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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-It started on the broiling side streets of downtown Brattleboro and ended just ahead of heavy rain at the Whetstone Pathway, but some 400 people still showed up for a "Good Trouble Lives On" pro-democracy march and rally on July 17. It was one of more than 1,600 peaceful, nonviolent events that were held around the nation on July 17 in memory of civil rights leader and lawmaker John Lewis, and inspired by his call that "when you see something...
BELLOWS FALLS-National Grid and Great River Hydro (GRH) is making plans to upgrade the Vilas Bridge power substation in Bellows Falls, a project that is scheduled to be completed by the winter of 2030. GRH, based in Westboro, Massachusetts, generates electricity in 13 hydropower plants it owns in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont, including the one in Bellows Falls. GRH also owns about 30,000 acres of land surrounding those dams and plants. Distributing the energy from the Bellows Falls substation...
Much has been written about the effort expended on changing the way Vermont's education is provided. So what else of interest happened this session? Windham County's lawmakers, all Democrats except for one independent, passed laws that may help prevent children from becoming addicted to the internet. They discussed bills that curb the cost of health insurance and also ones that protect affordable meals and farmers markets. They discussed how to prevent violence in hospitals. They passed a bill that prevented...
TOWNSHEND-The smallest hospital in Vermont is not going anywhere. One provision of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1), which President Donald J. Trump signed into law on July 4, constrains state Medicaid financing and eligibility. Experts warn that cuts to the Medicaid program threaten the financial stability of rural hospitals across the country. Becker's Hospital Review, a media source for health care decision-makers, estimates that 760 hospitals nationally will be at risk of closure. According to the Congressional Budget...
BRATTLEBORO-Ask any journalist: It is almost impossible to get a good photo of documents being signed. Oh, you can play with camera angles and aperture settings and the like, but you're never going to get a satisfying image. Nothing you do, no matter how accomplished a photographer you might be, will give you an image that actually tells the story. The moment is an inflection point. What happens before that moment, and what happens after - those are the stories.
PUTNEY-What began as a quiet public notice and a series of poorly attended public meetings about a new ordinance to charge residents and visitors for fire and emergency services could end with the Selectboard reversing the decision. Although the board has adopted the new ordinance, which gives it the authority to bill for emergency services, including fire department calls, Town Manager Karen Astley confirmed that the topic is on the agenda for the Wednesday, July 23 Selectboard meeting, and believes...
BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Independent Media (VIM), publisher of The Commons, has purchased The Deerfield Valley News, a loved and respected weekly that has been serving the Deerfield Valley community for almost six decades. VIM becomes the fifth entity to steward the publication, which announced the sale to its readers in its July 10 edition and on its website. The weekly, founded in 1966, serves small towns in the western region of Windham County. In additional to Wilmington, where The Deerfield Valley News...
BRATTLEBORO-With this month's effective end to the state's motel voucher program on July 1, a community art space has transformed into an oasis of sorts for people who are without shelter as demand for resources and needs have increased drastically. According to data from VTDigger sourced from the state Department for Children and Families (DCF), 73 adults and 34 children in the Brattleboro district were evicted from motels last week. They are among more than 800 people statewide who were...
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...
