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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.
You won't be getting your pulled pork sandwich or tempeh burger at Top-of-the-Hill Grill this summer. Nor ever again - at least not the way Jon Julian made them. After 25 summers at 632–634 Putney Rd. and numerous awards and accolades, the 73-year-old restaurateur put the property, with the business, on the market in April. “I'm moving on at this point,” said Julian. “During our season, the work was seven days a week, double shift every day. It's a physical...
Global statistics tell us that one in three people know someone who has substance use disorder, but we hear little about what happens to the families involved in the opioid crisis. In 1998, Annie Augustus Rose's daughter revealed her struggles with heroin and that she was ready to ask for help. That same day, as Rose drove her to this first attempt at rehabilitation, little did they both realize how life for this family would be altered as her family...
Despite damp, cold weather, a large crowd attended Monday's open house at the Bellows Falls Garage Housing Project, listening to speeches and getting the chance to tour the completed fourth floor of the building. Project organizers explained that there are still another six weeks of work until completion of the building, where wiring still hangs from fixtures and drywall mud spatters the floors on the other levels. Applications for the building's 27 apartments started coming in last week, and tenants...
Eight students from Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School are back after trips to New York City and New Orleans to collect oral histories from people affected by climate catastrophes. In late March, the students traveled to New York City, where they learned about United Nations' environmental policy and sustainability goals and sat in on a U.N. General Assembly session. They then traveled more than 30 hours by train to New Orleans to watch climate mitigation strategies in...
Art matters. And in Windham County, where many artists live and work, it is also a serious economic driver. Rep. Sara Coffey, D-Guilford, a former dancer and award-winning arts administrator, understands that. “One of the small things that I've been working on this session is a piece of legislation that that would impact artists but also the public and some of our state buildings,” Coffey said. While Coffey, as chair of the Transportation Committee, has had her hands full this...
On April 20, a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed in Hartford, Connecticut, while sitting in a parked car. “The same thing happened - also in Hartford - 29 years ago. That should have been a turning point. It wasn't. We need to just keep working at it with faith, prayer, and action and know we're not alone.” So said Right Rev. James Curry, retired Episcopal bishop suffragan of Connecticut, in a recent conversation about his upcoming visit to Brattleboro.
A year ago, Nicole James vowed that a chronic autoimmune disease wouldn't stop her from fulfilling a childhood dream of running in the world's oldest annual race, the Boston Marathon. Waking morning upon morning before sunrise, she trained mile upon mile for the event's 2022 Patriots Day return after a pandemic of postponements. Then, just days before the start, James caught Covid. Seeing the 49-year-old Brattleboro resident sidelined, friends pointed to a silver lining: James' accompanying fundraising efforts had reaped...
Meara Seery has placed third - second runner-up - in this year's Miss Vermont competition. The contest was held April 16 at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. “I had a great weekend,” said the 2018 Brattleboro Union High School graduate, who competed with 10 other women. “It was such a fun time. The women were incredible, and I feel very lucky to get to know all of them. I'm very glad I did it.” So, are pageants anything...
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...
