This year, we celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday — its semiquincentennial. On July 4, 1776, delegates from the original 13 colonies officially declared themselves as a new, independent nation ...

BRATTLEBORO-Town Meeting season has wrapped up, and communities across Windham County continue to demonstrate strong, collective commitment to regional economic development through municipal ...

BRATTLEBORO-Property taxes are really high in Vermont, anda lot of folks struggle to pay them, either directly or in rising rents. One solution is to shift the cost of government to income taxes, ...

RANDOLPH-The Board of Directors of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ was deeply saddened and concerned over recent, widely publicized remarks about gender identity made during a ...

BELLOWS FALLS-Four new candidates, two Republicans and two Democrats, are in the running for the two Windham-3 House seats in the Aug. 11 party primaries, as is one of the two incumbent state ...

Following a successful opening weekend, Actors Theatre Playhouse announces that its annual 10-Minute Play Festival continues with performances scheduled for the second and third weekends of June.

BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Independent Media (VIM), the publisher ofThe Commons and The Deerfield Valley News, Brattleboro Community Television (BCTV), and WVEW-LP will collectively welcome Democracy Now!

PUTNEY-Twilight Music and Next Stage Arts Project continue the 23rd Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of folk, world, jazz, zydeco, bluegrass, pop, and Americana music summer concerts Sunday, June 14 ...

BRATTLEBORO-On a bright, cool early May evening, more than 1,000 people gathered both under a tent at Brattleboro’s Retreat Farm and peripherally in lawn chairs to hear a panel of four high-powered ...

WESTMINSTER-Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) is launching its 2026 Impact Report, documenting what they call “a year shaped by organizational adaptation and continued dedication to ...

Michelle Bos-Lun (D-Windham-3), is a third-term Democrat representing Westminster, Rockingham, and Brookline. She is a teacher and has worked in restorative justice. WESTMINSTER-During the summer and ...

ROCKINGHAM-A two-alarm fire last week that had the potential of leaving dozens of vulnerable residents homeless was contained quickly enough to prevent a much more serious disaster. Damage from the ...