This year, we celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday — its semiquincentennial. On July 4, 1776, delegates from the original 13 colonies officially declared themselves as a new, independent nation ...

BRATTLEBORO-Property taxes are really high in Vermont, anda lot of folks struggle to pay them, either directly or in rising rents. One solution is to shift the cost of government to income taxes, ...

BRATTLEBORO-Town Meeting season has wrapped up, and communities across Windham County continue to demonstrate strong, collective commitment to regional economic development through municipal ...

BRATTLEBORO-The Commons goes to great lengths to a question how the Charter Revision Commission can manage to deal with two apparently contradictory votes that were cast in Brattleboro's last election ...

WILLIAMSVILLE-Bernard (Bernie) Rosow, originally of Williamsville, didn’t choose a path to fame and fortune. The freeriding, freestyling skier, who died of cardiac arrest on April 23 while hiking up ...

BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) representatives say it has reaffirmed its commitment to providing high-quality local maternity care while addressing the financial and workforce ...

NEWFANE — The Historical Society of Windham County will host a special program exploring the long history of the Abenaki people in the region. Professor Robert Goodby of Franklin Pierce University in ...

The Vermont Women’s Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation announced the organization has awarded $411,650 to 46 nonprofit organizations across Vermont this year. Foundation representatives say ...

PUTNEY-Twilight Music and Next Stage Arts Project continue the 23rd Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of folk, world, jazz, zydeco, bluegrass, pop, and Americana music summer concerts Sunday, June 14 ...

BELLOWS FALLS-A multimedia exhibit on how rural communities across the country have creatively responded to economic and social challenges, created by the Smithsonian Institution, had its soft opening ...

RANDOLPH-The Board of Directors of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ was deeply saddened and concerned over recent, widely publicized remarks about gender identity made during a ...

Following a successful opening weekend, Actors Theatre Playhouse announces that its annual 10-Minute Play Festival continues with performances scheduled for the second and third weekends of June.