Brattleboro News

Maple syrup fans, it's time to get excited. Black Bear Sugarworks , a maple syrup farm from Vermont, is setting up shop at 374 5th Avenue, between 5th and 6th Streets.

According to witnesses, a Bellows Falls man who was killed in a crash on Nov. 29 was driving the vehicle while it was not running.

Attention, shoppers: That conglomerate of events we inclusively call "the holidays" is upon us - not to mention the birthdays of any friends or family members who share December with the baby Jesus.

A farm in Dummerston, Vt., that hosts a popular Christmas tree business is up for sale through the Vermont Land Trust.

The group had assembled to voice concerns over a recent amendment to the town's "Improper Use of Public Way and Abatement of Public Nuisances" ordinance.

Statistically speaking, the tuitioning of this town's seventh- and eighth-graders to Brattleboro didn't drastically alter Guilford Central School: There are 116 students now, compared with 134 last June.

On Nov. 27, at approximately 11:55 p.m., the Bellows Falls Police Department arrested Bradley Roth, 53, of Brattleboro, for driving under the influence on Westminster Street.

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

Budget writers in the Vermont House are getting to work more than a month ahead of the official legislative session to prepare a mid-year budget adjustment bill.

"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.

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

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

On Nov. 29 at approximately 2:50 a.m., the Vermont State Police responded to Route 11 near Middletown Road for a report of a single-vehicle accident.

The 77th annual Reformer Christmas Stocking kicked off its campaign on Friday with this year's goal set at $90,000.

The Brattleboro Reformer has many colleagues around the country producing news for our "sister" papers.

While looking over the proposed 2015 budget the Brattleboro School Board has been trying to weigh immediate needs with long-range investments.

THEY FOUND THE BANDANA AND SOME CASH BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL VERMONT STATE POLICE AT 773- 9101 PHONE CALLS MADE BY THE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING AND KILLING A BURLINGTON MAN ON THE WINOOSKI RIVER BRIDGE WILL BE ALLOWED IN COURT.

We enter the season of reflection. The smell of winter is in the air, there's anticipation of first statewide snow and the warmth of the hearth brings family and friends together.

Equally at home on the concert stage or at a folk festival, Grammy-winning Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster is one of the most versatile and exciting young musicians on both the folk and Celtic music scenes.

Over the past 10 years, while leading Latchis Arts and the Latchis Corp., Gail Nunziata has moved the heavens and earth to keep the historic building functional and economically viable.