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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.
Zach Rounds, a paramedic with Rescue Inc. in Brattleboro, described his good friend Joe Thompson as “one of the hardest working people I've ever met.” Thompson, 63, died of pancreatic cancer on April 29 after an eight-month battle with the disease. He leaves a long legacy of service to the community. “I first met Joe because he did the driver's education for ambulance drivers. For over 40 years, almost every driver in our organization went through Joe's cone course. He...
When Brattleboro Union High School rang in the Happy Days of 1950 with a new team nickname, the local newspaper warned that fans might face a potential hiccup. “The one fear of the student body in choosing 'Colonels' is that some sports-writing sharpshooter will make with the levity and call the B.H.S. athletes the Korny Kernels,” the Brattleboro Reformer wrote at the time. Few would foresee the name sparking a Civil War of sharper words. The Colonel moniker, unveiled to...
Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Brattleboro, chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, brought to the Legislature this session a bill that was very dear to her heart: a comprehensive paid family leave bill. It reintroduced a concept that is similar to bills that had been vetoed by the governor in past legislative sessions. But this year, with the Democrats having a super-majority, there would be enough votes to override a veto. And in the House, passing the bill became...
Within a mere few pages of his debut novel, Altar to an Erupting Sun, Chuck Collins of Guilford sets the stage for his heroine, Rae Kelliher, to carry out a well-planned murder/suicide. Kelliher sacrifices herself to a cause, taking out an oil baron for his role in delaying responses to climate change. Complicating the aftermath, two of the CEO's children are killed in the process. In Altar, a work of near-future eco fiction, Collins welcomes us into a world where...
As thousands of Vermonters experiencing homelessness stand to lose their state-funded emergency shelter come July, Secretary of Human Services Jenney Samuelson said she expects some of the estimated 2,500 people to “self-resolve” their lack of housing by the time the state winds down the pandemic-era program. “There are some of the individuals who we talked to in the hotels who have alternative plans, and they're waiting for the program to end before initiating those,” Samuelson told reporters at a May...
Vermont lawmakers in both chambers have now given approval to legislation that would create an indefinitely operating universal school meals program, though it's unclear whether the governor will sign it. On May 5, the Senate voted to give initial approval to H.165, which would require schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to Vermont students. The legislation passed the House in March. “About a year ago, when I heard about universal school meals, I remember thinking to myself, 'That sounds...
Windham County's largest and longest-serving emergency medical services provider is set to take over for a cash-strapped peer in neighboring New Hampshire. Rescue Inc., a Brattleboro-based nonprofit, will assume the obligations of the family-owned R.J. DiLuzio Ambulance, which has wrestled with a $648,965 federal tax bill in the Granite State city of Keene and surrounding Cheshire County towns. “They have been struggling financially, and we are going to step in to provide continuity,” said Drew Hazelton, Rescue's chief of operations.
Making art can be a lonely business. So what do most artists want? As it turns out, it's a sense of community. That was the driving consensus of the 30 artists from Windham County in Vermont and southwestern New Hampshire who came together at Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts at 183 Main St. on a wet Saturday morning to sample delicacies, learn about new opportunities to show their work, and to schmooze. Definitely, to schmooze. The Artist-to-Artist Field Trip was organized by...
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...
