BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Independent Media (VIM), publisher of The Commons, has purchased The Deerfield Valley News, a...
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...
BRATTLEBORO-When the Vermont Legislature adjourned on June 16, it had run more than a month...
Program cuts announced on Nov. 14 during union contract negotiations have some Brattleboro Retreat workers concerned that an already rising problem of patients' assaults against staff at the psychiatric hospital could escalate. The Retreat announced last week that 31 of its staff would lose their jobs as the hospital cuts two programs: Therapeutic Activities Services (TAS) and inpatient chemical dependency councilors. The number of teachers in the Meadows Educational Center, the Retreat's private school, will also be reduced. A handful...
At the excellent Brattleboro Safer Streets Forum (May 5), the town manager invited everyone to suggest how the streets could be safer for pedestrians and cyclists, saying that good ideas could be implemented as soon as possible. Then officials responsible told us why not. An experienced crossing guard explained how an infamous intersection endangers schoolchildren and crossing guards. Officials said that engineers have approved it. Some Keene crosswalks double as speed bumps. Officials said not in Brattleboro, because they slow...
BRATTLEBORO-Was that a bobcat prowling in the yard overnight, or just a bunny? Award-winning author Lynn Levine will lead an event at ByWay Books & More, 399 Canal St., on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. While all ages are welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult. Levine will guide the curious through how to identify mammal tracks and patterns in all seasons, and she says the winter snowy season is a great time to start. She...
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