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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-The annual Brattleboro Goes Fourth! parade on July 4 featured plenty of vehicles from all the town departments, not many politicians, and lots of protesters. Perennial participants included bands from the local American Legion and Brattleboro Union High School, and various veterans, civic, and youth groups. Local personality Alfred Hughes Jr. capped the event, wearing a red dress, white feathers, and a blue mesh shawl wrap. The tradition of free speech was represented by approximately 200 marchers from Invisible Brattleboro,
BRATTLEBORO-When the Vermont Legislature adjourned on June 16, it had run more than a month longer than expected. The reason was the controversial and complex reform bill that will, as written, drastically change the way education is delivered in Vermont. Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, who many would say instigated the changes by presenting his own more-drastic educational reforms before the session began, signed the bill into law on July 1. The final 155-page bill, H.454, does two major things:
BRATTLEBORO-Much of Windham County depends for its health care services on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH), which has been weathering what already was a financial crisis. And then everything changed on July 3, when Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill, which President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, may cause some 45,000 people in Vermont to lose their health insurance over the next several years, according to initial estimates from the Vermont Agency of Human...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is about to begin a nearly $19 million night paving project on sections of Routes 5, 9, 30, and 142 within the town. VTrans says motorists this week "should be vigilant for daytime sign installation and crews with uniformed traffic officers accessing the shoulders along all approach routes to the project." Sign installation crews will continue to work on installing construction signs on all project and approach routes and will also be conducting project...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible, Windham?," a community vision discussion hosted by the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), who came at the invitation of the Selectboard. In his introduction, Selectboard member Michael Pelton said that the town is at a crossroads. The town manages several properties, including the Windham Meeting House (where the discussion was held), the town offices, and the town shed. In addition, Pelton said, the town...
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to families with children. Susan Grabowski, food program coordinator of the Windham Southeast School District, runs the program for that region and has a message for parents: "We know summer can be a challenging time. These meal kits are one way we're trying to make things a little easier. There's no paperwork, no proof of need - just free, nutritious food for any child 18 and...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced that it will be permanently closing. Though it had planned on operating for at least another year, financial difficulties the school had been facing for some time proved worse than expected. Those lingering problems, combined with what its board president termed a "domino effect" of circumstances, prompted the school's board of directors to unanimously vote to close the school immediately. Debts of $250,000, declining enrollment,
BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many observers both inside and outside the Vermont State House called "drastic," and which Vermont Public called "the single most transformational piece of education legislation passed in Vermont in modern times" if all its provisions are enacted. Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who made the effect of school spending on property taxes a cause célèbre during the last election cycle, approves of the bill and has pledged...
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...
