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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.
A consultant is urging the state to make dramatic changes to its health care system, including repurposing inpatient units at Grace Cottage and three other hospitals, consolidating services at others, and reforming how and how much facilities are paid for care. If fully enacted, the recommendations, contained in a 144-slide presentation released on Sept. 18, would lead to a sweeping transformation of Vermont's health care landscape. The report envisions a system in which much care takes place outside hospitals, where...
BRATTLEBORO-After a summer of standing-room-only meetings about public safety in town, the Selectboard voted on Sept. 17 to adopt a new ordinance to address behavior and to fund increased police staffing. Board members called these actions part of the town's community safety agenda which includes implementing a downtown safety action plan, developing a community safety messaging campaign, working for state legislative reform, and other actions to address public health and safety in town. By establishing safety zones in town where...
NEWFANE-It's a mid-September afternoon, warm under a bright late-summer sky, and Laura Xiao of By Hand Farm in Newfane is sharing her love for raising cut flowers - and sharing her know-how - with eager participants in a workshop offered by the Northeast Organic Farming Association-Vermont (NOFA-VT). Coming from as far north as Burlington and as far east as Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Londonderry, New Hampshire, participants listen, ask questions, and take notes. The 29-year-old Xiao, who sells directly to customers...
BRATTLEBORO-The Commons reached out to challengers to incumbents in state legislative seats, inviting them to contribute some basic information to introduce them to readers as early voting in the general election gets underway. Following are brief profiles from those who responded to the newspaper's outreach for this story, with additional reporting and context from public records. A number of Republican challengers declined to participate, all claiming hostile treatment in the local press. A campaign website or social media presence follows...
BRATTLEBORO-An America 250 Town Hall will consider the "intellectual and imaginative muscles necessary for holding free-speech principles in a pluralist society." The session, "What Does the First Amendment Ask of Us?" orchestrated by the Windham World Affairs Council, Brooks Memorial Library, and Vermont Independent Media/The Commons' Voices Live series, will take place in person at the library at 224 Main St. and will be livestreamd on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. Meg Mott, a professor emerita who taught for...
-Ernest Martin prepared to leave the Hilltop Inn in Berlin on Sunday morning, uncertain about what could come next. The 58-year-old said a friend would let him stay at her home for "a week or two," but after that, "I have no clue." Martin, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a hit-and-run several years ago, had been living at the motel since February. That morning, he had called the state at 8 o'clock sharp, hoping to secure his room...
BELLOWS FALLS-The Bellows Falls Union High School Board has approved moving ahead with its initial PCB cleanup plans in the school's gym area. The cleanup will focus on two utility rooms diagonally opposite each other off two corners of the gym. Engineers believe that the rooms could be the major source of PCB contamination in this area of the building. The remediation is included in the $9 million of major BFUHS projects in the works. Topping the list of projects...
BRATTLEBORO-The sun had just set when a lone car pulled into the partially hidden and empty parking lot of the Brattleboro Collision Center on Old Ferry Road. Out popped State Treasurer Michael Pieciak, who was on a mission to return $5,150 in unclaimed funds to Todd DeAngelis, who owns the business. All in all, Pieciak returned $150,000 of unclaimed property to businesses, nonprofits, and service providers across Vermont's 14 counties on Sept. 9 and 10. This Unclaimed Property Road Tour...
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...
