Brattleboro News

Not many sounds signal the start of summer better than the crack of a bat on a baseball.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vt-I, invited the Danish Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen to speak about what the United States could learn from Taksoe-Jensen's country, which has universal health care as well as a unique education system.

Vermont State Police have arrested a Connecticut man after they said they found 7 pounds of marijuana in his car during a routine traffic stop.

Who ever is chosen to take over the Robert H. Gibson River Garden next month will not have to repay the state the $150,000 in public money that was used to purchase the property in 1999.

The trail to the Dwight Miller and Sons Orchard starts across the street from Orly Munzing's house on Partridge Road in Dummerston.

When Windham County's state lawmakers returned home Wednesday, they brought along a mix of satisfaction and disappointment about the just-ended 2013 legislative session.

On May 13, Betty Bashaw, of Walpole, N.H., was cited for burglary for assisting Jacob McAllister, 21, of Westminster, commit a burglary at Kenneth Beebee's plumbing and heating business in Westminster on Jan.

Randi Solin of Brattleboro, Vermont cleans her blown glass before the crowds started arriving Friday night at Art on the Square.

"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.

A building on property in Vermont that was once the home of author Rudyard Kipling is now open for people to rent.

A suburban New York man released from a life-without-parole sentence after new DNA tests cast doubt on his conviction for killing his wife in a Vermont condominium almost two decades ago is due to be arraigned again in the killing.

Now that the town has finalized the design for the proposed skatepark at Crowell Lot the Brattleboro Tree Committee is beginning to assess the impact the skatepark will have on the trees in the area.

Today in the United States, unemployment is too high, wages and income are too low, people are struggling to find affordable health care and the wealth and income gap is growing wider.

Readers of this column may be aware that I've been critical of some of our foam-plastic insulation materials.

On May 1, Vermont State Police received a complaint of a burglary from Brookline Road.

Whatever the Brattleboro Selectboard ultimately decides, town taxpayers will be seeing steep increases over the next few years due to the $14.1 million renovations to the police and fire stations.

After receiving a good deal of recognition for winning a silver medal in a national novel competition, Olivia Howe wanted to thank her two best editors for all their hard work.

But the pending closure of Guilford's middle school means the town's sixth- and seventh-graders also won't be back, so officials have arranged for a separate ceremony for those students scheduled for June 17.

As a parent of two grown sons and grandparent of a five-year-old granddaughter, I give a lot of thought this time of year to the roots and wings that we give our children.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is holding public meetings around Vermont to talk about what the United States might learn from Denmark about health care, education and environmental protection.