Read Issue #823 of the Commons newspaper, published on July 16, 2025. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.

BRATTLEBORO-Rite Aid expects to close or sell off all five of its Vermont locations, including one on Canal Street, as the struggling national pharmacy chain goes through bankruptcy proceedings. In ...

BRATTLEBORO-Much of Windham County depends for its health care services on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH), which has been weathering what already was a financial crisis. And then everything ...

Read Issue #757 of the Commons newspaper, published on March 20, 2024. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.

WESTMINSTER WEST-To Linda Hecker: Yes, apologies are due, but not to you. Apologies are due from you to all of the students and parents of students in your husband's classes at Brattleboro Union High ...

BRATTLEBORO-I must be one of scores, if not hundreds, of readers who were truly shocked to read Linda Hecker's essay about her ordeal of harassment, threats, and the downright cruelty she's endured, ...

BRATTLEBORO-Center for Solace, formerly known as Brattleboro Area Hospice, has created new support groups specifically for caregivers of individuals with dementia. These groups aim to provide ...

PUTNEY — For architect Robert “Bob” Swinburne, the design process starts with collaboration from day one and carries throughout every project. So much so that he's named his practice Bluetime ...

BRATTLEBORO-Since 1910, 196 Main St. has been the location for Brattleboro Lodge of Freemasons. Over time, there have been hundreds of Freemasons who have met there for fellowship, learning, and ...

BRATTLEBORO-For this year's Shakespeare in the Park production, Vermont Theatre Company presents "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare's timeless comedy of lovers, fairies, enchanted beings, and ...