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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-As the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches, stories about the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II are rarely seen in daily news reports in U.S. media. But, for one night in Brattleboro, people remembered this fight that began Feb. 24, 2022, and why it matters. “There is a certain amount of ‘war fatigue’ in the U.S. and Europe,” said Gediminas Varvuolis, ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States. But...
The Windham Southeast School District board has approved a $69,874,600 - a 2.6% increase this year - for FY27. Board member Tim Maciel was the sole 'no' vote. Maciel said he couldn't vote for the budget due to insufficient transparency, board oversight in determining senior administrative pay, and prioritizing capital expenses for athletic facilities and bathroom refurbishment over direct academy and student support services. He also noted understaffed student support roles and the board's rejection of his proposal earlier in...
BRATTLEBORO-The first of two public hearings about citizens' petitions addressing changes to the town charter related to Representative Town Meeting (RTM) and using the Australian ballot method of voting was held Jan. 27. Both sides of the issue stood their ground. The first petition was filed with the Town Clerk Aug. 4, 2025 and requests the town consider discontinuing RTM and conducting certain town business - electing town officers, approving general fund budget, approving major borrowing, and all "public questions"
BRATTLEBORO-Current Selectboard Chair Elizabeth McLoughlin is being challenged for a three-year seat by newcomer Ken Fay and current board member Amanda Ellis-Thurber in the March 3 town election. Ellis-Thurber, who won her one-year seat in 2025, opted to challenge McLoughlin rather than run for another one-year term. McLoughlin served a one-year term in 2019 and was subsequently elected to two three-year terms. In a second race for two one-year seats on the Selectboard, incumbent board member Isaac Evans-Frantz, who is...
NORTH WESTMINSTER-This spring, voters in Westminster will be asked once again to help decide the fate of one of the town’s most interesting public buildings. Article 20 states: “Shall the voters of the Town of Westminster allow the Selectboard to offer for public sale, the property known as the North Westminster Community House to be used exclusively as residential housing?” This exact article was presented to voters at the Annual Town Meeting in 2025, but resident John Ewald asked that...
In light of the violent and sometimes homicidal attacks in Minnesota and Maine on immigrants, protestors, and American civil liberties, Vermont is gearing up for if — or when — the same ugly things happen here. There were unofficial reports on Monday that ICE agents were staying in a Brattleboro motel. There have been other unconfirmed reports of recent activity by ICE agents at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, where several refugee families are temporarily living. In Vermont,
BRATTLEBORO-“Today in Brattleboro, Vermont, the groundhog took a look outside and predicted six more weeks of the winter of our discontent, followed by an effervescent Peoples’ Spring.” So declared Dan DeWalt of Newfane, one of the organizers of a series of protests at the Brattleboro branch of Citizens Bank at 894 Putney Rd. The protests, which began on Jan. 26, are meant to call attention to the Rhode Island-based bank’s relationship with two major operators of private prisons in the...
BRATTLEBORO-Police Chief Norma Hardy, who previously served 26 years with the Port Authority Police Department of New York and New Jersey, is retiring. Saying he spoke “with a heavy heart,” Town Manager John Potter announced Hardy’s March 30 retirement at the Jan. 22 Selectboard meeting. “I’ve been working really hard to postpone this day as long as possible, but I know from extensive conversations with the chief that now is the best time for the next chapter in her life,
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...
