The first issue of The Commons was published in 2006. The newspaper was published monthly until 2010, when it began a weekly schedule, publishing on Wednesdays 51 times a year. Vermont Independent ...

Vermont Independent Media, Inc. (VIM) was established as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization in 2005. VIM's founders envisioned a forum for community participation that would build media skills among ...

Construction work on a new train station, which will include the first elevated passenger platform in the state, is now set to start in March, says Amtrak Lead Public Relations Specialist Jen Flanagan ...

BRATTLEBORO - There's a new tool to help people escape abuse. Available at bit.ly/746-help, it's an online guided interview that helps Vermonters prepare forms to ask for protection from abuse.

BRATTLEBORO-The Annual Town Election takes place for all town voters on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 4, and eight candidates are competing for three seats on the Selectboard. The following ...

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WESTMINSTER-It's not a generally known fact of history unless you happen to be from southeastern Vermont, but a strong case can be made that the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War did not ...

When the Vermont Legislature reconvenes on Jan. 3, state lawmakers, having already served the first year of their two-year terms, will hit the ground running. A lot of legislation from the last ...

BRATTLEBORO-World Learning Inc. is in the first stages of developing a creative answer to the region's housing shortage - a problem that is hitting close to home. In 2018, when its School for ...

BROOKLINE-In Vermont, it seems that every generation is concerned about the future of the working land. And with good reason. The original settlers grew their own food, yet profited from the making ...

A paper mill has operated next to Sacketts Brook in downtown Putney for more than 150 years - a tradition that has come to an abrupt end on Jan. 16 with the sudden closure of Putney Paper Mill by its ...

Southern Vermont's Elnu Abenaki tribe may be the smallest in the state, but it has seen some important changes in recent years. Within the past year or so, the tribe has purchased a new Tribal Center ...