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Building Bright Futures, a Williston-based nonprofit that advocates for improved Early Childhood education, held a community discussion April 12 at the Brattleboro Retreat, addressing issues such as “getting pre-school right,” the vulnerability of the learning curve of the developmental years spanning birth to grade three, how crucial early involvement is, and how such involvement can reinforce that curve. “Children are born ready to learn,” Chad Simmons, the organization's Southeast Vermont Regional Coordinator, said at the event. Simmons played a video...
Postponed due to positive COVID cases among the cast and crew, the Vermont Theater Company (VTC) rescheduled the remaining performances of Rathmines Road at the Hooker-Dunham Theater to May 13 through 15 and May 20 through 22, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. “Everyone is doing okay, and we are very grateful to vaccines for keeping us safe,” the VTC said in a news release. “We are pleased to be able to share this production after...
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be a great tool for engagement, it also opens the door for something more subtle and more troubling. A Town Meeting representative has been posting in local Facebook groups, asking questions that resemble formal outreach: What does the community think about this issue? Should the town consider doing that? On the surface, it seems like an official request, made by a holder of elected office with...
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