Former Windsor School principal, district spar over facts around firing
Tiffany Riley
Modified: 2/19/2021 10:04:08 PM
BURLINGTON An attorney for former Windsor School principal Tiffany Riley has accused the Mount Ascutney School District Board of “mischaracterizing” the facts surrounding her firing last year.
“There are two very different realities in this case,” one of Riley’s attorneys, Andrew Snow, wrote in court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Rutland on Feb. 12. He accused the School Board of trying to “cover up (their) initial wrongful behavior” by saying she was fired in October, rather than June.
The filing is the latest in a lawsuit Riley brought against her former employer last summer claiming they fired her unjustly following a June 10 Facebook post, which was seen by some as critical of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Year in Review: 2020 was memorable in so many ways
Pratt Tribune
Editor’s Note: It’s time to look back at the year just past - 2020, and remember the notable stories that were published in the Pratt Tribune. It was a memorable year in many ways. While many of the stories of 2020 focused on the coronavirus, it s coming, it s going, it s effect on the Pratt community and larger area, our number 1 top story for 2020 was about something entirely different. Without a doubt,
Mammoth tusk found, was the top-attention getter this past year. It was a feel good, exciting experience that carried over into state and national publications, with a special piece that culminated in a digital Inside Edition production. However, the top picture choice for 2020 came down to community, our children, and the extreme efforts of leadership in our school systems and I couldn t help awarding Pratt Tribune s top picture of 2020 to the poignent lineup at Libery Middle School of students celebrating
Adapted from speech given at FirstAmendmentFest, Friday December 18, at Vermont State House.
Freedom of the press is freedom of speech with a bullhorn. The average newspaper, radio or TV station knocks on the doors of thousands of Vermont homes and says “I have something important to tell you.” The press is a powerful public good. It must be protected from government suppression.
So let me talk about attempted government suppression of freedom of the press in Vermont.
Like when Senate Pro Tem Tim Ashe called me into his office and said that if I didn’t take steps to make amends for a column critical of George Soros, “He would have to “do something about it.” Apparently some people in the State House said I was being antisemitic. The column made zero references to Judaism, and with good reason. I didn’t even know Soros was Jewish! (So I wrote a column saying the next time I call George Soros out for tearing down Vermont quality of life, it won’t be because he’s Je
N’Cahoots evolves to continue to meet customers needs in Pratt
Rafe Donnenwerth
Pratt Tribune
N’Cahoots, opened September 26, 2017, by George Nusz and Tiffany Riley, is still surprising people who come through the coffee and gift shop doors on Pratt’s S. Main Street.
Wtih COVID-19 this year, there was a time the coffee shop was forced to close off seating and limit customers inside. However, the owners and employees used that time to expand and do a little remodeling. The back room of the shop has been redone to make more space and be much more comfortable for customers and community members to relax and enjoy what N’Cahoots can provide.