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Britain is preparing for the incoming Storm Ciaran weather bomb as dozens of schools are set to close tomorrow and flood barriers are put up outside homes.

The spinmeisters in Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee’s and Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green’s offices have been pitching to the media that this year’s RICAS scores were good news.

DUXBURY — Ian Fraundfelder is proud to be a Highlander after taking over athletic director duties at Harwood this fall.

WESTERLY — Wearing life-jackets, sunglasses and matching orange T-shirts, sisters Emily and Megan Tunila stood together by the Pawcatuck River one recent sunny Saturday morning, watching the activity swirling around

BRATTLEBORO — As the sun beat down, several area middle school students recently gathered at the tennis courts at Living Memorial Park to see how fast their solar powered car

Last week’s Manchester Journal carried a commentary entitled Bill H. 483 and Vermont’s response to Carson v. Makin by Neil Odell, President of the Vermont School Boards Association. Mr. Odell

Vermont lawmakers have not resolved a constitutional question raised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year on public funding of religious schools.The Legislature’s inaction raises the possibility that the state could face further legal action...

Instead of vilifying independent schools, we should strive to have independent and public schools work together to assure every child succeeds.

H.483 has policies that will damage small, independent schools and the students they serve. Some independent schools will not survive.

County school pupils have been at the forefront of protecting local bird populations by installing 400 birdboxes throughout the nearly 40 primary…