BELLOWS FALLS-Founded in 1995, Parks Place Community Resource Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary still focused on its original mission - "to create opportunities by connecting people and resources in the Greater Falls area." The nonprofit is marking its 30th anniversary with a celebration at its 44 School St. location at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 7. The event will include pizza, birthday cake, games, and music, with special guests Troy Wunderle and Wade Garrett, a.k.a. DJ Wade the Great.
MANCHESTER-The Vermont-based fly-fishing company Orvis is now facing pressures "at a pace that we haven't faced in our 170-year career," company president Simon Perkins said at a May 28 roundtable on tariffs hosted by U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont. At Orvis's flagship rod shop and factory, Perkins said the Trump administration's shifting policies have not given businesses enough time to adapt their sourcing and manufacturing models to absorb the shock of tariffs. "It's really hard for a business to respond...
BRATTLEBORO-Representative Town Meeting members met in a special session on May 27 and approved a fiscal year 2026 budget of $24,971,305. Approval came on a roll call vote of 110–4 near the end of a two-hour meeting in the Brattleboro Union High School gymnasium, the site of the annual Representative Town Meeting on March 22 which rejected the first version of the FY26 budget, 76–57, and sent it back to the Selectboard. The newly reconstituted board, with three new members,
BRATTLEBORO-Great-great-grandmother Shirley Squires is also a great, great fundraiser. The 94-year-old Guilford resident arrived at the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont charity walk on May 31 with four generations of family, including the newest member born just two weeks ago. Though rain forced organizers to cancel the annual outdoor stroll, Squires still shined, raising $22,291 in contributions this year to reach a lifetime fundraising milestone of $500,298. "Your unwavering commitment is nothing short of extraordinary," U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont,
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is seeking $4 million in expense reductions and new revenue in the next four months to balance its $119 million annual budget. "Like rural hospitals here in Vermont and across the nation, BMH faces significant financial challenges that have been imposed on us in large measure by both the state and federal governments," President Christopher Dougherty wrote to the hospital's 150 community corporators in an email over the Memorial Day weekend. The hospital is exploring 40 "strategies"
BRATTLEBORO-For 25 years, Westgate Housing in West Brattleboro has been a rare example of resident-controlled affordable housing, where tenants are not just residents but active decision-makers. On May 13, the community celebrated this anniversary by dedicating its community center to Julie Maloof, a beloved board president and community activist who transformed the community through her leadership and compassion. Maloof died on Jan. 1. The dedication ceremony honored Julie's remarkable contributions, with speakers highlighting her profound impact on the lives of...
