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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 season of Representative Annual Town Meeting (RATM) got underway with the first of two informational meetings designed to brief meeting members on the 28 articles they will consider later this week. Town staff and the Selectboard provided updates on the proposed fiscal year 2022 municipal budget, on funding to update the municipal website (brattleboro.org), and on potential efforts to establish guidelines around human services funding. Meeting members also received the unglamorous, but good, news that town finances were weathering...
Fire Chief Michael Bucossi flips through a file containing a career's worth of commendations, certificates, and letters from state officials. “I'm going to miss getting up in the a.m. and coming into a job that has given me so much,” said Bucossi, reflecting as he prepares to retire on April 1. “I'm proud and humbled by the success I've had here,” he said. “I would never take back a good day or a bad day.” Even when the sirens are...
As The Commons went to press on Tuesday night, Seth Andrew, the cofounder of Democracy Builders and the nonprofit educational organization's executive chair, announced the cancellation of an agreement that would have put the campus under the long-term legal ownership and control of a nonprofit organization from Toronto. Calling the process of selling the campus to Type 1 Civilization Academy Marlboro Campus LLC “an engagement, then a marriage,” Andrew said that Democracy Builders had invoked protections it had negotiated to...
Weathering a global pandemic might be a new experience for business owners. Yet the challenges facing communities are not necessarily new, as highlighted by the legislative priorities shared by Senate President Pro Tem Becca Balint and Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski with members of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Workforce development, child care, and broadband expansion were three priorities listed by Balint and Krowinski during the March 8 conversation, part of the Chamber's virtual policy series. “My goal from...
Almost 10 years ago, Marble Ace Arvidson, 17, left a note on his bedroom door saying he'd return in approximately 30 minutes. No one has seen him since. At least, no one who has shared information with Marble's family or the Brattleboro Police Department. “We won't stop looking,” said Trish Kittredge, Marble's aunt. Detectives with the Brattleboro Police Department are reviewing Marble's case with fresh eyes and requesting anew that the community share any information - even if it seems...
Gusts of cold wind slice through the warmth of the late winter sun shining down on Potash Hill. Deep piles of snow line the foot paths. A map of the campus with the logo of its previous owner, Marlboro College, in the bottom left corner points the way to the Dining Hall, where a bright yellow Degrees of Freedom banner hangs above the door. Inside, the early morning sunlight filters through flags of various countries and a Black Lives Matter...
Voters on Tuesday elected a new Selectboard member, as Jessica Gelter won her bid for a one-year seat. Incumbent Daniel Quipp will return to the board for another one-year term, while incumbent Ian Goodnow, who is finishing his first one-year term, won his campaign for a three-year seat. The board members-elect begin their terms after the conclusion of Annual Representative Town Meeting on March 20. Voters also overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to dissolve the Windham Southeast School District, 1,551–226, as...
Farmer Jon Wright is not accustomed to asking for help. In fact, he's more likely the one offering it. But after an abundantly snowy winter and big rain on Feb. 16 caused a partial collapse of Wright's barn roof at Taylor Farm, he has reluctantly decided to ask for a little help from his 180-year-old farm's friends. And they are eagerly stepping up. “There have been times at Taylor Farm when 'raising the roof' meant stomping your feet at a...
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...
