BRATTLEBORO-In "The Lottery," a suspenseful short story by North Bennington resident Shirley Jackson, all the villagers gather every June, as they always have, participating in a ritual to ensure a ...

With the election now in the books, change is in the air. But how this change might manifest itself is still unknown. Many people in Vermont are voicing concerns about the national election, which ...

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 ...

PUTNEY-I'm wondering why Kamala Harris - right after Donald Trump rose from the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, fist in the air, urging "Fight, fight, fight" - chose to adopt that pugilistic language ...

PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts presents eight-piece band Hazmat Modine, on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill. "Hazmat Modine has been an influence on a generation of ...

PUTNEY-We all cannot believe our eyes, some with dismay and others with deep gratitude: The president has been elected with a mandate from the people. It is a blessing that the election is decided, ...

MARLBORO-The death of Gary Partridge at Southern State Correctional Facility was due to the shameful, and even criminal, culture of neglect by the prison health care provider, Wellpath (which is now ...

PUTNEY-The 2024 election is now in our rearview mirror, and voters have spoken. I thank the voters of Putney and Dummerston in the Windham-4 district for speaking with their overwhelming votes and ...

CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI transcription software. The primary concern here seems less about privacy and more about the ...

Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this newspaper, writes that if he didn't love his country, he "wouldn't spend so much time trying to get it to live up to ...

BRATTLEBORO-On Thursday, Nov. 7, Brattleboro and surrounding villages experienced an internet outage caused by a local fire. Many of us around town rely on the internet to do our jobs (whether we work ...

BRATTLEBORO-This work requires courage. Thank you for re-electing me as your state representative. This work is only possible when we all show up - not only to vote yes, but also to stick around after ...