West Brattleboro News

Officials with a local early education center say the recent improvements to their facility have led to greater satisfaction by both students and staff.

As the first major snowstorm of the season barreled toward New England, Windham County prepared for a cold and slippery Wednesday.

Gallery Walk, Brattleboro's monthly first-Friday celebration of the arts, comes back around with 46 listed venues.

The Athens family who received a new home from ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" in September 2007 recently returned the favor by volunteering to assist another family in need.

The town of Brattleboro is appealing a Windham County Superior Court judge's decision to deny its motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by a former town police officer.

For nearly 15 years, successive Selectboards have discussed the necessity of replacing the town's police and fire stations with a new combined facility, perhaps located near Exit 2 of Interstate 91.

Residents didn't have to wait long to stroll amid their favorite farmers and local producers.

In order to help the local winter overflow homeless shelter with meals this winter, the Brattleboro Area Interfaith Clergy Association is organizing a fund to raise money for provisions.

Gallery Walk, Brattleboro's first-Friday celebration of the arts, returns this week with 40 listed venues, most in the downtown area.

People who dump inappropriate items at the town's recycling center on Fairground Road should smile when they do so, because their picture is being taken.

A convicted drug dealer who escaped custody while on furlough in March was apprehended last week by U.S. Marshalls and staff from the state Department of Correction's Brattleboro probation and parole office.

HULA HOOPING IT UP: The Brattleboro Recreation & Parks Department will be offering a hula hooping class on Thursdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Gibson Aiken Center, 207 Main St., in Gymnastics Room.

This Sunday, Oct. 25, is the 21st Sunday after Pentecost at First Congregational Church.

HALLOWEEN PARTY: There will be a Halloween Party at Rockingham Medical Group on Saturday, Oct.

A home in West Brattleboro burned for awhile early Tuesday morning before a passer-by noticed flames and called 911.

They're coming from Russia, and they will charm you with their dancing -- but that's not even the best part.

This Sunday, Oct. 4, is the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost at First Congregational Church.

It was an afternoon of sunshine, local music and food at the Fun in the Field event held on Route 9 next to the Chelsea Royal Diner, Sunday.

This Sunday, All Souls Church in West Brattleboro will launch a series of Sunday services about the world's wisdom traditions.

Each year, roughly 3,000 people die as a result of home fires and burns, and more than 200,000 individuals are seen in the nation's emergency rooms for burn injuries.