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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.
The Trump administration's decision to freeze nearly all U.S. Agency for International Development programs could threaten Vermont nonprofits and businesses. The decision halts funding for global development efforts, affecting organizations that provide health care, disaster relief and economic support in more than 130 countries. Congress provided $66.1 billion in foreign assistance appropriations in fiscal year 2023. "The USAID provides lifesaving assistance, healthcare, disaster relief and prevents them from coming into conflict. It's both moral but it also serves our national...
BRATTLEBORO-Before the Windham Southeast School District school board approved a $67.7 million budget for the next fiscal year to send to voters at the Tuesday, March 18 annual meeting, much of the discussion centered around the need for improvements to the Tenney Field grandstand at Brattleboro Union High School. With a commitment already for $12 million in capital projects over the next few years, said Business Manager Frank Rucker, Tenney Field improvements are budgeted for $150,000 annually for the next...
BRATTLEBORO-Voters in the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) will consider a $67.7 million fiscal year 2026 budget with a $3.2 million capital expense to improve the Tenney Field grandstand [see sidebar] when they meet March 18. With 2,300 students in the district, that means a $15,851-per-pupil expense rate - a 6.7% per-pupil spending increase, said Finance Committee Chair Shaun Murphy. In the budget, approved unanimously by WSESD directors, average town homestead tax rates are expected to decline by 3%, Murphy...
ROCKINGHAM-Town and village officials have tabled a request to display a rainbow pride flag on town property near a site of deep significance to the local LGBTQ+ community. Rockingham Selectboard Clerk Elijah Zimmer's motion to the Jan. 28 tri-board meeting - which comprises the Rockingham Selectboard, and the Saxtons River and Bellows Falls Trustees - has stirred discussion, and some controversy, among residents and leaders. At the Feb. 4 Selectboard meeting, Zimmer's motions were discussed in detail then, but they...
All along Route 30 - from Brattleboro through Newfane, Townshend, and Jamaica to Bondville, Rawsonville, and Winhall - one sees white banners imprinted in green with "Vermont 30 Collective" hanging in front of local businesses, restaurants, and galleries. Launched in 2023, the Vermont 30 Collective is the brainchild of Gibbs Rehlan, a multi-generational Vermonter, and Matthew Banks, who has spearheaded 24 different campaigns in his career. According to a description on vt30.org, the collective is a group of local merchants,
DUMMERSTON-When Green Mountain Camp for Girls opened its online registration for this summer's campers on Feb. 5, a new executive director was at the helm, excitedly anticipating the summer months and the new cohort of young campers who will be creating a fresh start. The camp immediately filled 324 spots out of 458 available for this summer, said an excited Vicky Senni. The new director has attended Green Mountain Camp Teachers Camp for many years. "I love this campus and...
BRATTLEBORO-After days of uncertainty and mixed messages from federal agencies implementing the orders of President Donald J. Trump, area nonprofits want to assure the community that all services will continue as usual and not add to any anxiety. But organizations that provide critical services in Windham County faced grim uncertainty for hours last week, as an ambiguous federal funding freeze threatened to take effect and the nonprofits found themselves with no notice cut off from access to federal funding that...
BRATTLEBORO-Property taxes are expected to increase by 12.1% over this year if voters approve the Selectboard's recommended $25,184,081 million fiscal 2026 town budget at the Saturday, March 22 Annual Representative Town Meeting (ARTM). Total expenses are actually up 9.2%. "This budget is not about process," Town Manager John Potter told the Selectboard Jan. 21. "It's about policies and priorities that the Selectboard has chosen this year." He said the budget's objective is "maintaining quality of life in the face of...
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...
