Brattleboro News

Sunday's Memorial Day Service at First Baptist Church, 190 Main St., in the center of Brattleboro will begin at 10 a.m. with Sunday school at 10:15 a.m. All veterans will be honored in song and word.

The "Keepers of the Faith," sponsored by the Agape Christian Fellowship, will hold its 17th Annual Award Ceremony on Wednesday, May 29.

At the annual meeting of the Vermont Scottish Rite Consistory at the Green Mountain Masonic Center in Williston on April 27, Brian Byrne and Marshall Patton, both members of Brattleboro Lodge No.

Activities and menus for the week of May 27 at the Brattleboro Senior Center at 207 Main St.

Jill F. Johnson of Brattleboro, Vt., received a bachelor's degree from Smith College on May 19.

Connecticut River Transit has reached a deal with the town of Brattleboro to open up an office in the Brattleboro Transportation Center.

The volunteers who run the Brattleboro Outing Club tennis program understand that no one is going to stumble across the courts by accident or stop to watch a match while out walking.

An all-terrain vehicle, a log splitter, a network of maple taps and even a new spot for growing mushrooms are the fruits of a fundraising campaign conducted by Kindle Farm School administrators and students.

Police continue to investigate a Thursday afternoon incident which began with two women allegedly being forced into a car at gunpoint and ended with four people being arrested and charged with kidnapping and burglary.

We've spent much of the winter inside, doors, windows and often blinds closed, playing with the thermostat to find the perfect mix of not-too-cold yet not- too-expensive, shuttling quickly from door to car or woodpile and back.

Heavy rains have caused more flooding problems around our region, and the situation could get worse as the rain continues to fall over the holiday weekend.

The heavy rains have left a lot of people with flooded basements. We want to remind people of potential dangers before tackling that mess.

Like a nagging parent, Ted Coles deals every day with the food scraps left on Vermonters' plates.

They said police in Brattleboro, Vt., originally tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver continued into Hinsdale.

A weekend of fun and education for the whole family, built around the world-famous, agriculturally-themed Strolling of the Heifers Parade, which takes place Saturday, June 8 at 10 a.m. sharp on Brattleboro's historic Main Street.

According to a press release from the Hinsdale Police Department, at about noon, the Brattleboro Police Department attempted to stop the driver of a stolen vehicle, who sped away, crossing the Connecticut River into Hinsdale.

Even though the aid-in-dying bill encouraged more debate in the Statehouse than any other bill in recent history before it finally passed, those conversations will continue in area hospitals before the law is put into effect.

In this Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, Police Chief John Martin demonstrates a Taser in Brattleboro, Vt.

For the last time ever, Peter vanWageningen helped a group of students to a major checkpoint on the road to success.

"Are Artists Special?" was the title of an amusing and insightful talk that the painter Wolf Kahn gave at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center on Saturday.