BRATTLEBORO-A great tsunami of pain is coming toward us, and there's no getting out of the way.
Oh, sorry. False alarm. It's already here.
BRATTLEBORO-When local police studied the nearly 29,000 calls they've received in the past three years, they discovered the 20 people most cited for problems accounted for 1,700 - or 6% - of all complaints. That was only the first surprise. Most calls about the top 20 didn't involve criminal behavior, but disorderly conduct, disputes, and disturbances often linked to alcohol and drug use or mental health issues, municipal statistics show. But when authorities identified the offenders to area social service...
BRATTLEBORO-There have been highs, there have been lows, and then there was the Democratic National Convention. "Ebullient" would be the best word to describe Vermont U.S. Rep. Becca Balint going into the event, which was held in Chicago from Aug. 19 to 22 to formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the Democrats' candidates in the November election. "It felt like the roof was being blown off the top of the convention center by the...
BRATTLEBORO-With wars raging in Ukraine and Gaza, plus a very uncertain presidential race in the United States, the Windham World Affairs Council's annual Galbraith Lecture featured a wide-ranging and candid discussion that touched on Afghanistan, Cuba, Ukraine, the Leahy Amendment as it applies to Hamas and Israel, and other hot foreign policy issues. "A Meeting of the Minds: Peter Galbraith and Tim Rieser Discuss What Lies Ahead - U.S. Foreign Policy Today and After the Election" featured two long-time insiders:
NEWS FEATURES BY ELLEN PRATTA helping handCas Clarke's first job with the Brauleboro Food Co-op required him to address shoplifting. The safety and outreach manager note tries to positively change the lives and struggles of people on the street. Housing solutions are few, while the need is greatWith a housing market that is out of reach of practically everybody, three people in the state’s General Assistance Emergency Housing Program look to a future without shelter Taking it to the streetsNew...
ROCKINGHAM-The Rockingham Meeting House has been awarded a National Historic Preservation Grant for $750,000 toward current efforts to preserve the town's first public structure. The funding is one of 19 awarded in nine states by the National Park Service through its Semiquincentennial Grant Program in honor of the nation's 250th anniversary in 2026. The town describes the meeting house as "the largest intact [18th-century] public building remaining in Vermont still in its original material form and in active use." The...
PUTNEY-Putney Community Cares will hold an Open House and Volunteer Appreciation Party on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Laura Heller Community Barn at 54 Kimball Hill. "We want to celebrate not only our amazing volunteers, but also the improvements to our physical space," said Ruby McAdoo, Putney Community Cares coordinator, who described the nonprofit's volunteers and donors as "the backbone of what we do." "Volunteers are the drivers and packers for our Meals on Wheels...
DUMMERSTON-Eleanor Emery will turn 97 years old in October - a fact that she conveys with some pride. "Who knew?" Emery asks, throwing her head back and laughing. Born at the family home in West Guilford in 1927, Emery remains as sharp as a tack. This time of year often stirs two memories. The first is of the one-room District No. 1 schoolhouse, where Emery was a student from 1933 to 1941. "My school years were during the Great Depression.
WESTMINSTER-Harley Sterling, director of the Windham Northeast food program, which runs during the school year from the end of August to the beginning of June and provides breakfast and lunch to students, always aims to "push the limits of what's possible." Sterling, with his team of 12 cooks, do the best from-scratch cooking they can with local ingredients at a time for the six schools in WNESU - elementary schools in Westminster, Bellows Falls, Saxtons River, and Athens; Bellows Falls...
Addie Lentzner was a Vermont delegate at the Democratic National Convention in August. Among many...
WESTMINSTER WEST-I have known Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun for over 20 years as a teacher and...
Karen Walter originally wrote this piece as a letter for her family, and some encouraged...
BRATTLEBORO-Constitution Week, Sept. 17 to 23, commemorates the signing of the Constitution of the United...
PUTNEY-This week, Sandglass Theater presents the 12th edition of the Puppets in the Green Mountains...
NEWFANE-Crowell Art Gallery at Moore Free Library, 23 West St., will present a variety of...
BRATTLEBORO-Join 118 Elliot and their partners at Burlington City Arts and the American Institute for...
BRATTLEBORO-Epsilon Spires will host a fundraiser for New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) to...
-The cross country season began with a meet at Bellows Falls Union High School on...
-Both the Brattleboro Bears and the Bellows Falls Terriers opened their football seasons at home,
-The Brattleboro Boys & Girls Club (BBGC) will host its 15th annual Going the Distance-Bike...
-High school athletes around Vermont began practicing for the upcoming fall season last week. The...