Valley News Feed https://www.vnews.com/SpecialPages/RSS?feed=News RSS Feed for most recent Valley News articles en Lebanon school officials, police to review response to lockdown https://www.vnews.com/Lebanon-schools-respond-to-parent-with-guns-incident-54424966 LEBANON — Students remained in their classroom, activities room, auditorium and even locker room while police detained a 39-year-old man outside Lebanon High School and Hanover Street School on Friday afternoon.The incident, in which police... By JOHN LIPPMAN / Valley News Staff Writer Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:01:50 -0400 News Lebanon NH facebook Lebanon School District https://www.vnews.com/Lebanon-schools-respond-to-parent-with-guns-incident-54424966 Upper Valley voters go different ways on short-term rentals https://www.vnews.com/Residents-vote-on-short-term-rental-ordinances-54407436 ENFIELD — Upper Valley voters were divided on short-term rental ordinances during New Hampshire Town Meeting voting.During floor meetings Saturday, Enfield and Haverhill residents turned back short-term rental ordinances.Haverhill residents... By LIZ SAUCHELLI / Valley News Staff Writer Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:30:11 -0400 News Sunapee NH Haverhill NH facebook Enfield NH Springfield NH Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Residents-vote-on-short-term-rental-ordinances-54407436 Vermont House passes ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products and substitutes https://www.vnews.com/Vermont-House-passes-ban-on-the-sale-of-flavored-tobacco-products-and-substitutes-54428597 The Vermont House passed a ban on the sale of flavored nicotine products and tobacco substitutes Friday morning, a key hurdle before the legislation goes to the governor’s desk. The passage of S.18, after hours of floor discussion Thursday afternoon,... By PETER D’AURIA / VTDigger Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:00:44 -0400 News https://www.vnews.com/Vermont-House-passes-ban-on-the-sale-of-flavored-tobacco-products-and-substitutes-54428597 Mascoma High students build sugar house https://www.vnews.com/mascoma-student-sugarhouse-project-54430702 CANAAN — Senior Thomas Clifford and two of his Mascoma High classmates, Seth Peters and Aidan Smith, have built a timber frame sugar house with support from technician Koby Van Beest and school resource officer Matt Bunten as part of an Extended... Staff report Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:41:56 -0400 News facebook Mascoma High https://www.vnews.com/mascoma-student-sugarhouse-project-54430702 Plainfield voters pass school budget, approve exploring Cornish school collaboration https://www.vnews.com/Plainfield-Town-Meeting-results-54347688 PLAINFIELD — At the annual school meeting on Saturday, voters reduced a proposed amount for a capital reserve fund from $75,000 to $10,000.They approved all other articles as warned, including an $8.5 million operating budget, 177-58, Superintendent... Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:38:00 -0400 News Plainfield NH facebook Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Plainfield-Town-Meeting-results-54347688 Springfield voters pass spending articles https://www.vnews.com/Springfield-Town-Meeting-floor-results-54347779 SPRINGFIELD, N.H. — Voters approved all warrant articles unanimously at Saturday’s floor meeting.Among the items voters approved was an operating budget of $1.85 million; a separate article for $59,000, to come from the Unreserved Fund Balance, to... Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:26:05 -0400 News facebook Springfield NH Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Springfield-Town-Meeting-floor-results-54347779 Voters approve Dorchester budget, elect officers https://www.vnews.com/Dorchester-Town-Meeting-floor-results-54346272 DORCHESTER — At Town Meeting on Saturday, voters approved a $659,000 operating budget. They also supported an appropriation of $18,070 for a town-wide property reevaluation, with $17,000 to come from a reserve fund for the purpose.In ballot voting... Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:19:58 -0400 News facebook Dorchester NH Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Dorchester-Town-Meeting-floor-results-54346272 Cornish voters pass town spending articles https://www.vnews.com/Cornish-Town-Meeting-floor-results-54346184 CORNISH — Voters approved all articles during Saturday’s floor meeting.Among the items they approved was a proposed highway budget of $817,000 and a proposed general fund of $675,000. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:13:41 -0400 News facebook Cornish NH Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Cornish-Town-Meeting-floor-results-54346184 Fentanyl found on Haverhill middle school campus https://www.vnews.com/Fentanyl-found-at-Haverhill-middle-school-54425329 HAVERHILL — Police recovered fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, from the Haverhill Cooperative Middle School campus late last week. On Thursday, officers from the Haverhill Police Department were dispatched to the school grounds after a clear bag filled... Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:04:34 -0400 News Haverhill NH facebook https://www.vnews.com/Fentanyl-found-at-Haverhill-middle-school-54425329 Hearing about Wilder Dam relicensing set for March 18 at 5:30 p.m. https://www.vnews.com/Public-meeting-tonight-regarding-Wilder-Dam-relicensing-54429103 HARTFORD — A public meeting hosted by the Town of Hartford is set for 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 18, to discuss the implications of the relicensing of the Wilder Dam.On Feb. 22, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the application... Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:52:42 -0400 News Hartford VT facebook https://www.vnews.com/Public-meeting-tonight-regarding-Wilder-Dam-relicensing-54429103 Haverhill voters support school bonds https://www.vnews.com/Haverhill-school-meeting-results-54425287 HAVERHILL — Voters passed all warned articles at the annual Haverhill Cooperative School District meeting.By ballot, voters approved a $2.29 million bond for renovations at the Woodsville Elementary School, 112-18, and to raise $57,230 from taxation... Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:24:52 -0400 News Haverhill NH facebook Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Haverhill-school-meeting-results-54425287 Enfield keeps floor meeting, approves budget increase https://www.vnews.com/Enfield-Town-Meeting-2024-54344916 ENFIELD — For the second time in three years, residents narrowly defeated an effort to switch from a traditional floor meeting to ballot voting.The vote — which needed to be approved by 60%, or three-fifths, of voters present — failed by 13 votes,... By LIZ SAUCHELLI / Valley News Staff Writer Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:51:33 -0400 News facebook Enfield NH https://www.vnews.com/Enfield-Town-Meeting-2024-54344916 Haverhill voters fail to reach threshold to change town meeting format https://www.vnews.com/Haverhill-town-and-school-meeting-floor-results-54346676 HAVERHILL — Voters in Haverhill rejected a proposal on Saturday that would have gotten rid of traditional Town Meeting in favor of so-called SB2 balloting.Under SB2 — short for New Hampshire Senate Bill 2, passed in 1995 — towns vote on all warrant... By FRANCES MIZE / Valley News Staff Writer Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:45:17 -0400 News Haverhill NH facebook Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Haverhill-town-and-school-meeting-floor-results-54346676 Croydon cuts money for school improvements, increases road budget https://www.vnews.com/Croydon-town-and-school-meeting-results-54329119 CROYDON — In town and school meetings on Saturday, voters approved all warrant articles, but cut an appropriation of $100,000 for a capital reserve fund for school improvements to $5,000.The reduced amount passed after more than an hour of debate in... By PATRICK O’GRADY / Valley News Correspondent Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:43:48 -0400 News facebook Croydon NH Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Croydon-town-and-school-meeting-results-54329119 Rescuers pull body of missing Lebanon woman from Connecticut River https://www.vnews.com/lebanon-woman-is-missing-54418294 LEBANON — Rescuers pulled the body of a missing Lebanon woman from the Connecticut River on Sunday afternoon, after authorities had issued an alert asking for assistance finding her earlier in the day. At approximately 1:30 p.m., a fisherman told... Staff report Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:02:23 -0400 News facebook https://www.vnews.com/lebanon-woman-is-missing-54418294 Lebanon plans to put temporary fire station near middle school https://www.vnews.com/Lebanon-Planning-Board-to-review-city-plan-for-temporary-fire-station-54328062 LEBANON — The city’s downtown fire station will be packing up and moving — temporarily — during the construction of a new building to replace its aging facility on South Park Street.On Monday, the Planning Board will hear a plan from the Fire... By PATRICK ADRIAN / Valley News Staff Writer Sat, 16 Mar 2024 18:00:10 -0400 News Lebanon NH facebook Planning Board fire station https://www.vnews.com/Lebanon-Planning-Board-to-review-city-plan-for-temporary-fire-station-54328062 Former Valley News publisher challenged newsroom to seek continuous improvement https://www.vnews.com/Publisher-John-Kuhns-led-the-Valley-News-through-a-golden-age-54327009 John Kuhns arrived at the Valley News at a big moment for the small, busy newspaper.His predecessor as publisher, Willmott “Bin” Lewis, announced in January 1993 that he would step down that spring with Kuhns to replace him. Just before Kuhns started,... By ALEX HANSON / Valley News Staff Writer Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:01:51 -0400 News Journalism facebook Valley News John Kuhns