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...
Entergy Corporation's board of directors voted Monday to approve the refueling of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The refueling, which will cost $92 million, including labor, maintenance, and fuel, is set to begin in October. A third of the fuel rods, or about 116 assemblies, must be replaced every 18 months. Spent fuel rods are stored at the plant. The refueling this fall will be conducted during a planned outage, and about 1,000 additional workers will be brought in from...
BRATTLEBORO-Sunday, April 28, marks the final performance by the Blanche Moyse Chorale. The 4 p.m. concert at the Brattleboro Music Center will include two works by J. S. Bach: the motet "Jesu, meine Freude" and Cantata BWV 23 ("Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn"), as well as "Musikalische Exequien" by Heinrich Schütz. The Chorale will be led by conductor Mark Nelson. This will be the last performance of this group of singers as the Blanche Moyse Chorale, and it will...
The Vermont Agency of Transportation is planning to take down the pair of beautiful steel Interstate 91 bridges over the West River in Brattleboro and replace them with an ugly concrete bridge. State officials say there is very little time for public discussion about this plan because the federal government has set a strict deadline for funding the project. People should look at the drawings of the agency's proposed bridge (the drawings are available by calling Gov. Peter Shumlin's office),
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.