BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Independent Media (VIM), publisher of The Commons, has purchased The Deerfield Valley News, a...
BRATTLEBORO-Much of Windham County depends for its health care services on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH),
BRATTLEBORO-With this month's effective end to the state's motel voucher program on July 1, a...
BRATTLEBORO-The annual Brattleboro Goes Fourth! parade on July 4 featured plenty of vehicles from all...
A Washington, D.C.-based company has signed a contract to take apart and ship away Vermont Yankee's reactor. Areva Nuclear Materials' deal with NorthStar Group Services is contingent on NorthStar's receiving state and federal permission to buy and decommission the idled Vernon nuclear plant. Areva's involvement in the cleanup project has been known since the proposed NorthStar deal went public last November. But administrators said the contract signing, announced July 11, “formalizes” the company's role in what would be a crucial,
Director Tony Lechner invites one and all to join Rock Voices, the area's only community rock chorus, for an evening of rock and pop classics. The concert will take place at Brattleboro's Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St., on Friday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Backed by a professional rock band featuring Ross Bellenoit on guitar, this 100-plus voice choir will deliver the harmonies of many classic and contemporary favorites, performing the music of Phish,
RE: “Anatomy of an eviction” [Aug. 25]: Does anyone really believe that the landlords, who have at least two homes for themselves, couldn't make the mortgage and afford repairs just because they allegedly weren't receiving rent for a few months from a single apartment? If they had a typical mortgage and were receiving typical rents for this area, they had a highly profitable situation. We need severe legal and financial consequences for landlords like this.
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