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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.
There is one fewer dead zone for cellular phone service on Route 9 this winter. On Dec. 10, AT&T put into operation a 120-foot monopole cell phone tower on Town Hill Road in the center of town, not far from the junction of South and Ames Hill roads. Anecdotal reports from cellphone users posting on the “Marlboro, VT Community FB Group” Facebook group say the new tower's coverage area is limited mostly to the Route 9 corridor. The new tower...
To read the full license applications submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): • Great River Hydro: greatriverhydro-relicensing.com/overview/documents. Open “Final Licensing Application” folder. Most information is in “Exhibit E." • FirstLight: northfieldrelicensing.com/Pages/Documents2020.aspx. The Executive Summary is a concise summary of what the application package includes. • CRC's recreation recommendations submitted to FERC: elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20190730-5077.
When Kate O'Connor steps away from her role as executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 31, it will mark the first time since 1969 that a member of her family will not be involved in public service in this area. “I have been here for seven years, and I think for a person to grow and for a business to grow, you need new blood,” said O'Connor. “Sometimes if you're the same person being there...
Racial justice activist Curtiss Reed Jr. had a dream. A Ben & Jerry's ice cream dream. A Ben & Jerry's ice cream dream that the company would create its first flavor recognizing a current person of color - specifically, football quarterback and fellow advocate Colin Kaepernick. This month, that dream suddenly and surprisingly came true. The Vermont ice cream maker has announced it will honor Kaepernick with a new frozen dessert, with its theme a blend of the player's civil...
Now that the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for the emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, doses of the vaccine have begun arriving in Vermont. The first 1,950 doses of the vaccine were delivered on Dec. 14. They were split between the State Vaccine Depot and the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. This is the first portion of the initial 5,850 doses that Vermont has been allocated. An dditional 1,950 doses arrived...
As nature preserves go, the ridgeline property rising up from the West River as it straddles the towns of Dummerston, Brookline, and Newfane doesn't look much different from the rest of the vistas one sees while driving on Route 30 west of Brattleboro. Yet these 626 acres make up a parcel so biodiverse that it includes representatives of nearly every important species of flora and fauna in the Green Mountain State. It is one of the few large semi-wilderness areas...
Two energy companies that own hydroelectric facilities on the Connecticut River have filed their final revised license applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Great River Hydro (formerly TransCanada), owners of the Wilder, Bellows Falls, and Vernon dams, filed its application with FERC on Dec. 7. FirstLight Power, a subsidiary of ArcLight Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Boston, owns the Northfield Mountain pumped storage project and the Turners Falls dam, both in Massachusetts. FirstLight filed its...
When the new state Legislature starts work in January, it will do so with an unprecedented number of women in key leadership positions, including two from Windham County: Becca Balint of Brattleboro and Emily Long of Newfane. Balint will serve as president pro tempore of the Senate, where she represents Windham County, and Long, who represents the Windham-5 district (Marlboro, Newfane, and Townshend), will be the House majority leader. Both Balint and Long were voted into their respective posts by...
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...
