Brattleboro News

While many area businesses are experiencing a downturn due to consumers having to spend more and more money on filling the gas tanks of their cars, bicycle shops are seeing an increase in people buying new ...

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During their almost 200 years together, the Centre Congregational Church and the greater community of Brattleboro have enjoyed quite a close relationship.

A former Captain of the Windham County Sheriff's Department was arraigned Thursday in connection with an inappropriate relationship she allegedly had with a high school student.

An ordinance allowing the Brattleboro Fire Department to bill for some services went into effect Monday.

Williston Street is scheduled for partial reconstruction beginning Wednesday by the Brattleboro Department of Public Works.

The state took its fight against invasive species in Vermont's waterways to the front line this weekend.

The Selectboard voted Tuesday night to increase BeeLine bus fares from 75 cents to $1. It also approved an increase in the cost of pre-paid bus tokens, from 60 to 75 cents.

As you know, I have many opinions, and often strong ones. However, one of my favorite things is discussion.

Subaru winner Laura D Angelo is shown receiving the keys to her new 2009 Subaru Forester.

The Department of Children and Families reports that the number of cases where children have been abused has gone down in recent years.

A former Windham County Sheriff's Department official has been charged with taking a 17-year-old student on a secret trip to Florida.

Cheese lovers were on hand in Brattleboro, Vt., for the grand opening of a new cheese factory and retail store.

The Brattleboro select board has agreed to let the BeeLine bus service raise the price of a ticket by a quarter-- from 75 cents to $1. The money is to offset rising diesel costs.

Child abuse can be a sensitive topic, but Vermont officials say the best way to make a difference is by opening up communication, with adults and children alike, before it becomes a problem.

A Windham District Court judge ruled Thursday that a Brattleboro man will be held without bail for first-degree aggravated domestic assault after a weight of the evidence hearing last week.

A key Vermont Legislature panel will meet eight times this summer and fall to weigh proposals for cracking down on sex crimes against children.

After hearing from dozens of residents at its meetings, on the street and via e-mail and phone calls, the Selectboard voted 3 to 2 to not place any more emergency sirens in Brattleboro at this time.

It was more than a little disheartening to read of yet another fatal highway crash in our area.

BRATTLEBORO - Folk singer Pete Seeger is coming to the aid of New England farmers.