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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-"I always thought that the Sportsman's Lounge on Canal Street in Brattleboro was our own version of the television show Cheers," says Gordon Bristol, a regular customer for many years. The vacant structure burned in a spectacular explosion of flame early in the morning of Nov. 7, days before it was scheduled to be demolished. The last chapter for the 104-year-old building at 45 Canal St. began in 1963, when Dessaint's Food Center, a small, neighborhood grocery store, took on...
BRATTLEBORO-The town of Brattleboro announced on Nov. 1 the retirement of Fire Chief Leonard Howard III, effective on Dec. 31. The announcement was made in the town's monthly online newsletter. Howard has been involved with the Brattleboro Fire Department since the 1980s. "I'm proud to be in the fire service. It's been the best job in the world," Howard said in a news release. "I've enjoyed helping people and seeing my staff progress and be successful. I think they're in...
BRATTLEBORO-Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) Supt. Mark Speno has negotiated a three-year contract, to the surprise of some. On Feb. 14 of this year, the WSESU board entered executive session. Minutes of the meeting state that, upon returning to open session, vice chair Kerry Amidon moved that the board vote to authorize chair Anne Beekman "to negotiate and sign an administrative contract." The board approved. Eight months later, at the board's Oct. 9 meeting, Beekman made a statement with the...
GRAFTON-The nonprofit entity that owns the Grafton Village Cheese Company (GVCC) is looking for either a partner or a new owner as the next step in the award-winning cheesemaker's future. The nonprofit Windham Foundation has operated GVCC for over a half century, having resurrected the 132-year-old company in 1967. Last year the Foundation brought in new CEO Curt Alpeter, a seasoned business leader with experience at IDX Systems Corp., Runamok Maple, and other startup companies. In addition to the GVCC,
-For political races both nationally and throughout the state, many of the outcomes of Tuesday's election were far from surprising, with almost 69% of exactly 26,000 voters in the left-leaning region backing the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz Democratic Party ticket. Harris and Walz won Vermont's Electoral College votes in a race that nationally, at press time early Wednesday morning, appeared destined to go to their Republican Party opponents, Donald Trump and JD Vance. Incumbents Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, and Democrat...
-This year's general election marks the third time that Vermont has mailed ballots to every registered voter, initially in 2020 as a response to the pandemic. The practice has been mostly accepted by - and even embraced by - voters. However, many still believe in voting in person. Whitingham voter Brian Sullivan said he chose to vote in person on Election Day because he prefers the experience of coming to the Municipal Center. "Voting in person makes me feel like...
NEWFANE-Vermont State Police said autopsies have revealed the deaths of two people whose bodies were found on Oct. 25 at a home in Newfane were caused by gunshot wounds, and that one died of homicide and the other suicide. The Vermont Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington identified the two people as Blake Prescott, 91, and Helen Prescott, 88, a married couple, according to a press release late Monday afternoon from the state police. Their bodies were found at their...
-At an Oct. 21 debate with Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., Mark Coester disagreed with the incumbent Democrat on nearly every issue - challenging the basis of the questions and, at times, the moderators themselves. Coester, a Westminster logger and small business owner who won the Republican and Libertarian nominations for Vermont's sole seat in the U.S. House, even seemed to question his own presence at the debate and his status as the parties' standard-bearer. "It's a great mystery how I...
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...
