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...
The social, economic and political impact of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant remains a source of bitter debate even when - especially when - people with strong views from either side of the divisive issue forecast what happens when the facility will no longer generate electricity. As part of their argument to shut the substation, several organizations such as the New England Coalition, Safe and Green Vermont and other antinuclear groups point to conflicting studies and presumptions that minimize...
On Sunday, Sept. 23, Stage 33 Live, in conjunction with WOOL-FM, presents an afternoon of world-class jazz, including a workshop and concert, with guitarists Draa Hobbs and John Stowell. The event takes place at Stage 33 Live at 33 Bridge St., and ticket sales benefit the venue and the radio station, two nonprofit community arts organizations serving the greater Bellows Falls area. Stowell will lead a workshop at 2:30 p.m. for guitarists seeking to develop their improvisational skills. Topics covered...
BRATTLEBORO-I feel unsafe when I see a white man with a gun. I do not lobby for gun control. I don't want to take away my neighbors' guns, no matter their gender or race. I do not pester the Selectboard to ban guns in town. I think that would be pretty rude of me. But I do feel unsafe when I see a white man with a gun! The sight scares me. My heart rate goes up, and I have...
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