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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.
A May 17 story about the end of the state's hotel voucher program included Brattleboro hotels and motels participating in the program, as provided to the newspaper by the Vermont Agency of Human Services' (AHS) Division of Children and Families. The Latchis Hotel was listed among the businesses. According to a May 18 email from Latchis Hotel General Manager Jonathan Jensen, “We have not at any time participated in nor supported this State of VT housing project, nor do we...
When municipal leaders abruptly ended a nearly 60-year relationship with Rescue Inc. in 2022 and proposed a town takeover of emergency medical services which they claimed would reap up to $700,000 in annual insurance profit, residents weren't the only ones surprised. So were officials of the 13 Vermont communities that operate their own emergency medical services. “That whole decision by Brattleboro sent shock waves through Vermont EMS,” said Bill Mapes, chief of the Morristown EMS Department. “Insurance doesn't cover EMS...
In our culture, it is common for people to avoid talking about death - our own or that of someone we love. Sometimes people need help starting those conversations. Kasey March is a death doula - a person who helps guide and console a dying person, and their family and friends, during the end-of-life period. It is challenging, demanding, and unusual work, but it is nothing new. Doula is a Greek word that goes back centuries. It historically means “a...
Come September, Brattleboro Union High School administrators Hannah Parker and Cassie Damkoehler will switch roles after an advertised search for a new principal failed - and caused some upset. Following the second of four May 9 executive sessions, the Windham Southeast School District Board voted to appoint current Assistant Principal Parker as interim principal and current Interim Principal Damkoehler as assistant principal. Current Interim Assistant Principal Traci Lane, who is filling in for Chris Day while he is on a...
Mitch Davis Music teacher/band director/choral director, Brattleboro Union High School and Brattleboro Area Middle School, 1974–2004 I had the honor of working with Steve Rice for 17 years, and it was the highlight of my teaching career. Steve did his student teaching semester at BUHS in the spring of 1987 under the supervision of then–band director Juli Holmes and he was hired to replace her in the fall of 1987. I was his supervisor and colleague who shared a whole...
For Stephen Rice, moments of joy come in “the countless moments in rehearsals when a piece of music we've been working onstarts sounding really good and everyone feels that powerful feeling of connection - that something truly special, unique, and memorable is happening.” Or they might come “in lessons when a student has been struggling with a skill or concept, and then there's the moment when it clicks and you can see the sense of understanding and accomplishment.” Next Thursday,
On June 1, the state's motel voucher program will end. The Legislative session has adjourned without funding the pandemic emergency program, which sheltered homeless people throughout the state as a public health measure, a public policy decision that housing advocates predict will have devastating ramifications across the state. Seven hotels in Brattleboro participate in the General Assistance Emergency Housing Program - the formal name for the voucher program. These hotels -Black Mountain Inn, Colonial Motel, Covered Bridge Inn, EconoLodge, Latchis...
The snowplows and sanders are put away for the season. Spring is here, and that means the start of construction season around Windham County. The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) has several big projects going, the biggest being the $61 million Brattleboro-Hinsdale bridge project and the $27.5 million roadway reconstruction of Route 30 between Brattleboro and Newfane. The focus of the bridge project so far has been on the Vermont side, as construction crews work on building retaining walls and...
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...
