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VERNON-Regional nonprofit Jazzhers will host a jazz clinic for female and nonbinary students in grades 6 to 12 Saturday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Vernon Elementary School, 381 Governor Hunt Road.
This “Jazzhers Jam” is for young musicians who play jazz or would like to learn.
Lihi Haruvi, a professional saxophonist and composer who is also an assistant professor at the Berklee College of Music’s Global Jazz Institute, will co-teach the clinic alongside trombonist Lisa Linde.
Linde, who is the jazz band director at Newton South High School in Massachusetts, founded Jazzhers in 2018 to address the persistent gender disparity in jazz education and performance, organizers said in a news release.
-The Bellows Falls Terriers are now one victory away from winning the Division III state football championship for the second straight year. Third-seeded BF punched its ticket for the title game with a 32-8 win over the No. 2 Mount Abraham/Vergennes Eagles in a Nov. 6 semifinal game in...
BRATTLEBORO-The midterm election brought significant results towards the possibility of a more safe, equitable, and humane society. Vermont overwhelmingly voted in favor of Proposal 4, an equal rights amendment to the state constitution, and will now join 30 other states in the union in reasserting the inherent rights of...
Chloe Learey is executive director of the Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development. BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro needs more housing - and it needs more kinds of housing. Employers are struggling to recruit workers. Young people want to remain in the community where they grew up. Families are looking for homes they can afford, and older residents want options that allow them to remain close to their friends, family, and community. The Village at Winston Prouty is a ready-to-build opportunity to...
GRAFTON-The Nature Museum is using new grants to run an expanded pilot program to collaborate with local schools to transform their programs into immersive nature experiences like those found in nature camps. As described in a news release, the schools, which include Saxtons River Elementary School, Grafton Elementary School, Central Elementary School in Bellows Falls, Westminster Center School, Chester-Andover Elementary School, and NewBrook Elementary School in Newfane, are now running longer outdoor programs, “giving students more time to explore and...
BRATTLEBORO-Every registered voter in town would be able to take part in Annual Town Meeting, held in January instead of March, and every voter would then get a yes-or-no say on the town budget at the polls in March, under a rewritten town charter proposed by the Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission. The commission presented its recommendations to the Selectboard Oct. 6. The proposed changes will go to a townwide vote Tuesday, March 2, 2027. The recommendations are the commission’s answer...
BRATTLEBORO-Three candidates are throwing their hats in the ring for Selectboard at Annual Town Election on March 2, 2027. Ruth Houle, a first-time candidate for the Brattleboro Selectboard, is seeking the three-year seat being vacated by Peter Case, who is not seeking re-election. Incumbent Isaac Evans-Frantz and first-time candidate Ed Thanhouser are each seeking a one-year seat on the board. They will formally launch their campaigns on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., at Marigold, 157 Main St.
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. Alvarez, a sophomore at Brattleboro Union High School who also studies forestry at the Windham Regional Career Center (WRCC), has been appointed to a two-year term as a student member of the Vermont State Board of Education. He will help represent students on the board, which...
PUTNEY-Dallahan and If You Must Know will play contemporary Celtic music Saturday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill. Dallahan, with deep roots in Scotland and Ireland, "takes their listeners on a journey," organizers said in a news release, "traversing styles and countries of the world in a dazzling live show." The band, which has toured extensively and has collaborated with Dougie MacLean and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, features Jack Badcock (guitar, vocals), Ciaran...
Obituaries • Orion Metcalf Barber II, 90, of West Brattleboro. Died Sept. 22, 2026, one month shy of his 91st birthday. He died at home, under the care of his family and hospice, from vascular dementia. Orion was born in Troy, New York, Oct. 20, 1935, the son of Norton Barber and Marcia Lamberton Stevens of Bennington. Although born in New York state (much to his chagrin), Orion grew up in Bennington and attended the one-room Little School in Old...
Senior lunch in Newfane Nov. 12 NEWFANE — The monthly senior lunch will be served Thursday, Nov. 12, at noon at Newfane Church, 11 Church St. The menu will feature an appetizer of ham and pickle on crackers, with meatloaf as the main course. Other dishes will include mashed potatoes and gravy, green salad with oranges, cranberry bread, and carrot cake. There is a suggested donation of $4 per meal for eating in or $5 for takeout meals, which should...
The writer represents Windham-1 (Guilford and Vernon) in the Vermont Legislature. GUILFORD-Thank you to the voters of Guilford and Vernon for electing me to serve a second term as your representative. I am honored to return to the State House and am humbled by the trust you have placed in me. Any campaign asks for the enthusiastic efforts of volunteers and supporters. I am grateful to the many people who stepped up to write postcards, host lawn signs, organize events...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Harmonia (formerly the Brattleboro Women’s Chorus) will present Ring Out, Wild Bells Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21 and 22, at 4 p.m. at the Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way. The concert will bring together more than 90 singers “raising their voices in harmony to celebrate renewal in the dark part of the year” under the direction of Anna Patton, organizers said in a news release. Cathy Martin will accompany on piano and Valerie Thompson on cello. The...
BELLOWS FALLS-Jesse Peters, Ezra Holloway, and George Nostrand will play Sunday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St. The “acoustic round-robin show” is part of the venue’s Local Curator series, organizers said in a news release. Peters, the show’s curator, “is eclectic in his tastes and writing,” according to the release. A graduate of The University of Arts in Philadelphia with a bachelor’s in jazz guitar, Peters is “a strong writer and top-notch player“ who...
BRATTLEBORO-Peter Gould’s new novel, Part for the Hole, is about a guy who decides to save the National Endowment for the Arts — with a little help from his friends. The novel is set, in part, in a hotel like the Latchis Hotel, so, as described in a news release, “the author is taking a novel approach to presenting it — with two live readings from the novel, set in a Latchis Hotel room.” Gould will be joined by “an...
VERNON-Regional nonprofit Jazzhers will host a jazz clinic for female and nonbinary students in grades 6 to 12 Saturday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Vernon Elementary School, 381 Governor Hunt Road. This “Jazzhers Jam” is for young musicians who play jazz or would like to learn. Lihi Haruvi, a professional saxophonist and composer who is also an assistant professor at the Berklee College of Music’s Global Jazz Institute, will co-teach the clinic alongside trombonist Lisa Linde. Linde,
