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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-A reminder to readers that, as has been the case since 2023, The Commons will not publish an issue on Wednesday, July 1. Any urgent news and updates will be published on the newspaper’s website. The newspaper will resume regular publication on Wednesday, July 8, with the deadline for submissions of news and advertising on Friday, July 3. The Commons’ sister newspaper, The Deerfield Valley News,based in Wilmington, will publish its usual edition on Thursday, July 2. This News item...
Owing to a production error, each of two political news releases ran in last week’s newspaper with the other’s headline. Both events will take place this week as follows. • Democratic governor hopefuls will debate on June 26: The Windham County Democratic Committee will host a forum featuring Democratic gubernatorial candidates Amanda Janoo and Aly Richards. The free forum takes place Friday, June 26, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the International Center on the campus of the School for...
This year, we celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday — its semiquincentennial. On July 4, 1776, delegates from the original 13 colonies officially declared themselves as a new, independent nation by signing the Declaration of Independence. The very meaning of the word “semiquincentennial” implies we’re halfway to 500. Where have we gotten, and what might the next 250 hold? Here in the hilltowns of southern Vermont, the folks planning town celebrations for the Independence Day have a bigger theme to...
PUTNEY-Since early May, Amanda Janoo has visited Windham County several times to deliver a message focused on local control, maximizing resources, and listening to the community. To that end, the 39-year-old Democratic gubernatorial candidate likes to start the dialogue at her meet-and-greet gatherings with an invitation to audience members to share what makes them proud of their community. At recent gatherings in Guilford and Putney, an outpouring of responses - food assistance, the local school, senior gatherings, and so on...
BELLOWS FALLS-A multimedia exhibit on how rural communities across the country have creatively responded to economic and social challenges, created by the Smithsonian Institution, had its soft opening at the Rockingham Free Public Library (RFPL) on June 16. A grand opening and open house will be held Saturday, June 27. After its start in Bellows Falls, the exhibit moves on to five other libraries, historical societies, and museums throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. Three sites in each state will host...
BRATTLEBORO-No one is more passionate about independent media than the fearless broadcast journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Over the past 30 years, while covering stories, Goodman has been beaten, arrested, threatened with arrest, charged with criminal trespass, and detained at borders, among other fearful things. Yet the focus of this high-energy and deeply admired woman remains single-minded: protect the First Amendment, protect free speech, tell truth to power, and, most of all, get the news out. And with Democracy...
DUMMERSTON-Cameron Matthews, a 15-year-old from Dummerston Center who just completed his sophomore year at Brattleboro Union High School, has joined the 4% of Boy Scouts who have achieved the highest rank of Eagle Scout. Matthews was flanked by his parents, Rev. Shawn Bracebridge and John Dunham, as he stood before family, friends, and fellow Scouts from Scouting America Troop 405 to receive his award at a Court of Honor ceremony at Dummerston Congregational Church on June 7. The requirements to...
BRATTLEBORO-The Windham County Democratic Committee will host a forum featuring Democratic gubernatorial candidates Amanda Janoo and Aly Richards. The free forum takes place Friday, June 26, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the International Center on the campus of the School for International Training. It will be moderated by Cindy Jerome and David Gartenstein, the town moderators of Dummerston and Brattleboro, respectively. "We look forward to a lively forum that offers meaningful opportunities for engagement and thoughtful discussion about the...
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...
