Brattleboro News

"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.

On July 20, an altercation at the Brattleboro Retreat resulted in four staffers being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital before being released.

After what has been a very long wait for drivers who have to travel over Route 9 every day, the town is finally ready to begin paving the pot-holed roadway.

Despite Sen. John McCain's belief to the contrary, the situation in Iraq has become increasingly twisted and convoluted.

You'd think that in the 21st Century, we could do things better than we did in the 1930's.

At the meeting of Blazing Star Lodge in Townshend on June 5 members of the District 8 Past Masters Association that include Brattleboro Lodge, Blazing Star Lodge, Mt.

Over the past few months, decisions that appeared to be set in stone in Brattleboro turned out to be written in the sand.

The New England Center for Circus Arts is proud to present the innovative, contemporary circus troupe FAQ with their show "We Don't Need Another Hero" on Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. at the Austine School Gym.

Activities for the week of July 28 at the Brattleboro Senior Center at 207 Main St. in Brattleboro are as follows: The annual trip to the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine is scheduled for Aug. 7 and 8 for $309 double and $369 single.

The New England Center for Circus Arts is proud to present the innovative, contemporary circus troupe FAQ with their show "We Don't Need Another Hero" on Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. at the Austine School Gym.

The club celebrated its 100-year anniversary on July 1, 2014, and over that time, tough Vermont winters, waning interest in golf, an ambitious expansion plan and expensive maintenance costs have all forced the club to work its way out of more than one financial sand trap.

When Commonwealth Dairy set up shop in Brattleboro and started producing yogurt, one of the promises it made was to return 5 percent of its net profits to its dairy farm partners.

Renaissance artist Piero di Cosimo's career in painting will be examined next year in a major exhibition planned for Washington and Florence, Italy.

Music fans and the world at-large were reminded Wednesday that Justin Bieber is a singer -- and not just a maturity-challenged rich kid who loves eggs and court appearances.

A federal judge has listened to arguments challenging a 15-tubine wind project authorized in the Green Mountain National Forest.

Tests conducted last week by the Southeastern Vermont Watershed Alliance indicated there are 15 local bodies of water unfit for swimming due to their Escherichia coli levels, though this could be attributed to heavy rainfall.

Ever since the rains from Tropical Storm Irene flooded the Whetstone Brook in August 2011, forcing the emergency evacuation of Melrose Terrace, the Brattleboro Housing Authority has been looking forward to life after Melrose.

A Police-Fire Facility Building Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday has been canceled to give the project manager and architect more time to refine their plans for a combined police and fire facility at the site of Central Fire Station on Elliot Street.

Despite Sen. John McCain's belief to the contrary, the situation in Iraq has become increasingly twisted and convoluted.

The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company continues its summer of quality theatre with the eagerly anticipated production of the legendary Broadway show A Chorus Line.