www.reformer.com - RSS Results https://www.reformer.com/search/?a=3bda07e0-019b-11eb-9e6f-076d8f5c7827&s=start_time&sd=desc&f=rss www.reformer.com - RSS Results TNCMS 1.92.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 30 'Wearer of many hats': Hinsdale special educator gets state award HINSDALE, N.H. — After more than three decades working with children, Patty Wallace never expected to be singled out. So when she learned she had been named New Hampshire’s Special Educator of the Year, her first reaction was disbelief —… Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:00:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/b8cb45f5-0c37-41be-9762-1e75cf371da2 https://www.reformer.com/local-news/wearer-of-many-hats-hinsdale-special-educator-gets-state-award/article_b8cb45f5-0c37-41be-9762-1e75cf371da2.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer 'We are resilient': Neurodiversity advocates decry president's dyslexia comments PUTNEY — As schools, advocacy groups, and families across the country mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, Landmark College and one of its founding trustees are speaking out after President Donald Trump claimed that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "unfit" for the… Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/2dff03d6-7a13-4195-8ae6-3cf5bb72d5a6 https://www.reformer.com/local-news/we-are-resilient-neurodiversity-advocates-decry-presidents-dyslexia-comments/article_2dff03d6-7a13-4195-8ae6-3cf5bb72d5a6.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer 'He was a pawn': Garfield Drive drug dealer gets 1 to 6 year sentence BRATTLEBORO — A Windham County judge told a defendant on Monday that if the decision were hers alone, she would have imposed a harsher sentence for his role in a months‑long drug‑dealing operation in Brattleboro. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:24:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/63ad091a-57b9-46cc-88aa-347eb42e5000 https://www.reformer.com/local-news/he-was-a-pawn-garfield-drive-drug-dealer-gets-1-to-6-year-sentence/article_63ad091a-57b9-46cc-88aa-347eb42e5000.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer Hinsdale TM 2026 At Hinsdale Town Meeting on Saturday, voters approved budgets for both the town and the school district, totaling more than $20 million. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:23:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/f051292a-234d-46e6-90a1-6c6a7166ee45 https://www.reformer.com/hinsdale-tm-2026/image_f051292a-234d-46e6-90a1-6c6a7166ee45.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer 42.781471 -72.499443 Judge allows accused murderer to dismiss veteran defense attorney, delaying April trial BRATTLEBORO — Windham County judge on Friday granted Lavadus Williams Jr.’s request to dismiss his court‑appointed attorney, a decision that will delay the upcoming April trial in the June 2024 stabbing death of 25‑year‑old Aaron Colburn outside the Brattleboro Transportation… Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/97719865-7940-4206-aeed-d2cc6e961bfb https://www.reformer.com/local-news/judge-allows-accused-murderer-to-dismiss-veteran-defense-attorney-delaying-april-trial/article_97719865-7940-4206-aeed-d2cc6e961bfb.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer Hinsdale voters approve road investment, decline new capital fund HINSDALE, N.H. — A handful less than 150 voters at Saturday’s Town Meeting moved through the warrant steadily, approving the municipal budget and endorsing a long‑planned investment in economic development while also considering a proposal to establish a new capital… Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:43:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/e72b19b2-307b-45fe-8347-06a3666c089f https://www.reformer.com/local-news/hinsdale-voters-approve-road-investment-decline-new-capital-fund/article_e72b19b2-307b-45fe-8347-06a3666c089f.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer Connecticut man caught with 106 bags of fentanyl on I‑91 pleads guilty, receives flat eight‑month sentence BRATTLEBORO — A Connecticut man arrested last fall after Vermont State Police found more than 100 bags of fentanyl, cocaine, and a stolen rental car during a traffic stop on Interstate 91 pleaded guilty Friday in Windham Superior Court and… Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:18:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/675c6231-76a9-4210-b28a-10bb8bac1efb https://www.reformer.com/local-news/connecticut-man-caught-with-106-bags-of-fentanyl-on-i-91-pleads-guilty-receives-flat/article_675c6231-76a9-4210-b28a-10bb8bac1efb.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer Judge denies bail for man accused of killing mother’s cat, citing habitual‑offender status and long criminal record BRATTLEBORO — A Chester man accused of shooting and killing his mother’s cat and pushing his niece down a flight of stairs was denied release on bail Tuesday after a Windham County judge concluded that his extensive criminal history, repeated… Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/910acc80-9b3e-4c18-8903-7ae03ebf4b0d https://www.reformer.com/local-news/judge-denies-bail-for-man-accused-of-killing-mother-s-cat-citing-habitual-offender-status/article_910acc80-9b3e-4c18-8903-7ae03ebf4b0d.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer DVFiber, Jacksonville Electric merge services JACKSONVILLE — DVFiber’s newly announced partnership with Jacksonville Electric marks a significant step in the communications district’s effort to build a locally controlled, community‑rooted broadband network, even as the district received far less federal funding than it had hoped for… Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:14:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/220b65c6-b4aa-44b7-b4b5-dedb9b692569 https://www.reformer.com/local-news/dvfiber-jacksonville-electric-merge-services/article_220b65c6-b4aa-44b7-b4b5-dedb9b692569.html By Bob Audette Brattleboro Reformer Education and insulation stir discussion at Brookline Town Meeting BROOKLINE — The future of the former Brookline school building, now empty but still central to the town’s identity, shaped much of the discussion at the annual Town Meeting on March 2, as residents pressed for clarity on long‑term planning,… Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0400 http://www.reformer.com/tncms/asset/editorial/327a50be-38c6-4f0c-9925-5131254ba483 https://www.reformer.com/local-news/education-and-insulation-stir-discussion-at-brookline-town-meeting/article_327a50be-38c6-4f0c-9925-5131254ba483.html By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer