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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.
Kerry Secrest and her brother, Christian Stromberg, agree that the war in Ukraine matters to the world. "In 1906, my Lithuanian great-grandparents arrived in the U.S., fleeing the Russians as well," explains Secrest, of Brattleboro, who serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. "Growing up, we only knew Lithuania as an occupied country, and living two years there under Soviet occupation, I saw firsthand the awful consequences," adds Secrest, who calls the fall of the Soviet Union from 1988...
Four Windham County historic sites are among the 19 municipalities and nonprofit organizations in six counties which will collectively receive $319,090 to help with the restoration and rehabilitation of landmarks and important historic buildings and structures. These grants will help to leverage more than $1.5 million in additional efforts, according to the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation (VDHP) and the Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. "The projects funded in 2024 involve some of Vermont's most iconic historic buildings and...
Attorney General Charity Clark has resolved an investigation into security deposit withholdings at five motels - including the Quality Inn in Brattleboro - housing Vermonters through the state's Transitional Housing Program (known informally the "motel program"). The settlement provides $300,000 in restitution for qualified former occupants of the program who stayed in motels owned by Anil Sachdev or by companies he controls, along with advance requirements that he give proper notice should deposit monies be held and confirmation of billing...
The Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) and the Vernon School District (VSD) are asking community members to consider running for open seats on those school boards "to make a meaningful impact on local education." The WSESD Board is comprised of 10 members from Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney, with each board member governing the schools in all four towns. The VSD Board is comprised of five members and governs the Vernon School. There are open seats on both WSESD and...
The Selectboard has approved a proposed $22,993,830 million fiscal 2025 operating and capital budget as well as plans to spend the town's remaining $1.38 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money. The budget proposed for the Annual Representative Town Meeting (RTM) on Saturday, March 23 represents a 4.3% increase ($955,000) over this year's budget. Town Manager John Potter noted in his budget memo that numerous neighboring towns are seeing 7.4% increases overall. That's a $727,000 total increase in property...
On a 25-degree afternoon, about 60 people - some without hats, gloves, or boots - held a candlelight vigil in Pliny Park on Jan. 18 to acknowledge and grieve the 19 unhoused local people who died last year. It was Homelessness Awareness Day, and Vermonters across the state were renewing their commitment to end homelessness. "In 2023 almost 8,000 Vermonters experienced homelessness, including 2,000 children," event organizer Fred Breunig told the gathering. "Over the past year, local service providers supported...
On Sunday, Jan. 28 - a day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the creators of The Cure for Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz will bring the 85-minute documentary, released last month, to the Latchis for a screening and discussion. The film features former neo-Nazi Tony McAleer and depicts, according to a media release, his "journey from a troubled teen drawn into white supremacist ideology to a man trying to make amends for his hate-filled past." McAleer, the film's subject,
Last week, Gov. Phil Scott, in conjunction with The Hartford, a Connecticut insurance firm, announced a new paid family leave program that extends to the private sector a program already in place for state employees. Meanwhile, the Senate is working on its own paid family leave bill, one that originated there and was written by Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Brattleboro. That bill has already passed out of the House. The difference between the governor's plan and the Senate's is who will...
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...
