WEST BRATTLEBORO-California-based, activist singer-songwriting duo Emma's Revolution will perform a benefit concert Saturday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 29 South St ...

GUILFORD-The town of Guilford recently announced the publication of the Guilford Guide, a comprehensive new resource designed to connect residents and newcomers with the Guilford community. The ...

NEWFANE - For those who live or work in Newfane, there's a Town Plan survey at bit.ly/833-survey. It's also available at newfanevt.com/newfane-planning-commission ...

Fran Lynggaard Hansen, a Brattleboro native with deep connections to local history and to people everywhere, is a longtime Commons reporter and columnist. SPRINGFIELD-I grew up on Marlboro Avenue in ...

The writer represents the Windham-4 district (Putney and Dummerston) in the Vermont House of Representatives. PUTNEY-It can be easy to get discouraged these days when we see and hear things that we ...

WATERBURY-The Department for Children and Families (DCF) is making federally required changes to 3SquaresVT, Vermont's name for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Each year, benefit ...

BRATTLEBORO-On the way to a meeting, I encountered a 90-year-old retired businessman. We talked about shoes, and he talked about the past and what he hoped to do today. I winced when the conversation ...

Disclosure: Michael Bosworth is the treasurer of the board of directors of Vermont Independent Media, the nonprofit organization that publishes The Commons. I was immediately drawn into Roberts' "The ...

GUILFORD-Young people ages 13–18 in the greater Brattleboro area are invited to attend an information session on joining a multicultural interfaith youth group. The meeting will be from noon to 2:30 p ...

Editor's note: As we go to press with this issue, drivers have returned to work. Story, A1. BRATTLEBORO-Here's some important context to keep in mind with regard to the school bus debacle. Last year ...

BRATTLEBORO-Bus drivers and monitors for Windham Southeast Supervisory Union schools are picketing in Brattleboro as tense negotiations continue with their private employer. The student transportation ...