Shayna Seymour makes a visit to Southern Vermont’s “flower child” - the funky town of Brattleboro. Speaking of flowers, one local business owner loves Brattleboro so much he plants more than 200 ...

Mary Lacy and Corrine Yonce (left to right) piece together a wall-size mosaic in downtown Brattleboro’s Pliny Park. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — Talk to longtime locals who’ve ...

BRATTLEBORO — When Greg Lesch found out Sam's Outdoor Outfitters would be closing its Main Street store, he had the same reaction as many other community members. "This huge store downtown, almost a ...

“I never envisioned this when I started,” said volunteer green thumb Dick DeGray, who’s about to retire from cultivating nearly 200 Main Street planters amid a contrasting rise in property crime and ...

BRATTLEBORO — An organization tasked with promoting the vitality of downtown is finding success with events, collaborative efforts and social media. "I am really happy to report that our year-to-date ...

BRATTLEBORO — A Main Street merchant warned the Brattleboro Select Board Tuesday night that her sales have dropped "significantly" and the downtown economy is in crisis, and she blamed it on a number ...

BRATTLEBORO — Downtown projects aimed at improving accessibility and safety are moving forward. Robin Scudder of Brattleboro, who has mobility issues, asked the town to consider creating a handicapped ...

BRATTLEBORO — Next week, a new walkway and bridge under construction in downtown Brattleboro will be dedicated to a local soldier killed last year in Iraq Pfc. Kyle Gilbert, a 2001 Brattleboro Union ...

Robert Frost’s “nothing gold can stay” maxim rings especially true this season as fall’s fleeting gold, orange and red foliage peaks in the poet’s home states of Vermont and neighboring New Hampshire.

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Town officials in Brattleboro have unveiled a list of five areas they will focus on in the coming years, with economic ...