BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
Correction ROCKINGHAM-A story on a proposed municipal merger between Rockingham and Bellows Falls [The Commons, June 10] incorrectly stated that no Rockingham residents had served as Town Manager. Jim Mullen, who served as Town Manager before current Interim Manager Francis “Dutch” Walsh, is a Rockingham resident. Also, the Merger Committee headed by Thom MacPhee first met in June 2009, with its final report released in November 2009.
Whitingham Free Public Library welcomes Celtic musician Jeff Snow, who returns on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. for some holiday cheer and Celtic Christmas music. Snow, a talented multi-instrumentalist, shares the music - and the stories behind the music - of Scotland, Ireland, and England. In concert, he plays the guitar, autoharp, and bouzouki. Growing up in a home where old Scottish folk songs were the everyday sounds, Snow says he developed an early love for Celtic music. “Much...
Vermont Theatre Company thanks the greater Brattleboro community for its support of our most recent production, The Servant of Two Masters, by Carlo Goldoni, translated and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi. It was performed at The Retreat Farm, which was a wonderful venue, and we are extremely grateful to them for providing us with this space, and making us so welcome. Special thanks go to the cast and crew, who gave so much of their time to...
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