There could be no predicting the consequences of a 13-year-old junior high school student hearing a public address announcement stating that President John F. Kennedy had been shot and killed in ...

BRATTLEBORO-Two attorneys at vastly different points in their careers are vying for the open seat in District 9 vacated by Rep. Tristan Toleno, who will retire at the end of his term after serving for ...

Construction work on a new train station, which will include the first elevated passenger platform in the state, is now set to start in March, says Amtrak Lead Public Relations Specialist Jen Flanagan ...

The former Marlboro College campus, which remains the home of the Marlboro Music Festival in July and August, will soon have students again. Potash Hill (potashhill.org), the nonprofit that purchased ...

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BELLOWS FALLS-In May, a community group will begin unveiling its work on a $37,000 study of the Native rock carvings next to the Vilas Bridge on the Vermont side of the Connecticut River. The Kchi ...

Curtiss Reed Jr., one of the founders of this newspaper, works at the intersection of economic development and inclusion and equity as CEO of CRJ Consulting Group, L3C. BRATTLEBORO-Beyond the current ...

On Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March, citizens across Vermont come together in their communities to discuss the business of their towns. For over 200 years, Town Meeting Day has been an ...

The Governor's Institutes of Vermont (GIV) has just opened applications for the 2025 offerings of their residential summer programs. Vermont ninth, 10th, and 11th grade students are invited to apply.

BRATTLEBORO-As three newcomers prepare to take seats on the Selectboard, at least one outgoing incumbent isn't surprised. "Any incumbent was going to lose," said Franz Reichsman of the March 4 town ...

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 ...