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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 Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) annual Galbraith Lecture, is a tradition begun by world-renowned economist and longtime Newfane summer resident John Kenneth Galbraith, an early founder of the organization. That tradition has been continued by his son, former diplomat Peter Galbraith, of Townshend, whose talks have always been newsy and full of inside knowledge on U.S. foreign policy. This year's will likely be in that same vein as he shares the platform with another Vermont foreign policy expert, Tim...
BELLOWS FALLS-Elderly Vermonters have been going down to New York City this summer and getting arrested in the name of climate change. Protestors in the 1960s lay down in the streets and got arrested while trying to stop the Vietnam War. These days they're grayer and a little more frail, but they're still at it. While getting arrested probably won't be enough to stop forest fires in the West, houses washing away in the East, or islands disappearing in the...
PUTNEY-A packed house celebrated the Gleanery's 12-year run on Aug. 4, as the fine-dining restaurant closed its doors. The lawn outside was packed as well for the weekly Twilight Concert series. Concert promoter Barry Stockwell offered a touching tribute to Gleanery owner Elizabeth Ehrenberg, which brought a standing ovation from the crowd. It all started back in 2012. As the deadline loomed for the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) annual Business Plan Competition, Ismail (Izzy) Samad called Ehrenberg, a former...
SOUTH NEWFANE-We at the South Newfane Community Association (SNCA) are pleased to announce that the historic village church on Dover Road in the center of South Newfane, formerly the home of the South Newfane Baptist congregation, has recently been sold. The church had been closed for several years due to a dwindling congregation, the effects of Covid and ongoing maintenance issues. Trustee Tim Cawrse, who had been the primary caretaker of the property and worked tirelessly over many years to...
LONDONDERRY-The town is seeking a town clerk and state representative with the resignation of dual officeholder Kelly Pajala, who has taken a job with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "I am starting a new job with FEMA's Community Assistance Team in Vermont," Pajala wrote on her public Facebook page upon her July 31 career change, an announcement she confirmed in an interview. "I am excited about this next chapter and am ready to jump into the work that is ahead."
BRATTLEBORO-The topic of public safety dominated two recent Selectboard meetings, as business owners, nonprofit leaders, and townspeople expressed fear, frustration, hopelessness, and "compassion fatigue" about life downtown. During its July 23 and Aug. 6 meetings, the board heard stories of public drug use, business break-ins, and harassment. For those coming before the board, the message was clear: The community does not feel safe. Several nonprofit organizations near the transportation center on Flat Street - where town police regularly respond to...
WALPOLE, N.H.-On Aug. 3, several hundred people gathered in the Walpole Elementary School gymnasium to celebrate the life of longtime Bellows Falls Union High School coach Russell Pickering. By all accounts, Pickering was an extraordinary and highly admired man, teaching, coaching, and mentoring thousands of students, peers and, at times, total strangers, beginning in his teens and lasting right up to his death on July 17 at age 84. As person after person spoke at his celebration of life, one...
BRATTLEBORO-Vice President Hubert Humphrey once told his dear friend, Vermont's longtime Sen. Patrick Leahy, that "any person who doesn't have tears doesn't have heart." And Leahy showed that heart - and a few tears - when he and his wife, Marcelle Leahy, came to town on Aug. 9 and 10 as part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the School for International Training (SIT). Leahy was the longest-serving senator in Vermont's history. He represented this state for eight terms before...
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...
