BRATTLEBORO-It was no April Fool's Day Joke. On April 1, five Administration for Children regional...
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A recent survey prepared by Erin Ruitenberg, an AmeriCorps/VISTA volunteer for the Brattleboro Community Justice Center, and numerous volunteers revealed people frequenting Elliot Street perceive not youth, but adults, as the source of most of the area's unwanted behavior. The survey, conducted on Elliot and Flat streets on Sept. 17 and 19, sought to gauge perceptions of visitors, residents, workers and business owners regarding youth “problem” behavior. Ruitenberg said the broad question the survey asked was, “do most people see...
Three years ago, I was looking for a new job when a former student told me she knew of positions for teachers in Iraq. I thought, “Iraq - why would anyone want to go there?” Iraq was a place I had no interest in going. It felt dangerous. As an educator who has spent most of my life providing and delivering cross-cultural learning opportunities, helping young Americans broaden their understanding and build connections with the other residents on our planet,
How to make art more visible in Brattleboro? What is already taking place to create this vision? For many, this isn't a new conversation and there have been many attempts to answer these questions in many ways. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 5:30 p.m., the Arts Council of Windham County is working with a few other partners to explore this question during a potluck at the River Garden on 157 Main St. The evening will be facilitated by Jon Potter,
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