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 ...

BRATTLEBORO-Center for Solace, formerly known as Brattleboro Area Hospice, has created new support groups specifically for caregivers of individuals with dementia. These groups aim to provide ...

BRATTLEBORO-What happens when you work in social services for 30 years, then retire and start your own social services agency, only to be met by the Trump Administration's attempt to cut Social ...

Marc Bernard Schauber is the executive director of the Coalition for Vermont Student Equity. "Please be in touch with your questions, concerns and suggestions," he writes to potential voters in the ...

BRATTLEBORO-St. Brigid's Kitchen and Pantry on Walnut Street marked 43 years of offering free hot meals to the food insecure when it kicked off its anniversary fundraising appeal on St. Patrick's Day.

BRATTLEBORO-As three newcomers prepare to take seats on the Selectboard, at least one outgoing incumbent isn't surprised. "Any incumbent was going to lose," said Franz Reichsman of the March 4 town ...

Read Issue #804 of the Commons newspaper, published on February 26, 2025. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.

BRATTLEBORO-It was a brutally cold day, just after a snowstorm and very windy under cloudy skies. With sidewalks barely cleared in Brattleboro, one might've wondered why anyone would go to town that ...

BRATTLEBORO-The Annual Town Election takes place for all town voters on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 4, and eight candidates are competing for three seats on the Selectboard. The following ...

WESTMINSTER-The Windmill Hill Ridgeline Reserve has grown by 96 acres after the Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association (WHPA) acquired and conserved the land with the Vermont Land Trust (VLT). The ...

Read Issue #794 of the Commons newspaper, published on December 11, 2024. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.

WARDSBORO-First, I am not a resident of Brattleboro but a frequent visitor since the mid 1970s, so I have seen many "flavors" of the town over that time period. I am wondering what the big deal is ...