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-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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

-The regular season for high school sports in Vermont ended on May 31 the way it began in early April - with lots of rain forcing the cancellation of games. It was frequently soggy and cool this ...

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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.

BRATTLEBORO-The "By the People: Brattleboro Goes Fourth" organizing committee seeks parade participants as it prepares to celebrate the town's 52nd Independence Day event on Friday, July 4. The ...

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-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 ...