Bob Audette

2 weeks ago | reformer.com | Bob Audette

BRATTLEBORO — Findings from a state review of a local school for autistic children "are in alignment" with long-standing complaints from current and former staff, parents, foster parents and two Vermont supervisory unions.

2 weeks ago | reformer.com | Bob Audette

BRATTLEBORO — Nearly 2,000 people turned out in the rain in downtown Brattleboro on Saturday to tell President Donald Trump "Hands Off" the U.S. Constitution and to listen to a handful of speakers urging them to get involved before it's too late. "We have a president who has shown his pettiness and his vindictiveness from the moment he was sworn in," said Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., to a crowd gathered on Main Street in her hometown of Brattleboro.

2 weeks ago | manchesterjournal.com | Bob Audette

BRATTLEBORO — For this fiscal year, the U.S. Congress allocated more than $12 billion for Head Start programs across the country, serving nearly 800,000 households. That annual funding paid for 12 regional offices that support the administration of grants, oversight, and technical assistance to Head Start grant recipients. On Tuesday, employees in offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle received notice that their offices were closing and they would be out of jobs.

2 weeks ago | reformer.com | Bob Audette

BRATTLEBORO — For this fiscal year, the U.S. Congress allocated more than $12 billion for Head Start programs across the country, serving nearly 800,000 households. That annual funding paid for 12 regional offices that support the administration of grants, oversight, and technical assistance to Head Start grant recipients. On Tuesday, employees in offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle received notice that their offices were closing and they would be out of jobs.

3 weeks ago | benningtonbanner.com | Bob Audette

BRATTLEBORO — Each day, more than 1,000 people receive, at no cost to them, meals prepared at 22 locations in Southern Vermont and delivered by Meals on Wheels. That's more than 168,000 meals a year, said Mark Boutwell, the executive director of the Senior Solutions, which administers the Meals on Wheels program in 46 towns in Orange, Windsor, Windham, and Bennington counties. "These meals are free," he said. "We could serve more.