by Aashna Kinkhabwala | May 27, 2025 | BIPOC Vermonters, Community, Families
Photo Credit: Vermont Public & Elizabeth Ungerleider After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the fall of 2021, the U.S. evacuated tens of thousands of Afghans whose lives were in danger. About 100 of them ended up as refugees in Brattleboro. Among...
by Aashna Kinkhabwala | Apr 28, 2025 | Community, Education, Families, Schools, Sectors, Teaching & Education
Above: Julia Meeker, a third-grader at Wardsboro Elementary School, tries on a new pair of shoes that was donated by the Stratton Foundation on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Photo by Kristopher Radder WARDSBORO — With joyous looks, students from Wardsboro Elementary...
by Aashna Kinkhabwala | Apr 22, 2025 | Arts and Culture, Community, Education
Photo from UVM In a move that has AI researchers, folklorists, and maple syrup enthusiasts buzzing, the University of Vermont has announced the April 1 launch of CatGPT, the first generative artificial intelligence chatbot trained exclusively on Vermontisms, regional...
by Aashna Kinkhabwala | Mar 21, 2025 | Community, Local government, Relocate
Above: Beth Sturgeon and Nate Fowle of Pownal. Photo provided / Bennington Banner The following profile is part of the “New Faces, New Opportunities” series for April Career Month highlighting area professionals who have recently moved to Bennington County and was...
by Aashna Kinkhabwala | Mar 12, 2025 | BIPOC Vermonters, Education
Above: Students at the School for International Training. Photo by Howard Weiss-Tisman/Vermont Public Michaella is from Burundi, and she was living in a refugee camp in Kenya when she first heard about a new U.S. program that allows refugees to come to America to...
by Aashna Kinkhabwala | Feb 28, 2025 | Arts and Culture, Community
Above: Glassblower Randi Solin, co-owner of Fire Arts Vermont on Route 30 in Brattleboro, and her assistants work on a creation that will be part of the Brattleboro Museum and Arts Glasstastic exhibit in March. Professional glass artists from across New England have...
by Aashna Kinkhabwala | Feb 17, 2025 | Outdoors
Above: Otter tracks in the snow. Photo by Patti Smith/Brattleboro Reformer First of all, thank you for reading the local news. Strong communities are so important now, and local media is an important part of the community. Here is some news from the local world of...
by Rachel Shields Ebersole | Jan 3, 2025 | Community, Education, Jobs, Relocate, Schools, Teaching & Education
Reflections from Southern Vermont Emerging Leader Nicole Awwad “I grew up coming to Brattleboro in all seasons with my family” Brattleboro resident Nicole Awwad, Career Foundations teacher at Windham Regional Career Center, grew up coming to...
by Rachel Shields Ebersole | Dec 5, 2024 | Arts and Culture, BIPOC Vermonters, LGBTQ, Relocate
Above: Musician Lutalo Jones in Middlebury. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Living in Vermont has taught Lutalo — both in life and in writing music — to keep it simple and “create space for silence.” The Minnesota-born songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer...
by Rachel Shields Ebersole | Dec 2, 2024 | Business, Civic Engagement, Community
Above: WheelPad’s manufacturing facility renovation and site redevelopment, which will allow for in-state construction of modular accessible home additions, along with worker housing and a workforce training program, has been selected as one of Southern Vermont’s...
