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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.
BRATTLEBORO-Since October 2025, questions at the state level have been raised about Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s financial viability. Now, after the loss of its two top executives, an influx of hospital administration experts, multiple budget revisions, and an energetic, ongoing top-to-bottom examination of costs and services, there won’t likely be many easy fixes for the hospital. And some of the difficult fixes might be very hard to take. “We’re kind of changing the tire as we roll down the road,” said...
Most voters throughout Windham County will assemble on Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 3. Voters in Athens, Brattleboro, Brookline, Rockingham, Vernon, Westminster, Windham, and several other towns will convene on their own respective timetables, and Marlboro voters will make all decisions by Australian ballot. According to the Vermont Secretary of State’s office, Vermont law makes Town Meeting Day a holiday for employees of state government. State law also gives an employee the right to take unpaid leave from work...
ROCKINGHAM-Eight candidates are in a race for three Rockingham Selectboard vacancies, one three-year and two one-year seats, with voting on Tuesday, March 3. Selectboard Chair Peter Golec has decided to retire after serving on the board for 17 years. Board Clerk Elijah Zimmer is not running for another term, while Vice-Chair Bonnie North is seeking re-election. The Rockingham Annual Town and School District meeting will take place at the Town Hall Main Theater in the Bellows Falls Opera House on...
BRATTLEBORO->Article II Shall Brattleboro discontinue the representative form of annual meeting? [Yes/No] Article III In the event that the vote on Article 2 is in the affirmative, shall Brattleboro vote by Australian ballot at any annual or special Town meeting on the following: (1) The election of officers of the Town; (2) The approval of the annual general fund budget; (3) All authorizations for major bonding or borrowing; (4) All public questions; and (5) Charter amendments? If the vote on...
BRATTLEBORO->Kate O’Connor: ‘There’s a lot that is confusing’ — Randolph T. Holhut, moderator: So why are we here? For those three questions on the ballot on March 3, articles that could transform the system of government in Brattleboro — the system that Brattleboro has used for 65 years — the Representative Town Meeting (RTM). [See sidebar for the text of the three articles as they will appear on voters’ ballots.] What will these changes accomplish? And why might they be...
BELLOWS FALLS-One of Bellows Falls’ many unique features is its ski trail, complete with an old-school rope tow, a warming hut with a wood stove, and lights for night skiing. The Bellows Falls Municipal Snow Tow — a 200-foot-tall hill with two trails, a 950-foot rope tow, and lights for night skiing — has been a part of the town for over 70 years, making it one of the oldest continually operating ski slopes in Vermont. The Recreation Department and...
MARLBORO-The Marlboro School Board has finalized the language it will include on its annual meeting warning, which will ask voters whether the board should close the Marlboro School, which currently serves students pre-K to grade eight. The move comes after months of the board analyzing rising costs and declining enrollment at the school, which has served residents of the town for generations. Article 4 of the school district’s annual meeting warning asks whether voters shall “authorize the Board of School...
BRATTLEBORO-Windham is no county for old men. Or for old women, either. Windham County’s birth rate is the lowest in Vermont, while its median age is still a relatively young 48. But while data on aging abounds, what is lacking for our elders as they reach retirement age is housing, transportation, food, medical care, caretakers, broadband access, social life, and — surprisingly for a rural population — air uncontaminated by particulate matter. What is not lacking: state, regional and local...
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...
