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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.
On a cool and overcast June morning, Amanda Thurber led three successive groups of kindergarteners from Academy School on a tour of the dairy operation at Lilac Ridge Farm on Ames Hill Road. She guided the children around the organic farm she runs with her husband, Ross, and she took them through the whole milk production process, from cow to glass. At the end of the tour, she gave them all a sample of organic soft-serve ice cream from the...
On a recent hot morning outside the Quality Inn on Putney Road, Kayla and Travis are loading bags of clothing and small pieces of furniture into the back of a pickup truck. They are part of the first wave of evictions from Vermont motels, after the end of the federally funded pandemic-era program that sheltered some 3,000 Vermonters (and around 270 people in Brattleboro) experiencing homelessness. In Brattleboro, an informal group of local service providers, town administrators, and leaders from...
It's out with the Colonels, and in with the Bears at Brattleboro Union High School. Although the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) board of directors has not yet voted to approve the new branding, students have chosen the Bears as their mascot going forward. “We started the process with a school-wide process that lasted a week of having students and staff submit their ideas,” said Principal Cassie Damkoehler. “After the week, we had 136 submissions, many of which were the...
Local growers and buyers are assessing the damage from a late-spring frost across Vermont that severely damaged thousands of acres of crops. According to the U.S. National Weather Service in Burlington, many below-freezing temperatures were recorded overnight May 17 into the early morning hours of May 18. “We're still grappling, but it was evident that there was significant damage right away,” said Simon Renault, general manager of Scott Farm in Dummerston.“We have a weather station in the orchard and saw...
Photos of close to 150 people - from generations past as well as some of the just shy of 2,000 people who call this iconic town home today - will soon be featured in an exhibit Faces of Dummerston. Society member Chuck Fish has been working to help organize and create this event at the Dummerston Historical Society for many months. “It's important to remember that this exhibit represents the town,” he said. “It is an attempt to portray a...
The job of state legislator has its ups and downs and sideways. Two weeks ago, The Commons reported on the most memorable moments that members of our Windham County delegation experienced during their time in Montpelier. Now it is time to learn about the priorities they accomplished and some of their more interesting frustrations. The first frustration is easy: Republican Gov. Phil Scott's veto of the Legislature's budget on May 27, which evoked scathing comments from Democratic leadership in the...
Service to the community was the unifying theme in the stories of the three people honored by the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce at its annual awards gathering on June 1 on the porch of the recently opened Bar 580 on Canal Street. Being named Member of the Year was a bittersweet honor for Mary Giamartino, who operated the last locally owned pharmacy in town until its closing in February, a victim of changing economics. For Tito Garza, getting the...
When Morningside Cemetery opened at the turn of the 20th century, it proved so popular, the family of the late Vermont Gov. Levi K. Fuller (1841-1896) moved his grave to the new grounds, adding what was then the state's tallest memorial. In the 125 years since, the South Main Street cemetery has grown with the passing of generation upon generation of locals, from Antonio Abbiati (1920-2003), a monument creator who designed poet Robert Frost's crypt cover, to Leslie Zagrubski (1906-1999),
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...
