celebrate as a team, or as a group, so I felt sad about that.”(1) The 2021 Legislative...
It's time, once again, to make the doughnuts. And the bread. A saga with as many twists as a cruller came to an end on May 27 with the news that a family-owned Canadian baker is buying the recently closed Koffee Kup Bakery of Burlington and its subsidiary, Vermont Bread Company of Brattleboro. Mrs. Dunster's Bakery, a Sussex, New Brunswick–based company that distributes its breads, doughnuts, muffins, and cookies across Atlantic Canada and Maine, made the purchase announcement within hours...
Part celebration of the end of the pandemic, part reflection on a turbulent time in the United States, and part remembrance of the service of Vermonters in our nation's wars, this year's annual Memorial Day service on the Town Common was filled with many different emotions. There was joy at being able to hold ceremonies unmasked and without restrictions, with the American Legion Band performing in public for first time in nearly two years. The May 31 service, hosted by...
Gingerly emerging from isolation or raring to go, folks have different ways of getting back to pre-pandemic socializing and activities, and many are experiencing at least some level of anxiety in doing so. Gov. Phil Scott says that state pandemic restrictions can be lifted ahead of the Vermont Forward target date of July 4, if the state vaccination rate reaches 80 percent of eligible Vermonters (those age 12 and older). That threshold could be met as soon as the middle...
Vermont could see the end of nearly all COVID-19 restrictions weeks ahead of schedule. All it will take is about 18,000 more Vermonters to get vaccinated against the virus in the coming days. At his May 21 news briefing, Gov. Phil Scott said that when 80 percent of Vermont's eligible population - those age 12 and older - have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the state will enter Step 4 of the Vermont Forward plan and...
In an effort to make serving on the Selectboard easier and to break some of the financial barriers to town government leadership, the town will begin reimbursing its members for child care and elder care. In the new fiscal year, which begins July 1, board members will be able to claim dependent care expenses accrued during official board meetings. The reimbursement can be used to pay a babysitter, a home health aide, a family member, or anyone who provides care.
“Do you have something to say? Are you just frozen with your hand up?” DVFiber Chair Ann Manwaring asked while taking a vote during the annual online meeting of the communications union district (CUD). “I think I'm frozen on your screen,” a member called out. Manwaring shook her head. “These are the joys of virtual meetings and absolute evidence about why we need to get to work and get this system done,” she said. Despite the frozen video images, the...
By a vote of 508–126, voters of the Windham Southeast School District authorized spending up to $2 million to renovate portions of the Academy School on May 11. The school, in West Brattleboro, serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The renovation project includes improving indoor air quality, replacing windows in 14 classrooms, reconfiguring a classroom to support small group learning, demolishing a temporary modular unit, and adding an approximately-2,000- square-foot addition. Engineering and architecture firm Stevens & Associates of...
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...
