BRATTLEBORO-In honor of Women's Fiction Day 2025, ByWay Books and More, 399 Canal St., hosts Montpelier novelist Roberta Harold on Sunday, June 8, from 2 to 3 p.m. Harold is the author of two ...

BRATTLEBORO-Neighborhood Schoolhouse, 231 Western Ave., announces the return of its kindergarten program for the 2025–26 school year. An independent school since 1980, Neighborhood's nature-based ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST CHESTERFIELD, N.H.-This weekend's opening of 2025's Ten Minute Play Festival (TMPF) at Actors Theatre Playhouse (ATP) in West Chesterfield, New Hampshire, marks the start of the theater company's ...

BRATTLEBORO-The May 27 Special Representative Town Meeting took place after this issue of The Commons went to press. Look for news about the meeting, and the consequences of meeting members' decisions ...

BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is seeking $4 million in expense reductions and new revenue in the next four months to balance its $119 million annual budget. "Like rural hospitals here in ...

BRATTLEBORO-Vermont's non-commercial low-power community radio stations, including WVEW-LP 107.7 FM in Brattleboro, got a big boost from the state Legislature with the inclusion of a one-time $150,000 ...

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 ...

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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 ...