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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 Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) has identified 90 school-aged children and youth in the district who are experiencing homelessness. This is 10 more than were identified last year and includes about seven "unaccompanied youth" - older teenagers who are separated from a parent or guardian. Tricia Hill is the district's McKinney-Vento liaison (named for the federal legislation that funds the position), required at every school district that receives Title I funds. In this position, Hill identifies homeless youth and...
This is no country for old people. And that's a problem, because there are lots and lots of them, with more coming. One person who is looking at the consequences of these demographics is Roger Allbee, the former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture and former chief executive officer of Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend. He is one of the founders of Windham Aging, a collaboration of people concerned with the challenges of aging in Windham County. Windham Aging was begun in...
Candidate petitions for Brattleboro town officers, Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) board members, and Town Meeting members are now available at the Town Clerk's office. Town elections will be Tuesday, March 5 at American Legion Post 5, 32 Linden St. The 2024 Annual Representative Town Meeting will begin on Saturday, March 23, at 8:30 a.m., in the gymnasium of Brattleboro Union High School at 131 Fairground Rd. All petitions must be filed with the Town Clerk's office no later than...
Robin Rieske arrived to town with five overdose emergency kits. The red metal boxes with a glass front resembled a square version of a small fire extinguisher cabinet. But rather than putting out flames, the tools inside could reverse an opioid overdose. Two hours later, Rieske had distributed the day's supply - a fraction of the 175 boxes she and colleagues have helped hand out in recent years to businesses and community groups across southeastern Vermont. Her work is part...
Nearly a year to the day after fire destroyed McNeill's Brewery and took the life of its iconic owner, Reagin "Ray" McNeill, the Selectboard voted on Dec. 5 to authorize Town Manager John Potter to sign a purchase and sale contract to pass the property to the town, pending an environmental inspection. In return, the town will release its current claim against the estate to recoup expenses post-fire. Selectboard Chair Ian Goodnow explained the town had been responsible for putting...
As local leaders here tell it, residents who see people asking for spare change along downtown streets, parking lots, and traffic medians are expressing both sides of the coin. "A highly sympathetic view might hold that panhandling is essential to a poor person's survival and should not be restricted or discouraged in any way," Town Manager John Potter wrote in a recent memorandum to the Selectboard. "A less sympathetic view might see the behavior as contributing to chaos, community disorder...
The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) has identified 90 school-aged children and youth in the district who are experiencing homelessness. This is 10 more than were identified last year and includes about seven "unaccompanied youth" - older teenagers who are separated from a parent or guardian. Tricia Hill is the district's McKinney-Vento liaison (named for the federal legislation that funds the position), required at every school district that receives Title I funds. In this position, Hill identifies homeless youth and...
This is no country for old people. And that's a problem, because there are lots and lots of them, with more coming. One person who is looking at the consequences of these demographics is Roger Allbee, the former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture and former chief executive officer of Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend. He is one of the founders of Windham Aging, a collaboration of people concerned with the challenges of aging in Windham County. Windham Aging was begun in...
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...
