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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.
WEST BRATTLEBORO-As Brattleboro Housing Partnerships celebrated $1.75 million in federal funding Oct. 6 to rebuild Melrose Terrace, a senior housing complex battered by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., said that the struggles of rural communities cut across party lines — and that those shared struggles are how federal money still reaches small towns despite gridlock in Washington. “I would say rural is rural is rural,” Balint said at the event. “Rural Vermont is rural Kentucky.
VERNON-The sky was blue, the clouds were white and low, the trees were showing their best fall colors, the vast meadows were still verdant, and the breeze was blowing gently on the organic Miller Farm in Vernon on Oct. 4, where well over 150 people gathered to celebrate Paul Miller’s 90th birthday. Even the small herd of Holsteins grazing in a field above the party appeared content and celebratory. A white tent with seats was provided in case the weather...
Brattleboro Indivisible has staged several “No Kings” rallies over the past year, turning out thousands of marchers to downtown Brattleboro. On Saturday, Oct. 17, the members of the group — along with hundreds of other Indivisible groups across the United States — are shifting the focus from the streets to the ballot box. In what organizers call “a nationwide day of nonpartisan voter participation,” No Kings: Vote Early seeks to bring communities together “to ensure every eligible voter understands their...
BRATTLEBORO-More than nine months after he was held without bail, a former Bellows Falls man accused of sexually assaulting a minor has been released, and charges against him have been dropped. “As we prepared for trial, we made the difficult assessment that we had insurmountable issues to prevail at trial,” said State’s Attorney Steven Brown on Oct. 9. “It was a very difficult decision to make. These are difficult decisions.” On Oct. 1, Kenneth J. Olsson, 55, was released from...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Supreme Court on Oct. 2 upheld the 2022 firing of former Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS) Principal Steve Perrin. The court rejected his arguments that the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) board denied him due process, was biased against him, and lacked the evidence to dismiss him. The unanimous decision, written by Associate Justice Christina E. Nolan, affirms a November 2025 ruling by Judge David A. Barra in the Bennington civil division. That ruling granted summary judgment to...
BRATTLEBORO-The people who move into Hope’s House later this month won’t be told when they have to leave. Groundworks Collaborative’s new 40-bed shelter at 81 Royal Rd. sets no end date on a stay. That’s one of several ways it differs from the emergency “shelter“ that most people think of when they hear the word. Hope’s House is also substance-free. Every resident is paired with a case manager. And the building itself, the first that Groundworks has designed and built...
PUTNEY-Stormy Gammon didn’t prepare a speech. She told the crowd so before she began. “I’m not that type of girl,” said Gammon, one of the first residents of Alice Holway Drive, a 25-unit, permanently affordable housing complex. Then she described a life-changing phone call. “We got the phone call that we were able to move in, that we were no longer homeless, and our combined nervous systems just relaxed,” she said. “It was the most amazing feeling." Gammon’s story drew...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has promoted its financial consultant to post of interim CEO David Sanville’s appointment comes a year after a reported multimillion-dollar deficit and the subsequent departures of two top executives. On Oct. 1, BMH named the former chief financial officer of Windsor’s Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center as its new interim CEO. Sanville, who recently has helped the Brattleboro hospital deal with the deficit, stepped into his new role at the start of the 2027 fiscal year,
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...
