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By BEN HOOKE
SOUTH ROYALTON — Rivendell Academy baseball coach Eric Reichert has been coming to the diamond in South Royalton for close to 40 years since his early days coaching summer ball in the 1980s.The nine-year wait his Rivendell team had to beat White River...
By BEN HOOKE
HANOVER — At the stadium that will be named in his honor this fall, family, friends and colleagues of late Dartmouth College football coach Eugene F. “Buddy” Teevens gathered Saturday for an emotional celebration of life.The event highlighted the...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
NORTH POMFRET — When landscapers came to cut the grass for Lysle and Elaine Chase, Elaine saw it as another opportunity to do what she had done so often in her life: Share with others.“My mother was an amazing baker, and when my father could no longer...
By NICOLA SMITH
MONTPELIER — At the end of the legislative session last week in the Vermont Statehouse, Dick McCormack listened, eyes closed, as a resolution commemorating both his retirement and “profound seriousness of purpose” was read into the record. Standing by...
By BEN HOOKE
WINDSOR — When asked what went well for his team in their 27-5 thrashing of the Windsor Yellowjackets, Woodstock baseball coach Jason Tarleton kept his answer simple: hitting.The Wasps jumped all over the outmatched Jacks, sending 57 batters to the...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CHARLESTOWN — State officials and area residents remain at odds over plans to fix the nearly 100-year-old Cheshire Bridge, which spans the Connecticut River between Charlestown and Springfield, Vt.The New Hampshire Department of Transportation had...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — Atta Ullah thought he was solving a problem for himself and the city earlier this spring when he paid $22,000 to demolish a vacant farmhouse on Washington Street that had become a dilapidated hazard.Instead, Ullah appears to have created a...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
NEWPORT — In the only contested race on the annual Town Meeting ballot, two former Selectboard members and the owner of a local business are challenging the incumbent for a three-year term on the Selectboard in Tuesday’s election.Also on the ballot is...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — City Manager Yoshi Manale is proposing a $19.6 million operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.The proposal represents an increase of $100,000 or about a half of one percent over the current year. Costs for road maintenance...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — The ticket sales at a recent midweek matinee at Claremont Cinema 6 provided an indication why the theater is closing at the end of the month.The theater had five showtimes with seating of 150 to 225 for each and starting times between 4...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
NORTH HAVERHILL — Richard “Dick” Fabrizio cherished, and often reread, a letter he received about 35 years ago one March from a family that was returning from a vacation in the White Mountains the previous fall. They were looking for a place to pick...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — In identical 5-3 votes Wednesday, the City Council removed Jonathan Stone from two committee appointments based on a recently released report alleging he threatened to murder and rape fellow officers and their family members while working...
By ULLA-BRITT LIBRE
WEATHERSFIELD — An estimated 1,500 people filled the Weathersfield School gym for a funeral for Ascutney Fire Chief Darrin Spaulding on Saturday.Among those attending were Spaulding’s family members, firefighters in uniform, and others wishing to pay...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CORNISH — Homeowners looking to evict an unwelcome animal intruder might find its more than they can handle on their own.That’s why it could be best to call a professional because removing nuisance wildlife requires a lot more expertise and experience...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CORNISH — Liz Gage liked the idea of starting a pet sitting service but never considered it a way to make a living — until she met someone who did.Gage, of Cornish, who was working in health care at the time, then began doing her own research to see...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
TUNBRIDGE — Missy Gilbert’s idea for an animal sanctuary started with a wedding gift from her husband, Steven, of two goats needing a home. Gilbert, a vegetarian, said breeding them did not interest her.“So we decided to go the other way and began...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — City councilors are saying little about a scathing statement read by a local business owner at this week’s City Council meeting demanding the council remove their former colleague, Jon Stone, from two appointed positions he holds with the...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — In a reversal of its decision last month, the City Council voted 8-0 to put a proposed amendment to the city charter on the November 2025 ballot.The amendment seeks to institute a citizen referendum process that would give residents the...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital’s proposal to renovate a four-story building on the hospital campus as housing for visiting nurses and other workers took a step forward this week when the Planning Board granted the hospital a waiver of site plan...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
NEWPORT — Voters at this week’s deliberative session added $1 million to the capital reserve fund for recreation facilities.The added money will not be raised from taxes and instead will come from federal and state funds the town anticipates receiving...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — In defiance of state law, the City Council rejected a motion this week to put a citizen-proposed charter amendment before voters, despite the city clerk informing the council that the law requires it to do so.If approved by voters, the...
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