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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 ...

Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration of former Governor Jim Douglas. This piece is adapted from a post on his blog, "What Ceres Might ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

-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 ...

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 ...

DUMMERSTON-The Landmark Trust USA (LTUSA) is kicking off the rehabilitation of the former horse stable at author Rudyard Kipling's Naulakha, which will be adapted for use as an overnight vacation ...

The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in Vermont and New Hampshire. PUTNEY-As Quakers, we seek to abolish all wars and the causes of wars. We ...