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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.
PUTNEY-A fourth appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court has proved unsuccessful in stopping the proposed housing project on Alice Holway Drive. In its Nov. 15 ruling, the court cleared the way for landowner Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) to proceed in its plan to build 25 units of mixed-income housing in two buildings on land on Alice Holway Drive next to the Putney Community Garden and the Putney Farmers Market. The ruling by the state's highest court affirms the...
BRATTLEBORO-A group of residents has successfully petitioned for a special Town Meeting to debate whether to rescind new municipal rules against such public offenses as drug use and dealing, physical threats and property damage. The local selectboard voted 3-2 for an "acceptable community conduct" ordinance in September after hearing community complaints about a 16% increase in police calls. In response, petitioners who charge the new conduct code is "criminalizing poverty and addiction" have collected signatures from 5% of Brattleboro's more...
BRATTLEBORO-Once you have lived through a civil war, or been beaten and tortured and starved, or watched your family killed in front of your eyes, and then taken a dangerous route to find safety for you and your family in - of all places - Windham County, Vermont, the looming threat of a former president re-elected on a hard-line anti-immigration platform might not necessarily faze you. "We will wait and see," said Joe Wiah, the executive director of ECDC Brattleboro,
BRATTLEBORO-An achievement that has been decades in the making is about to finally happen with the announcement that the new General John Stark Memorial Bridge linking Brattleboro and Hinsdale, New Hampshire, will be open to motor vehicle traffic by the end of the day Thursday, Dec. 5. According to the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans), a new traffic pattern is scheduled to be in place in Brattleboro on that date. Barricades will be set up on Bridge Street to encourage...
BRATTLEBORO-Gov. Phil Scott has appointed Steven M. Brown Jr. as the state's attorney in Windham County. Brown, of Brattleboro, who has served as interim state's attorney since Shriver's retirement in July, was sworn into office on Nov. 13. He previously served as the office's deputy state's attorney for 17 years, focusing on criminal litigation and prosecution, including serious felony, drug offenses, and motor vehicle crimes. He tried 60 jury trials, handled appeals to the Vermont Supreme Court, and supervised investigations...
BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard has learned that it will cost about $2.1 million - a 9% increase from the current budget - to pay for municipal services just as they are, resulting in an about 14% rise in property taxes. After the report from Town Manager John Potter, board members have asked staff to look again for potential savings. Potter estimated that in the about $25.1 million base budget for FY 2026, the average taxpayer would need to pay an added $300,
ROCKINGHAM-A pair of Stephen Belaski murals, in storage in northern New York for the past 36 years, have been gifted to the town. Belaski, born in New York in 1909, grew up and lived in Bellows Falls most of his life. He became one of Vermont's most noted muralists, with many of his best known works created in the 1930s, including these two murals, funded by the Federal Art Project, part of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA). The...
With the election now in the books, change is in the air. But how this change might manifest itself is still unknown. Many people in Vermont are voicing concerns about the national election, which puts former President Donald Trump back in the White House. "The results of the national election are devastating," said Rep. Mollie Burke, D-Brattleboro, who was re-elected to the House. "I worry about how the policies of the new Trump administration will impact Vermont," she said. "Will...
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...
