BELLOWS FALLS-Founded in 1995, Parks Place Community Resource Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary still...
MANCHESTER-The Vermont-based fly-fishing company Orvis is now facing pressures "at a pace that we haven't...
BRATTLEBORO-Representative Town Meeting members met in a special session on May 27 and approved a...
BRATTLEBORO-Great-great-grandmother Shirley Squires is also a great, great fundraiser. The 94-year-old Guilford resident arrived at...
For ex-offenders released from prison, their first day breathing free air is one of the best days. It can also be one of the hardest. The Brattleboro Community Justice Center hopes community members will gain insight into the obstacles thwarting ex-offenders' successful reintegration into society at a workshop at American Legion Post 5 on Linden Street. The free Oct. 28 workshop will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., and simulates four weeks in a new parolee's life. Participants visit different...
As the leaves take on a golden and crimson hue, and the nights cool, the trails of Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center become alive with their Forest of Mystery on Oct. 23 and 24. Bonnyvale invites all to become part of their forest of mysteries as a circus troupe lost in time appears to mortals. A hundred years ago “The Ringmaster's Amazing Circus” travelled the world, delighting adult and child alike. Then the mischievous clown Mr. Giggles tricked his fellow performers...
A group of residents at the Brooks House enthusiastically supports the raffle of a tiny house to benefit Hilltop Montessori School and Morningside Shelter. Raffle proceeds will be shared in an 80/20 split. As apartment dwellers, we personally cannot use the tiny house, so we're writing “Morningside Shelter” in the name space on tickets instead of our own names. If one of those tickets wins, it would be a double win for the shelter and our whole community. We have...
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