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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.
NEWFANE-Windham County is home to 23 municipalities and a hodgepodge of law enforcement coverage. The towns of Brattleboro, Dover, and Wilmington operate municipal police departments, as does the village of Bellows Falls. Fifteen other towns contract with the Windham County Sheriff's Department to provide policing services; the rest rely on the Vermont State Police. A handful elect or employ town constables. Sheriff Mark Anderson of the Windham County Sheriff's Office (WCSO), believes the existing system leaves rural communities without equitable...
BRATTLEBORO-Ambassador Peter Galbraith will take the podium at the 2025 Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) annual Galbraith Lecture - as he has regularly since 1999 - this year to deliver a talk, "Hot Spots: Revolution in Syria, Ukraine's Munich moment, NATO in peril, War in Iran, and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza," on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Centre Congregational Church on Main Street. According to a WWAC news release, Galbraith, the son of the distinguished economist John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006),
ROCKINGHAM-The Rockingham Selectboard has approved an updated and amended zoning ordinance for the first time in 25 years. The new bylaws, which became effective Sept. 10, are the result of five years of work and the efforts of some 20 local citizens and town officials. The ordinance, enacted by the Selectboard by a 4–0 vote on Aug. 20, updates several key zoning changes that will shape town and village development for years. Some of the biggest changes have to do...
BRATTLEBORO-The battle against children's addiction to social media is coming to town. After a special screening of the film Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro, Sen. Wendy Harrison (D-Windham), the lead supporter of this year's Act 63, a law that puts restrictions on the way social media companies can interact with Vermont students, will be leading a panel discussion. Admission is by donation ($10 suggested), but...
BRATTLEBORO-The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development has received a $1 million donation to open a family shelter on its campus, a project designed to provide safe housing for families experiencing homelessness in Windham County. In a news release announcing the donation, the organization anticipates that the shelter "will serve as an immediate lifeline for families who have no stable place to live, offering not only a roof but also access to support services." "This investment makes it...
BRATTLEBORO-It took one lockout and a threatened strike, but now the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union's (WSESU) bus company, TravelKuz, and bus drivers' union, Teamsters Local 597, have signed a five-year agreement that will last through June 30, 2030. "I think that this is going to be a good milestone for the drivers that work for the district, and it should work out well for everybody," Teamsters Local 597 President Curtis Clough said Monday, Sept. 22. "I'm glad it worked out...
It's been a dry, dusty summer, and Lilac Ridge Farm co-owner Amanda Ellis-Thurber has had to take some unusual measures to combat the distressing weather. "With our farm stand on a dirt road and lack of water, everything became quite dusty, which was disheartening," she says. "You know it's bad when I have to water the road just to keep the dust down; these aren't normal conditions at all." Not only that, but Lilac Ridge Farm is on Ames Hill...
WESTMINSTER-After over half a century of service to the Westminster/Rockingham area, John T. Stoodley of John T's Appliance Repair is retiring. Known as "John T" all his life, Stoodley began his career in 1972 after graduating as part of the first class at the new Bellows Falls Union High School in Westminster. He went to work for Donat Perrault, who owned and operated Perrault's Appliance at the time. Perrault also happened to be the father of Stoodley's high school girlfriend,
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...
