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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.
The Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) is encouraging communities along the river to participate in public information sessions as part of the states' responsibility to protect water quality in the next step of the relicensing of five hydroelectric facilities. The Wilder, Bellows Falls, and Vernon hydroelectric projects, in addition to the Turners Falls dam and Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Facility in Massachusetts, are in the process of renewing their licenses with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). According to the CRC,
Windham County State's Attorney Tracy Kelly Shriver has retired in the middle of her four-year term after 25 years of service. Shriver - who graduated from Vermont Law School in 1995, became a deputy Windham County prosecutor in 1999, and assumed her most recent position in 2007 - wrote a letter to Gov. Phil Scott last Wednesday reporting she would be stepping down effective this past Sunday, July 28. "As the years have passed, I have seen lots of changes...
BRATTLEBORO-Facing increasing harassment for their relationship and fearing for their lives and their family's safety, a Colombian family fled their homeland. It took months of travel on a journey where they faced considerable dangers, but this spring the four family members finally found refuge in southern Vermont, where they are rebuilding their lives as they seek permanent asylum. The couple, Oliva and Andrea, are in their mid-30s; their daughter, age 6, is just starting school. Andrea's mother, Claudia, is in...
NEWFANE-After going strong for over four years, West River Valley Mutual Aid (WRVMA) recently announced in a post on Front Porch Forum that it will close its portal, citing a decline in demand over the past six months. "It is with great joy that we announce our group's disbandment!" co-leader Juliette Carr wrote on behalf of its stewards. A pandemic-spawned entity, WRVMA is summed up on its website as "Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Windham County, Vermont: West River Valley &
WHITINGHAM-Educator, fiber artist, and small-business owner Emily Carris Duncan, 41, is running unopposed in the Democratic primary for the Windham-6 House of Representatives seat that will be vacated by Tristan Roberts. The district includes Whitingham, Wilmington, and Halifax. Roberts, who did not run for re-election because his future wife is having a baby, will continue post-session Legislative work through the end of his term. He recruited Carris Duncan to be his successor. "As I've been getting to know Emily Carris...
BRATTLEBORO-Unless immediate decisive action is taken to transform Vermont's health care system, it will be financially unsustainable by 2030. This is the conclusion of a hired consultant's 10-month review of health care in Vermont. More than 60 people attended a community meeting organized by the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) at Brooks Memorial Library on July 17, where the report's findings were presented and discussed. The presentation was one of several being held around the state in July. It was...
GUILFORD-The current chair of the Selectboard and the person who has been suing him and his fellow board members for the past two years are facing off in the Tuesday, Aug. 13 Democratic primary in the Windham-1 district. Selectboard chair Zon Eastes, 70, is running against Jason Herron, 48. In the Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election, the winner will face Nancy Gassett, who is unopposed as the Republican nominee for the seat. The incumbent, Guilford Democrat Rep. Sara Coffey, who...
GUILFORD-As an illustration of the deep mistrust and divisiveness happening in Guilford right now, a special meeting of the Selectboard had to be held on July 3 because the town office has two vaults, and the holders of the combinations to the vaults no longer seem to trust one another. One of Guilford's vaults is the town clerk's vault. By statute, every town in Vermont has one, and it holds the town's land records. It is open to the public...
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...