https://www.vnews.com/Publisher-John-Kuhns-led-the-Valley-News-through-a-golden-age-54327009 Vermont shelves Newbury juvenile facility plan https://www.vnews.com/Vermont-DCF-scraps-plan-to-secure-juvenile-facility-in-Newbury-54404689 NEWBURY, Vt. — In a sharp reversal, the state of Vermont has backed off a contentious plan to open a locked juvenile facility in Newbury, as a state commissioner says he is seeking a “fresh start” with the town that bitterly opposed the... By JOHN LIPPMAN / Valley News Staff Writer Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:31:34 -0400 News facebook https://www.vnews.com/Vermont-DCF-scraps-plan-to-secure-juvenile-facility-in-Newbury-54404689 DH nurses make another attempt at unionization https://www.vnews.com/Dartmouth-Health-nurses-move-toward-unionization-54362441 LEBANON — As staffing shortages and extended wait times continue to hamper operations at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, nurses are attempting to unionize.Last weekend, pro-union fliers were distributed around DHMC, the flagship academic medical... By FRANCES MIZE / Valley News Staff Writer Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:47:55 -0400 News Lebanon NH facebook Health Care Dartmouth Health https://www.vnews.com/Dartmouth-Health-nurses-move-toward-unionization-54362441 Kenyon: The fight for control of the Windsor County GOP https://www.vnews.com/Kenyon-Who-s-in-charge-of-Windsor-County-GOP-54380334 A gang of gung-ho Republican election deniers got their day in Vermont Superior Court last week. But it wasn’t the outcome of the 2020 presidential election that has these Windsor County partisans in a tizzy.They’re riled up about the Windsor County... By JIM KENYON / Valley News Columnist Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:17:27 -0400 News Jim Kenyon facebook Windsor County https://www.vnews.com/Kenyon-Who-s-in-charge-of-Windsor-County-GOP-54380334 Man faces misdemeanor charges after standoff in front of schools https://www.vnews.com/Lebanon-High-School-and-Hanover-Street-School-on-lockdown-54407947 LEBANON — A two-hour lockdown at Lebanon High School and Hanover Street School ended a little before 4:30 p.m. on Friday when police detained a man with four loaded weapons in his pickup truck parked in front of the schools.The 39-year-old Vershire... By FRANCES MIZE / Valley News Staff Writer Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:08:10 -0400 News education Lebanon NH Lebanon High School Hanover Street School facebook https://www.vnews.com/Lebanon-High-School-and-Hanover-Street-School-on-lockdown-54407947 As lawmakers eye statewide housing solutions, local control remains a barrier https://www.vnews.com/As-lawmakers-eye-statewide-housing-solutions-local-control-remains-a-barrier-54375926 The goal behind the bill is bold: Allow any property owner to build residential housing units in a commercial zone — whether the zone allows for it already or not.Proponents of the legislation, House Bill 1053, argue it is a way to fast-track the... By ETHAN DEWITT / New Hampshire Bulletin Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:14:26 -0400 News https://www.vnews.com/As-lawmakers-eye-statewide-housing-solutions-local-control-remains-a-barrier-54375926 Hartford cuts teachers as part of $2.1 million budget reduction https://www.vnews.com/Hartford-Revises-School-Budget-Sete-Voting-Date-54367638 HARTFORD — The School Board approved a revised budget Wednesday that would cut 22 teaching and support staff positions to the disappointment of the teachers union.Superintendent Tom DeBalsi noted that 16 of the positions are currently vacant due to... By CHRISTINA DOLAN / Valley News Staff Writer Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:33:33 -0400 News hartford facebook school budget Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Hartford-Revises-School-Budget-Sete-Voting-Date-54367638 Abutters oppose scale of proposed 300-unit Enfield housing project https://www.vnews.com/Enfield-considers-300-unit-housing-proposal-54344752 ENFIELD — Residents are pushing back against a proposal for roughly 300 units of housing off Route 4 and Maple Street.Representatives for the developers came before the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment Tuesday night to ask for two variances for the... By LIZ SAUCHELLI / Valley News Staff Writer Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:30:10 -0400 News facebook Enfield NH https://www.vnews.com/Enfield-considers-300-unit-housing-proposal-54344752 Orange road agent will remain elected position https://www.vnews.com/Orange-Town-Meeting-floor-results-54348011 ORANGE — In Town Meeting voting this week, voters rejected an article to discontinue the election of a town road agent and instead allow the Selectboard to hire a non-resident contractor.They approved a general fund budget of $339,000, with an... Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:28:19 -0400 News facebook Orange NH Town Meeting 2024 https://www.vnews.com/Orange-Town-Meeting-floor-results-54348011