Robert F. Smith reports for The Commons on Bellows Falls and surrounding communities. A longtime reporter and editor in the region, he has also worked in frontline health care. BELLOWS FALLS-The ...

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-Join director Bob Thies and Rock Voices, a community rock choir, for an evening of choral music. Rock Voices features the harmonies of Tony Lechner's arrangements sung by a 50-voice choir, ...

ROCKINGHAM-A pair of Stephen Belaski murals, in storage in northern New York for the past 36 years, have been gifted to the town. Belaski, born in New York in 1909, grew up and lived in Bellows Falls ...

BRATTLEBORO-Much of Windham County depends for its health care services on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH), which has been weathering what already was a financial crisis. And then everything ...

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 ...

BRATTLEBORO-The state Superior Court has upheld the firing of former Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS) Principal Steven Perrin for misconduct, effectively closing the case. Judge David A. Barra, of ...

MONTPELIER-With spring clearing underway in parts of the state, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is reminding Vermonters to follow a few guidelines for on-premise or backyard ...

BRATTLEBORO-She started her own restaurant at the age of 20. Today, Linda Alvarez teaches young people how to become entrepreneurs and community leaders themselves. And now, she has been named 2026 ...

BRATTLEBORO-Entrepreneurs Geoffrey Habron and Kate Glynn are putting heart and soul into a sweet offering and help make a difference, locally and globally. The Mermaid Collective will be located in ...

BRATTLEBORO-As Congress devolves in front of our eyes and the federal government appears to be rapidly abandoning working Americans, Windham County's own U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D–Vermont, is fighting ...

BELLOWS FALLS-WOOL-FM 91.5 Black Sheep Radio in Bellows Falls is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and looking to the future with fundraising plans to replace the station's aging transmitter ...