BRATTLEBORO — In Youth Services' latest workforce development initiative, a youth-led screen printing business [“Program helps youth build their skills, futures,” [News, Nov. 7], youth workers get paid, but their adult mentors are volunteers.
“It is actually essential to the relationship model that the mentors don't get paid, that they come to the process for the sake of the relationship and their communities,” explains Nanci Leitch, development director of Youth Services.
BRATTLEBORO-Albert Mikuski, now 88 years old, recalls an extraordinary story of how he and his...
-The state's housing crisis will be a top priority in the upcoming legislative session, and...
BRATTLEBORO-At a standing-room-only meeting at Academy School on Dec. 12, Representative Town Meeting (RTM) members...
PUTNEY-Ars longa, vita brevis. One translation of the Latin phrase is that craft takes a...
After complaints from parents and child care providers that young children were being left out of efforts to provide COVID-19 test kits to Vermonters [“Petition calls for state testing for youngest Vermonters,” News, Jan. 5], the state announced on Jan. 7 that it is launching what it calls the Tests for Tots program. This program will immediately provide rapid antigen COVID-19 test kits to regulated child-care providers across Vermont. As described by the state, the new program builds on the...
At some point when I wasn't looking, the clunky, consonant-riddled word haptic - which has nothing to do with being “happy” - started appearing in system settings for phones and computers. I will share the definition, but clearly, it's a word that only a linguistically passive-aggressive techno-geek could love - the kind of word that people make up when they want to convince people that they are thinking or doing something important (like “pivot,” “leverage,” and “core competency”). Many years...
Wyld Nightz, a local classic rock band, will play at the Stone Church in Brattleboro on Friday, Jan. 3, at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door and the band will donate all its proceeds to Brigid's Kitchen and Pantry, which has served over 20,000 free meals this year in downtown Brattleboro. Wyld Nightz is a six-piece band founded in 1999 by Jeff Brewer and Michael McKinney, according to a news release. Prior to that, Brewer, now lead singer...
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