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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-Public discussion about the fiscal year 2027 budget has started with the intention, Town Manager John Potter says, not to increase property taxes more than about 4.4%. "It keeps the town working for its residents but in a balanced way," said Potter at the Nov. 4 Selectboard meeting, noting "deeper dives" are coming up for each department as personnel meet with the board in the coming weeks. Overall, the proposed budget would need a $861,000 increase in property taxes to...
With the federal government shutdown stretching into the longest in U.S. history, Nov. 1 was supposed to see the end of full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments to some 42 million citizens until the shutdown was resolved. Several states, including Vermont, have stepped in to try to fill at least some of the financial gaps for citizens enrolled in the state's 3SquaresVT program. Participants received most if not all of their November benefits on Nov. 7. Vermont State Treasurer...
-Umbrella, an organization based in the Northeast Kingdom, has expanded one of its services statewide. The Spark, a prevention "warmline," aims to disrupt patterns of domestic abuse by providing anonymous and confidential one-on-one help to those who have caused or could cause harm to an intimate partner or other family member. A "warmline" is like a hotline in that it is a number someone can call when they need a particular type of help. The term "hotline" typically refers to...
BRATTLEBORO-Plans are moving forward to set up an emergency overnight shelter this winter to fill what organizers say is the need "to offer a warm and welcoming overnight space for adults during the coldest months of the year." More than 50 people gathered at the Beloved Community Church - the congregation formed by the collaboration of the First United Methodist and First Baptist churches - on Town Crier Drive for a meeting that outlined plans for the overnight shelter, which...
For everyone 3SquaresVT provides money every month to buy food at grocery and convenience stores and farmers markets across Vermont. Benefits can be multiplied at farmers markets when combined with Crop Cash. To find out if you are eligible for 3SquaresVT and get help applying, visit vermontfoodhelp.com or text VFBSNAP to 85511. To learn more about Crop Cash, check at the manager's booth of your local farmers market, visit nofavt.org/cropcash, or call NOFA Vermont at 802-434-7162. You'll find local food...
BRATTLEBORO-The second installment of the 2025 Brattleboro Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes will be due by 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17. Payments made after that date will have 1% interest added to the unpaid balance. Town utility bills are also due by 5 p.m. Payments made subsequently will have an additional 1% interest, as well as an 8% penalty, added to the unpaid balance. Payments can be mailed to the Town of Brattleboro, 230 Main St., Suite 111,
BELLOWS FALLS-Vermont, the first state in the country to legalize civil unions, has a storied history supporting LGBTQ+ rights. On Oct. 25, a crowd gathered to hear speakers illuminate historical figures who championed the cause, and hear about a gathering place that served as a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community. The Andrews Inn, run as a restaurant, inn, gay bar, and disco club from 1973 to 1984 at the heart of downtown Bellows Falls, was a magnet for people...
WEST DOVER-Mount Snow officials have reversed their recent decision to reduce their child care program starting in November ["Mount Snow Child Care will shift to 'employee-first' enrollment model,'" News, Oct. 15]. Instead, the reduction in the child care program won't go into effect until June 19, 2026. The initial proposal was intended to limit the child care program to the children of Mount Snow employees, though community members could be wait-listed for open slots. It would have left 16 families...
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...
