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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.
In its draft report to the Legislature this month, the Vermont Tax Structure Commission recommended shifting the education tax from a property tax to an income tax. The commission isn't the first to suggest this change: The Public Assets Institute, a Montpelier-based think tank, agrees with this concept. Last week, Rights & Democracy Vermont held a meeting for parents interested in school funding. Stephanie Yu, deputy director with the Public Assets Institute, outlined how an income tax would benefit Vermont's...
The next big push to get Vermonters vaccinated against COVID-19 began this week, with those age 75 and older now getting vaccines. Vermonters age 75 and older began booking appointments for their COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 25. According to the Health Department, more than 21,100 appointments were scheduled for the coming weeks during the first day of sign-ups - a rate that state health officials called greatly encouraging. The vaccinations will take place at Health Department clinics and other locations...
Members of the unified board of Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) have approved a ballot question that asks voters in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney whether they want to dissolve the not-even-2-year-old unified school district formed under the state's eduction-reform law, Act 46. If voters in the four towns pass the measure during Annual Town Meeting in March, the school district would be no more. Instead, communities would have to establish one or more new districts and elect new school...
The Selectboard voted unanimously on Jan. 19 to formally accept the Community Safety Review Process report and recommendations. Board members directed town staff to read through the report and return with additional information. “We will be bringing back to the Selectboard additional information to help [members] decide how to move forward with the work,” Town Manager Peter Elwell said. The report outlines the often negative experiences that marginalized townspeople report having had with law enforcement, the mental health system, and...
Incumbent Selectboard members Ian Goodnow and Daniel Quipp have decided to run again in town elections on March 2. Goodnow is running for a three-year term; Quipp, for a one-year seat, according to paperwork filed with the Brattleboro Town Clerk's office. Currently, both are completing one-year terms. The five-member Selectboard is comprised of two members serving three-year terms and three members serving one-year terms. Quipp and Goodnow will vie for their respective seats against six candidates, some who have never...
It was one of the mantras of 2020 - “We are all in this together.” The COVID-19 pandemic overshadowed everything in Vermont, and the nation, last year. But the ethos of community and cooperation, the hallmark of how the people of this state always respond to big challenges, stood out above all else. That spirit was honored by the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting on Jan. 21, when it gave a collective Person of the Year...
State officials announced on Jan. 15 that the next phase of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, for Vermonters 75 and older, will begin on Monday, Jan. 25. Agency of Human Services Commissioner Mike Smith said online registration for the estimated 50,000 Vermonters in that age group will begin on that date, with clinics scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Clinics will be run by the state as well as by pharmacies and hospitals. Details on how to register will be made...
A new land inventory report offers a series of possibilities for the Vermont Yankee site to eventually be used for industry, recreation, preserving habitat, and recognizing the Abenaki relationship to the banks of the Connecticut River, past and present. The report is a collaboration between Antioch University New England, NorthStar, the town of Vernon, and Rich Holschuh, representing the Elnu Abenaki tribe. It exists in a hard copy and an online interactive version. The nuclear plant started operating in 1972...
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...
