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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-Brattleboro’s Last Night Committee presents a fun-filled and substance-free day of celebration for all ages on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 31. • The day will kick off with snowshoeing and cross-country skiing at the Brattleboro Outing Club (BOC) trails from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trail access will be free, and equipment rentals will be available at the Hut between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. This event is weather dependent and will be canceled if there is little or no...
TOWNSHEND-The Windham Central Supervisory Union will pay a historic $250,000 in damages to two Black students who allegedly faced discrimination, under a settlement agreement signed last month. The consolidated lawsuit had alleged that school authorities did "little or nothing" to deal with the complaints reported at the Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School in Townshend. As part of the settlement, the school district also agreed to centralize and improve its recordkeeping and implement training sessions to better handle...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is reporting the departure of its chief financial officer just weeks after the exit of its CEO amid a projected $14.5 million annual budget shortfall. The 500-employee not-for-profit facility — the main health care provider for about 55,000 people in southeastern Vermont — has replaced CFO Laura Bruno with interim leader David Sanville, a former executive at hospitals in Berlin, Randolph, and Windsor, it said in a press release sent after the close of business on Dec.
BELLOWS FALLS-Municipal Manger Scott Pickup is leaving Rockingham and Bellows Falls at the beginning of the new year to take a similar position with the nearby town of Springfield. Pickup came to the municipalities in October 2020, making his five years in the position one of the longest tenures in recent history. After several turbulent years, town leaders say Pickup brought a much-needed calm and stability to the position. That was also noticed by the Springfield Selectboard, which voted unanimously...
BRATTLEBORO-Read Miller operates Dwight Miller and Son Orchard on Miller Road in East Dummerston. The farm goes back eight generations to 1792 — Millers all the way. Read studied at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts, where he had the good fortune to meet his future wife, Malah. Together, they have three children and now one grandson, and they continue to work the farm with their son Will, another generation. Many of you are aware of...
BRATTLEBORO-As usual, The Commons will not publish an edition for the last full week of the year. The next issue of the newspaper will appear Wednesday, Dec. 31, which will go to press early on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Deadline for news and advertising is Friday, Dec. 26. All of us at Vermont Independent Media wish our readers warm holiday greetings, a safe end of the year, and best wishes for strength, prosperity, and resilience in the months to come. This...
BRATTLEBORO-Voters will weigh in next March at the polls on whether to continue the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) model or change to an open Town Meeting model. At the Selectboard’s Dec. 2 meeting, board members agreed unanimously to take the initiative to direct town staff to prepare the article for the Tuesday, March 3, 2026, town election. A draft article is expected at the end of January for their review. “Because it will be the will of the people immediately,
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is projecting to end its current budget with a $14.5 million operating loss, potentially extending a string of annual shortfalls since 2020. “This is not the budget outcome we had hoped for,” Elizabeth McLarney, one of two acting co-CEOs, said in a Dec. 4 written statement. The 500-worker hospital, the main health care provider for about 55,000 people in southeastern Vermont, initially proposed a $121 million budget for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Under the...
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...
