DUMMERSTON-Scott Farm and Center for Solace, formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice, are partnering for a Crêpe Night on Wednesday, June 18. Crêpe Nights are family-friendly monthly gatherings, held the ...

PUTNEY-Twilight Music and Next Stage Arts Project continue the 22nd Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of bluegrass, Americana, world, swing, and pop music summer concerts on Sunday, June 15, with The ...

Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer months, in the van she calls her home, since 2021. This post originally appeared on her Substack ...

Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this newspaper, writes that if he didn't love his country, he "wouldn't spend so much time trying to get it to live up to ...

Taryn Heon is a clinical social worker, social justice/peer advocate, and writer. GUILFORD-As a graduate student in clinical social work, my training included analysis of social welfare policies, ...

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BRATTLEBORO-The Legislature usually retires for the year in early May. Yet it is early June, it has not adjourned, and the legislators are at home. What is going on? The roadblock is the education ...

BELLOWS FALLS-The Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce is calling on residents, business owners, and community partners to help shape its direction through a brief community survey. The Chamber is ...

ATHENS-It is fair to say that Richard Evers' rhetorical attack on "a group of local Jews who call themselves the Shalom Alliance" - whose plea for civility somehow offended him - did not age well.

BELLOWS FALLS-Lieutenant General Todd Semonite (retired) has been named the grand marshal for the 2025 Bellows Falls Alumni Parade, scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 15. A proud member of the ...

BRATTLEBORO-Center for Solace, formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice, invites the community to its annual Remembrance Ceremony on Thursday, June 12, from 5 to 6 p.m., at the Memorial Garden in Living ...

BRATTLEBORO-Windham County Prevention Partnership is excited to announce the upcoming Pride Whistlestop event, set to take place on Saturday, June 14, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Brattleboro train ...