BRATTLEBORO — Congratulations to you all on a terrific issue. One hundred issues is great cause for celebration. Here's to the next 100!
BRATTLEBORO-Since moving to Brattleboro over a year ago, I have learned that there are so...
BRATTLEBORO-The Anti-Defamation League's 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports a deeply troubling rise in antisemitism...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-U.S. Rep. Becca Balint claims that President Trump "does not give a damn about...
The writer is a Town Meeting member representing District 8. BRATTLEBORO-As part of Brattleboro's FY26...
One-on-one computer coaching returns to Brooks BRATTLEBORO - Through the auspices of e-Vermont and a grant from the Vermont Community Foundation, Brooks Memorial Library is able to offer one-on-one computer coaching with a skilled student intern from Community College of Vermont. These private 45-minute sessions will enable participants to learn basic computer tasks, such as setting up and using an email account, creating a Facebook account, or using a word processing program or other popular software program. The library has...
The mission that Vermont Independent Media set out for itself when it was founded in 2004 was to promote local, independent journalism in Windham County; to create a forum for community participation with its newspaper, The Commons, and its website, commonsnews.org; and to promote civic engagement by building media skills through the Media Mentoring Project (MMP). We feel we've done a good job with the first two parts of the mission. Our award-winning newspaper reaches more than 20,000 people in...
“I like solving problems,” says Vermont businessman Robert Johnson. His latest conundrum is what to do with a white elephant of a church in downtown Brattleboro. Under Johnson's initiative, the First Baptist Church on Main Street is undergoing a major renovation that will transform the site into Epsilon Spires, a center for the arts that will be opening later this year. “With its Estey organ, double balcony, and exemplary acoustics, this historic church building has served the town as a...
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