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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 Commons' report in the Jan. 15 issue about a community forum organized by Hank Poitras, aka Planet Hank, touched some nerves, to say the least. Several points to clarify or correct: • In distilling remarks from Elizabeth Bridgewater, the executive director of the Windham-Windsor Housing Trust, Marcel characterized the perpetrators of crime and disruption in WWHT properties inflicted on WWHT tenants as "undesirables." Bridgewater wants to make it clear that she did not use that word and that such...
15 years ago January 2009 issue Dummerston Selectboard Chair Andrew MacFarland, writing to his town's Planning Commission, recently noted an "inevitable tension." The planning process, which seeks the common good but might well not accommodate the wishes of particular individuals and groups, must coexist with the political process, which "must take into account the personal, interpersonal, social and emotional responses to the plan," MacFarland wrote. Even with broadly shared goals among affected parties, the difference between a town plan's vision...
BRATTLEBORO-The only medical cannabis dispensary in the region, CeresMed South on Putney Road, closed its doors on Dec. 12, significantly disrupting access for Windham County's 235 residents with active state-issued medical cannabis cards. For customers who relied on the firm to access medical cannabis products, the closure created a gap in access to relief for qualifying medical conditions. "There are certain products and services that just aren't available in adult-use dispensaries," said James Pepper, chair of the state's Cannabis Control...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Department of Labor has received notice that C&S Wholesale Grocers is planning layoffs at its Old Ferry Road warehouse and distribution center starting in March. Labor Commissioner Mike Harrington said on Jan. 10 that the planned layoffs will involve fewer than 50 employees and will not take place for at least 45 days. The Keene, New Hampshire–based company's decision was first reported by the Brattleboro Reformer. The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires companies with...
BRATTLEBORO-In the hope that students will eat more nutritionally and feel more healthy, the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) board voted unanimously last month to transition to a self-operated food service program. The program will be fully in place by June for the Summer Food Service Program prior to the start of the 2025–26 school year this fall. Food Program Coordinator Susan Grabowski called the move "groundbreaking" in her announcement. "This decision marks a pivotal step toward aligning our meal...
BRATTLEBORO-After serving two years of her three-year term on the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) school board, Dummerston representative Eva Nolan has resigned. "I have made the difficult decision to resign from WSESD so that voters can have ample time to choose their representative for the rest of the year," Nolan wrote in her resignation letter, effective Jan. 1. "I genuinely feel that under the current board structure there isn't a clear path toward meaningful progress." Asked to further explain...
BRATTLEBORO-Facing a 22% municipal property tax hike this coming fiscal year, town leaders have suggested lowering expenses through everything from curbing office-supply purchases to closing the public pool. But the eight-resident Representative Town Meeting Finance Committee is questioning why officials aren't slicing into the biggest percentage of the budget pie: personnel. Municipal leaders in Vermont's 247 cities and towns, now drafting 2025-26 budget proposals for March Town Meeting consideration, are reporting challenges with costlier health insurance, continuing 2023 and 2024...
ROCKINGHAM-Longtime Bellows Falls Middle School (BFMS) music teacher Stanley Rumrill Jr. has been named the Vermont Music Educator of the Year by the Vermont Music Educators Association (VMEA). Last spring, Rumrill was named the Vermont District 6 Music Educator of the Year and, this fall, he was chosen from that group of district awardees for the statewide recognition. All music educators in grades K–12 qualify to be nominated. "I'm humbled by this," Rumrill said. "It's great, and I really appreciate...
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...
