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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 success of our communities is deeply connected to the ability of our youth to realize their educational, career, and life goals and aspirations and to access opportunities in Vermont and beyond." This is the belief at the heart of the Youth Opportunity Initiative, a project introduced by the Vermont Proposition in 2023 aimed at gathering the feedback of people across Vermont on the current state and potential future of youth education. The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) backed...
BRATTLEBORO-Property taxes will go up about 8% after the Selectboard voted unanimously July 9 to adopt the fiscal year 2025 property tax rate. Their vote was essentially a rubber stamp to pay for what was decided at this year's Representative Town Meeting, the Grand List, and state-mandated education rates, as Finance Director Kim Frost explained. "The good thing is state statute requires that the Selectboard set the rate, but every decision has been made, so that's a good thing," said...
BRATTLEBORO-Two attorneys at vastly different points in their careers are vying for the open seat in District 9 vacated by Rep. Tristan Toleno, who will retire at the end of his term after serving for 12 years in the Legislature. Deputy State's Attorney David Gartenstein, 64, and criminal law attorney Ian Goodnow, 32, of Costello, Valente, and Gentry, are both seeking the seat. Both men are former chairs of the Brattleboro Selectboard. Gartenstein, currently the town moderator, has also served...
BRATTLEBORO-MaryJane Renaud Giroux remembers the day in 1961 when her father, Hyacinth Renaud, came home from work with some news. "I bought the Estey buildings," he told her mother, Louise. "With what?" she replied. Giroux recalls the story, laughing at it as her father would have. More than 60 years after that conversation, vestiges of the Estey Organ Company are front and center in her home, which is decorated with several framed blueprints of the instruments, including a sketch of...
BRATTLEBORO-Early and absentee ballots for the Aug. 13 State Primary Election are available by request. Absentee ballots for this election must be requested. Anyone wishing to vote early and in-person may do so at the Brattleboro Town Clerk's Office. This option is available through Monday, Aug. 12, at 5 p.m. Anyone wishing to vote absentee may apply for an absentee ballot until Aug. 12, at 5 p.m., although it is recommended doing so as soon as possible to account for...
BRATTLEBORO-Regular readers will notice the thinness of this week's Commons, the odd placement of usual features like the Sports page and the crossword puzzle, and the disturbing lack of the Voices section. While out of town at a professional conference last week, your editor contracted Covid, and the realities of time and space simply made it impossible to do otherwise. Next week's paper will feature an eight-page Voices section, which will include a tsunami of letters about the upcoming state...
In so many aspects of Vermont living, the arts - photography, ceramics, woodworking, printing, dance, circus, fine art, theater, puppetry, literary arts, and music from classical to jazz to eclectic - figure in. The greater Brattleboro area itself is a microcosm of the Vermont scene with its high concentration of arts activity. At an April 23 gathering, the Economic & Social Impact of the Arts in Vermont, hosted by Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) at Brattleboro's Stone Church, it...
DOVER-When your money comes from fossil fuels, the last thing you want is a state trying to go "net zero," or fossil fuel free. That is why a network of political nonprofits funded by the Koch family acts all over the United States to protect its fossil fuel interests from things like heat pumps, solar panels, and greenhouse gas emissions controls. Koch Industries Inc. is the second largest privately owned company in the United States, according to Forbes, As described...
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...
