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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 fact-gathering phase of the sexual abuse investigation in the Windham Southeast School District will wrap up soon, if it hasn't already. That's what Chair Kelly Young announced at the board's May 23 meeting. The investigation has been ongoing since the board hired attorney Aimee Goddard of Annis & Goddard, a Brattleboro-based law firm, on Dec. 21, 2022 to serve as independent investigator into sexual abuse charges against educators dating back to the early 1970s. Young said anyone “who has...
On a sunny late May morning on the Common, three men sat on a bench in the shade of a maple tree. These three local residents shared a common bond of being among the last living witnesses to the greatest conflict the world had ever known. This trio of World War II veterans didn't have to speak, or stand, in front of the crowd gathered there for the annual Memorial Day service on May 29. Just their presence spoke volumes.
Drug deals, panhandlers, burglaries, vandalism, and a carjacking at the Transportation Center brought residents to a recent Selectboard meeting, demanding action and answers. “The people in the community are asking for your help and it doesn't happen,” former board member and chair Dick DeGray told the board at its May 16 meeting, two days after the parking garage incident. The board in recent years has shown “so much inactivity” on the crime issue, DeGray said, adding that he'd come before...
After being closed for the last three years, the historic Miss Bellows Falls Diner appears to be headed for new ownership under a community nonprofit, a thorough restoration, and a reopening in 2025. Rockingham for Progress, Inc. signed a purchase-and-sale agreement in January with owner Brian McAllister, with plans to close in mid-June on the sale of the 1941 Worcester Lunch Car. In December, Jeff Dunbar, a local resident and a village trustee, broached “the idea that something has to...
A judge has found Zaaina Asra Zakirrah Mahvish-Jammeh, charged with murdering their social worker at the Morningside House shelter last month, temporarily incompetent to stand trial. The state can request a new competency evaluation, according to an order regarding competency signed by Superior Court Judge Katherine Hayes. A status conference is set for Aug. 9. Mahvish-Jammeh is charged with first-degree murder, accused of killing Leah Rosin-Pritchard, the social worker and shelter coordinator at the Morningside House shelter at 81 Royal...
Peter and Mary Alice Amidon, local performers and teachers of traditional music, dance, and storytelling, are the 2023 recipients of the Brattleboro Unsung Hero Award from Compassionate Brattleboro. The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 13, at 5:30 p.m., at Centre Congregational Church on Main Street. The citation describes them as “two remarkable musicians“ who have “sung so often and so beautifully for the living and the dying, for justice, love and compassion, for members of our community, both...
The Root Social Justice Center will hold a free BIPOC hair clinic for all ages on Saturday, May 27. As explained in a Facebook post from the racial justice organizing and community group, Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color “have a variety of hair types and textures that require hair care that just isn't centered when we live and exist in predominantly white spaces.” With hair stylists versed in working with BIPOC clients unavailable in the Brattleboro area,
The Vermont Legislature, which convened its 2023-24 biennium session on Jan. 4, wrapped up its first year's work on May 12. Although it will regroup in June to see if it can override Gov. Phil Scott's expected veto of the budget, among other things, the 13 Windham County legislators - two in the Senate and 11 in the House - are now free to return to their lives, their day jobs, and their reflections of the past hectic, momentous five...
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...
