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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.
Energetic Juliette Carr has had quite a year, making an impact not only in her own right as a young health professional, but also on her community during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online student at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the nurse, community activist, and herbalist will graduate in August from the School of Nursing and Health Studies with a master's degree as a family nurse practitioner. Carr and two neighbors, Kate Gehring and Gloria Cristelli, also co-founded West River...
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the state of Vermont say it is OK to take off your face mask if you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the town says you still need leave your mask on. According to CDC guidance issued on May 13, masking and physical distancing for fully vaccinated Vermonters - except in limited circumstances such as in schools, on public transportation, health care settings, long-term care facilities, prisons, etc. - is no...
The Westminster West Public Library was one of 517 U.S. libraries to receive grants through the “Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries” program of the American Library Association (ALA). Participating libraries will receive training in how to lead conversations, a skill vital to 21st-century librarianship. Library workers will complete a free ALA e-course on basic facilitation skills, host at least one conversation with community members on a chosen topic, and receive $3,000 to support community engagement efforts.
Vermont's creative sector can contribute to thriving post-pandemic communities. To do so, the creative sector - and the people who work within it - require state and local investment. So said speakers at the May 3 launch of CreateVT Action Plan. The plan is centered around two ideas: that the arts are part of Vermont's essential infrastructure, and that the state and communities will benefit from funding and supporting the arts just as they do roads, bridges, and schools. “We...
Two years after he began quietly buying properties in southern Vermont, an entrepreneur who hails from Belarus by way of Massachusetts now has more than $3 million in real estate holdings in the area. Pavel (Paul) Belogour, 50, has, seemingly overnight, bought acreage, buildings, and businesses. He's bought a marina and a factory outlet store, and he is in the process of building what he describes as a Viking village in Guilford. And last week, New England Newspapers, Inc., the...
You can borrow books, DVDs, tablet computers, telescopes, and even snowshoes from Brooks Memorial Library. Now, you can add electric-assist bicycles to the list. On May 7, the Brattleboro E-Bike Lending Library was introduced with a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by test rides on the two new bikes that Brooks will be lending out. This E-Bike Lending Library was made possible by a collaboration between Local Motion, a Burlington-based nonprofit that describes itself as advocating for “active transportation, vibrant communities,
Late last month, townspeople got big news - twice. On April 27, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York filed a criminal complaint against Seth Andrew, the motivating force behind Democracy Builders Fund (DBF), which purchased the campus of the defunct Marlboro College last July. On April 30, Degrees of Freedom, an innovative but non-accredited educational institution and a DBF project, announced it was delaying launch of its operations on the 533-acre campus. The events generated...
Canal Street Art Gallery Business/Marketing Director Emmett Dunbar is fairly bursting with energy and excitement that a live Third Friday art event is returning to his gallery May 21. “We're really excited,” says the energetic Dunbar, who is co-owner of the gallery with friend and oil painter Mike Noyes. Dunbar is also president of the Bellows Falls Downtown Development Alliance and part of a group of artists and interested folks who have been meeting for the past year to reinvent...
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...
