BRATTLEBORO-In honor of Women's Fiction Day 2025, ByWay Books and More, 399 Canal St., hosts Montpelier novelist Roberta Harold on Sunday, June 8, from 2 to 3 p.m. Harold is the author of two ...

BRATTLEBORO-Neighborhood Schoolhouse, 231 Western Ave., announces the return of its kindergarten program for the 2025–26 school year. An independent school since 1980, Neighborhood's nature-based ...

BRATTLEBORO-Selectboard members are proceeding with caution about if and how the town might step up if the Anna Hunt Marsh Bridge is repurposed. "There are risks and liabilities, and we need to be ...

BRATTLEBORO-A recent analysis of responses to Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals deep and widespread dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting (RTM) system.. In Districts ...

DUMMERSTON-Scott Farm and Center for Solace, formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice, are partnering for a Crêpe Night on Wednesday, June 18. Crêpe Nights are family-friendly monthly gatherings, held the ...

WEST CHESTERFIELD, N.H.-This weekend's opening of 2025's Ten Minute Play Festival (TMPF) at Actors Theatre Playhouse (ATP) in West Chesterfield, New Hampshire, marks the start of the theater company's ...

S'mores and stories around the fire at Putney Library PUTNEY - On Thursday, June 5, at 6 p.m. at the Putney Public Library, 55 Main St., join storyteller Trish Roberts to toast marshmallows and make s ...

BRATTLEBORO-The May 27 Special Representative Town Meeting took place after this issue of The Commons went to press. Look for news about the meeting, and the consequences of meeting members' decisions ...

Read Issue #817 of the Commons newspaper, published on May 28, 2025. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.

PUTNEY-Twilight Music and Next Stage Arts Project launch the 22nd Twilight on the Tavern Lawn series of bluegrass, Americana, world, swing, and pop music summer concerts on Sunday, June 1, with ...

BELLOWS FALLS-My name is Dylan Stewart, and I am a senior at Windham Regional Career Center studying business. On May 20, my class and I were able to attend the 2025 Southern Vermont Economy Summit at ...

Taryn Heon is a clinical social worker, social justice/peer advocate, and writer. GUILFORD-As a graduate student in clinical social work, my training included analysis of social welfare policies, ...