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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.
In their first-ever culinary competition, the five team members from the culinary arts program of the Windham Regional Career Center (WRCC) have won the Golden Ladle. "I was very impressed with all our performances," says team member Quin Forchion, 17, of Brattleboro. "I did expect us to do very well, but I didn't think we'd come out with such a dominating win. On the day, everything just clicked into place and went perfectly." "It was definitely unexpected," says Jazmin "Orion"
Construction work on a new train station, which will include the first elevated passenger platform in the state, is now set to start in March, says Amtrak Lead Public Relations Specialist Jen Flanagan. Enfield Enterprises, LLC has been hired to execute the work, which is expected to take 18 months to complete. The new Amtrak station plan was approved by the Development Review Board in December 2020 and administratively renewed through December 2023. The Selectboard, on behalf of the town,
Health care regulators have told municipal officials here that a pending $1.37 million fire department takeover of emergency medical services may require state review and approval. The Brattleboro Selectboard voted unanimously last fall for the town to drop its nearly 60-year contract with the private nonprofit Rescue Inc. - Windham County's largest and longest-serving EMS provider - and instead buy and operate its own ambulances starting July 1. At the time, local leaders said the selectboard vote was the last...
For the first time, Vermont's affordable housing and homelessness advocates have joined forces and are calling for more than $200 million in public funding to address the state's housing and homelessness crises. Prioritizing the urgent need for more permanently affordable housing - housing built on the condition that rents will always be capped - the Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont (HHAV) is asking the Vermont Legislature for $160 million in one-time funding for the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board...
Retreat Farm is mourning the loss of its beloved Carlos, the nearly-2,000-pound, 7-foot-tall ox who was born on the farm where he became the iconic greeter for thousands of visitors over his lifetime. So are dozens of Carlos's human friends in the area. "If you don't live here, you may not know just how many people love Carlos and what an institution he has been," wrote Allyson Wendt on Facebook. "He will be sorely missed." Wendt added: "To echo another...
Brattleboro Union High School senior Ben Berg has received a congressional nomination to the Air Force Academy. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt. recognized 19 young Vermonters who are being nominated to be members of the class of 2028 at U.S. service academies. The nominees were recognized at a reception at the Vermont State House on Dec. 30. Applicants to the academies - the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the United States...
The story of Jacob Estey begins like a Charles Dickens novel: Born into poverty in 1814, the late New Englander was farmed out as a child laborer at age 4 and ran away at age 13, only to establish a namesake local company that became the largest organ manufacturer in the world. Estey sold pump models to families seeking entertainment in the days before electronics, as well as pipe instruments to such luminaries as automaker Henry Ford, who rolled into...
It's taken over 20 months, but Rolling Twenties cannabis dispensary, at the junction of Darby Hill and Rockingham Road (Route 5), had a soft opening on Jan. 1, and its grand opening is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 6. Rolling Twenties is owned by Joe Ruggiero, under 802 420 LLC. Pat Greenleaf will manage the store with a full staff of six, including two cannabis experts known as budtenders, who have experience at other dispensaries around the country. Ruggerio is a...
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...
