BRATTLEBORO-In the hope that students will eat more nutritionally and feel more healthy, the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) board voted unanimously last month to transition to a self-operated food service program.
The program will be fully in place by June for the Summer Food Service Program prior to the start of the 2025–26 school year this fall.
Food Program Coordinator Susan Grabowski called the move "groundbreaking" in her announcement.
"This decision marks a pivotal step toward aligning our meal program with the values of our community and better serving our students," said Grabowski, who told the WSESU board at its Dec. 11 meeting that "our students deserve better, and we can do better."...
BRATTLEBORO-After serving two years of her three-year term on the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) school board, Dummerston representative Eva Nolan has resigned. "I have made the difficult decision to resign from WSESD so that voters can have ample time to choose their representative for the rest of the...
BRATTLEBORO-Assistant Town Manager Patrick Moreland admits there have been a few glitches as the system comes online. "We have had a few stumbles with rolling out the new system," he told The Commons on Dec. 2. Among the glitches: "A card reader in the Harmony Lot failed and needed...
BRATTLEBORO-A nonprofit that created housing rapidly and under duress during the pandemic is looking to further develop the 17-acre property with 60 apartments and 10 homes. Preliminary details of the plans come amid criticism of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) management track record by members of the Selectboard and an admission by WWHT Executive Director Elizabeth Bridgewater that drug use and safety issues at the nonprofit's multiple properties need to be addressed. At the Nov. 19 board meeting,
Editor's note: We had hoped to run this story in the Nov. 27 issue but were unable. The auction takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Our apologies to our friends at Families First for the stumble. ----------- BRATTLEBORO-There's still time to make your bid in the Families First Giving Tuesday Auction, where you can choose from almost 100 items donated by local businesses and artisans to support the nonprofit that supports adults and youth with developmental disabilities, helping them live...
BRATTLEBORO-Selectboard members have asked Town Manager John Potter and his staff to go back to the drawing board and return scenarios that describe 5% and 10% reductions to the proposed nearly $26.5 million budget for the next fiscal year. "I want to be clear with the public that a 22% increase in property taxes is extremely high, very hard to swallow, and, for many people, really, really concerning," said Board Chair Daniel Quipp of the current draft budget implication. The...
BRATTLEBORO-Come New Year's Day, the town will have a new trash contract. Following a lengthy negotiation with Casella Waste Systems - the sole bidder for a new town trash disposal contract - Selectboard members have authorized Town Manager John Potter to pen and sign a $1.3 million, five-year contract with the company. Assistant Town Manager Patrick Moreland explained that after about a half year in negotiations, the new contract will include curbside collection for downtown public trash and recycling cans...
PUTNEY-A fourth appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court has proved unsuccessful in stopping the proposed housing project on Alice Holway Drive. In its Nov. 15 ruling, the court cleared the way for landowner Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) to proceed in its plan to build 25 units of mixed-income housing in two buildings on land on Alice Holway Drive next to the Putney Community Garden and the Putney Farmers Market. The ruling by the state's highest court affirms the...