Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this newspaper, writes that if he didn’t love his country, he “wouldn’t spend so much time trying to get it to live up to ...

GUILFORD-Guilford Center Stage (GCS) enters its second decade with the traditional spring and fall productions at Broad Brook Community Center. The 2026 season opens the first weekend in May with ...

Several area towns will be hosting rabies vaccination clinics for dogs and cats, set up by the Windham County Sheriff’s Office. Owners must provide proof of prior rabies vaccine to receive a ...

When I was a student at Brattleboro Union High School in the 1980s, Robert (Zeke) Hecker did not sexually abuse me. I have come to feel fortunate. On several occasions between 1985 and 2018, local ...

Prospects for a second Amtrak train calling in Brattleboro look slightly better than in past years in light of the upcoming state rail plan, published in draft form in June. The document lists, as a ...

BRATTLEBORO-Much of Windham County depends for its health care services on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH), which has been weathering what already was a financial crisis. And then everything ...

On Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March, citizens across Vermont come together in their communities to discuss the business of their towns. For over 200 years, Town Meeting Day has been an ...

BRATTLEBORO-Plans are moving forward to set up an emergency overnight shelter this winter to fill what organizers say is the need "to offer a warm and welcoming overnight space for adults during the ...

BRATTLEBORO-The state Superior Court has upheld the firing of former Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS) Principal Steven Perrin for misconduct, effectively closing the case. Judge David A. Barra, of ...

PUTNEY-Emma Paris is a creative force. The 19-year-old from Putney has been named Youth Poet Laureate of Vermont. This position was established in 2024 by Sundog Poetry (sundogpoetry.org), a nonprofit ...

NEWFANE - For those who live or work in Newfane, there's a Town Plan survey at bit.ly/833-survey. It's also available at newfanevt.com/newfane-planning-commission ...

MONTPELIER-With spring clearing underway in parts of the state, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is reminding Vermonters to follow a few guidelines for on-premise or backyard ...