Read Issue #828 of the Commons newspaper, published on August 20, 2025. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.

Read Issue #827 of the Commons newspaper, published on August 13, 2025. Brattleboro's award winning, independent, nonprofit source of news and views.

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 — Issue 827 Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from Brattleboro Union High School in 2024 and will ...

Prospects for a second Amtrak train calling in Brattleboro look slightly better than in past years in light of the upcoming state rail plan, published in draft form in June. The document lists, as a ...

Michelle Simpson is executive director of the Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center. BRATTLEBORO-As wildfires rage, floods rise, and species vanish, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the unraveling ...

FLORENCE, MASS.-I just read with shock and awe, or just plain enthusiasm, a couple of essays/articles about the newly opened Route 119 bridge over the Connecticut River and discussions about the ...

BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Savings & Loan (BS&L) says a recent fraudulent text scam has targeted its customers as well as those of other local banks in the area. According to a BS&L news release, this ...

-It hadn't happened in nearly five decades, but Vermont defeated New Hampshire for the third straight year with a 19-14 victory in the 72nd Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl on Aug. 2 at Vermont State ...

Spoon Agave has served in numerous positions in Brattleboro town government, including on the Selectboard. He is a Representative Town Meeting member from District 8. BRATTLEBORO-I have called ...

In a post-lockdown economy with rising prices, wealth hoarding, and dissipated government support, how can performance spaces - especially in rural regions, far from big cities - get people in the ...

Parking Enforcement Office closed July 30–31, reopen in Municipal Center on Aug. 1 BRATTLEBORO - The Parking Enforcement Office will be temporarily relocating this summer from the Transportation ...