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By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Royalton Village — Town officials are scrambling to respond to complaints that a municipal bridge is dripping creosote into the White River, causing painful chemical burns to some people who recently were floating down the river in inner tubes.The...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

South Royalton — During the two years Sisyphus Bradford has been enrolled in Vermont Law School, she has aired and otherwise pursued a variety of concerns and grievances about the South Royalton institution, ranging from how it has handled its tight...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Quechee — Lake Pinneo, the manmade body of water owned by the Quechee Lakes Landowners Association, is not expected to open its beaches to the general public anytime soon.The continuing denial of public access — which dates to 2015 — could be all the...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Windsor — There were evacuations and closures in Upper Valley communities including Newport, Windsor and Cornish on Saturday in response to flooding associated with a January thaw that began with Friday night’s rainfall.Emergency dispatchers used...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Every metal detector owner in the Northeast has heard about the Silver Madonna, a lost artifact some think could be buried in the Upper Valley, says George Streeter.Streeter is 75, the kind of guy whose proud Yankee accent comes on strong when he...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Hartford Christian Camp Eyed for Historic Designation- White River Junction — Just across the street from a gas station on a busy stretch of Route 5 along Tafts Flat, a largely unnoticed narrow strip of cracked blacktop descends a steep slope to a shelf of land above the Connecticut River, where a cluster...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Yes, Major Quakes Can Happen Here- Lebanon — It could happen off the shore of Cape Ann, Mass., as it did in 1755, and damage hundreds of buildings.It could happen in Charlevoix, Canada, as it did in 1663, and cause economic losses of $220 million.It could even happen in a populated...