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Broadband board rolls out plan, seeking input

Vermont Community Broadband Board announced the kickoff of its Digital Empowerment Plan. The DE plan is the way Vermont will make sure every Vermonter has high-quality, accessible, affordable technology resources and knows how to use them.
Vermont’s DE plan has five parts: research to...

Getting involved with local government

SOUTHERN VERMONT - As those who frequent things like selectboard meetings and community events have likely noticed, in many small towns, there’s a small cast of people who seem to organize just about everything. The Southern Vermont Economy Project is hoping to expand that cast with a four-part...

Dover resident to run state’s first EMS training academy

NEWFANE- Rescue Inc. has tapped Dover resident Marc Schauber to serve as executive director of the Vermont EMS Academy, the state’s first emergency medical response training facility.
Schauber, who also serves his community as a member of the school board and executive director of the...

Bereavement training applications due soon

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro Area Hospice will hold an eight week training for bereavement volunteers on Wednesdays from 1 to 4 pm, March 23 to May 11, on Zoom. This is a chance to be trained and work as a bereavement volunteer for one of the most helpful and exciting organizations in the area....

New officer takes unlikely path

Completes training amid pandemic WILMINGTON - The town’s newest police officer, Ryan O’Neil, had a less than typical experience completing his 16-week training at the Vermont Police Academy. O’Neil began his academy training in February, and for about seven weeks, it was what...

Richard Linnehan, right, works with trainer Doug Lehman on an apparatus that helps the disabled learn to ski. R. Capitani

“Space program is adversity itself,” says visiting astronaut

WILMINGTON — On Saturday, December 14, after spending the day with Adaptive Sports at Mount Snow, NASA Astronaut Dr. Richard Linnehan gave a public presentation about his work as an astronaut and how facing challenges and adversity has played into his career.
“(Adaptive Sports) is a good...

Program to help student job seekers develop skills

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, September 5, Christy Betit, Pipelines & Pathways Coordinator for Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation, updated the committee about ongoing professionalism training for local high school students. ...

Recovery coach training coming soon

WILMINGTON - The Windham County Consortium on Substance Use will hold a two-day “Intro to Recovery Coaching” training session in Wilmington on August 2 and 3.
Suzie Walker, executive director of Turning Point of Windham County, says the training sessions are part of an effort to create...

Soccer officials training sessions

VERMONT- There are two training sessions being offered in southern Vermont for those interested in becoming a member of the Vermont Soccer Officials Association, and becoming eligible to officiate varsity and sub-varsity soccer games.
The first training is in Ludlow, at the Black River...