Brattleboro News

Marlboro Meeting House on South Road will open for the summer on Sunday, July 5. The Rev.

In the first step in determining what to do with the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, members of Brattleboro's Selectboard and its Department of Public Works met with residents of the neighborhood Thursday night.

Vermont has not sent in its application for to the U.S. Department of Education for its share of stimulus money, and the deadline is Wednesday, July 1. Vermont expects to receive $77 million from the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, but the application was held up due to the budget fight between Governor Douglas and the Legislature.

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns plans to preview his six-part TV series about America's national parks Wednesday in Vermont.

When: Friday through Sunday, June 26-28. Where: River Gallery School, Brattleboro.

In the past few months, the Development Review Board has seen an exponential increase in the number of town residents seeking approval to keep chickens in their backyards.

Now, more than ever, we simply need to be with each other and have a good time. With that in mind, the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce is throwing a Fourth of July Party, and you, and several thousand of your friends and neighbors are invited.

In the wake of a fatal stabbing Monday on Elliot Street, many town residents may be wondering how safe they are in their own neighborhoods.

The state of Vermont and some of its most well-known dairy brands are embarking on a "dairy drive" aimed at helping needy families and struggling dairy farmers.

Yellow Barn Music Festival opens its 40th anniversary season Sunday as its Big Barn concert hall in Putney rocks with the sounds of the Brooklyn-based percussion ensemble, So Percussion, a well known quartet of young men who enjoy hitting things.

Three people were arraigned in Windham District Court Monday in connection with five recent robberies in Brattleboro and Athens.

A lot has changed in the medical profession since Dr. John Bookwalter arrived at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in 1973.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will notify the owners of 26 nuclear plants Friday that they're not saving enough money for dismantling the reactors once they're no longer operating, The Associated Press has learned.

Andrew Sheets, 41, a Brattleboro man who allegedly killed another local man, pleaded not guilty in Windham District Court Tuesday to one count of second-degree murder.

A man who allegedly killed a stranger was jeered Tuesday as a "coward" during a court appearance in which a judge ordered him held without bail.

The man charged with killing another man in downtown Brattleboro is pleading not guilty to a second degree murder charge.

Two Massachusetts towns hope to hang on to their passenger rail service, despite plans to reroute an Amtrak train from their stations, the Brattleboro Reformer reports.

Brattleboro Police said Elliot Street will be blocked from Church Street to the Harmony Lot Monday morning.

One man is dead and another is charged with murder following an early morning stabbing in Brattleboro.

Brattleboro police said a 26-year-old man from Dummerston was stabbed to death Monday following an early-morning fight near the town's parking garage.