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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.
As unhoused people - some nursing children, some nursing pets - camp in tents during this rainy summer, they are deluged by more than water. There is a sense of hopelessness, because even with the best of intentions - and with the Vermont Treasurer's Office making $85 million available for investment in housing, climate, and social equity initiatives - construction can not happen soon enough. And as the state wrestles with homelessness within its borders, the number of the unhoused...
"I've never been so proud to be a member of the Maui community. They are leading the searches because we don't have enough emergency service personnel on the island," says Crystal Rollins, 34, a native of Stratton. Rollins moved to Hawaii after graduation from Castleton State College in Vermont and has lived in Maui since 2011. She says she is "most fortunate" that she lives in Kihei, 23 miles to the east of the hardest-hit town, Lahaina. While Rollins is...
The state was given an unusual task in a last-minute legislative deal brokered in June that extended publicly financed motel-based shelter for more than 2,000 unhoused individuals. It was charged with attempting to rehouse or shelter everyone by April 2024, and required to report back to the Legislature on its progress - every single month. Lawmakers received their first update from state officials two weeks ago. The upshot: From an original cohort of 1,250 households, 174 left the program in...
This summer, Selectboard members have chosen the start of a path forward for the Community Safety Review that will come to fruition in about a year. In July, the board voted unanimously to adopt one of four options that had been put forth. The chosen plan includes hiring an independent consultant and incorporating at least one study session around at least two public forums to help review policy issues. It also extended the timeline from February to June 2024 as...
After a several-month search, St. Michael's Episcopal Church has called Keane Southard, Ph.D., as its next music director beginning Aug. 13. "The Music Director Search Committee was impressed by his creativity, depth of musical knowledge, international experience, devotion to social justice, and personal integrity," said the Rev. Mary Lindquist, rector. "We look forward to many years of ministry together." Responsible for music - instrumental and vocal - at weekly services, for directing both adult and children's choirs, and for developing...
Thanks to a six-month, $5,000 grant from the United Way of Windham County, 25 people, mostly elders, have been receiving weekly deliveries of easy-to-prepare meals and groceries. These participants in the Last Mile Food Project also receive monthly deliveries of fresh vegetables from the Vermont Foodbank's VeggieVanGo program. Additionally, a local resident, Winnie Dolan, prepares homemade meals for monthly delivery. Those receiving the free groceries and meals live in the West River Valley, which includes Jamaica, Townshend, Brookline, Newfane, and...
Hallowell is a local group of singers who volunteer to sing at the bedsides of people facing the end of their lives. Formed after a small group sang for a dying friend in 2003, Hallowell now includes dozens of singers and is publicly celebrating its 20-year anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., at the Kiwanis Shelter in Living Memorial Park. A one-of-a-kind chorus when it started, Hallowell has been instrumental in inspiring and training hundreds of...
Imagine one of the hottest days this summer, when the air was thick with humidity and your car is scorching hot inside. On one such day, Clare Barboza, internationally known food photographer, needed to shoot a magazine cover. The subject? Ice cream. "When I went to the store to buy it, the ice cream was already soft," says Barboza, of Brattleboro, with a hearty laugh. "You can imagine the rest." Barboza, who hails from the state of Washington, has always...
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...
