Amid fraught landscape, school districts react differently to transgender sports ban law

By ETHAN DEWITT

In August, the Kearsarge Regional School Board took up a thorny question: How should it comply with a new law barring transgender girls from middle and high school sports?Earlier that summer, Gov. Chris Sununu had signed the law, House Bill 1205,...

Stewart’s Shops to buy Jolley convenience stores

By CATHERINE HURLEY

Stewart’s Shops has reached an agreement to purchase the tri-state Jolley convenience store chain, Stewart’s announced Monday.The sale, which requires federal regulatory approval, includes the 45 Jolley stores in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire...

Frontier Airlines to bring back Florida flights to Burlington airport

By AUDITI GUHA

Airport officials on Tuesday announced that Frontier Airlines will again offer direct flights between Florida and the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport. Officials also said they plan to break ground within the next two weeks on a...

Killington finalizes sale to group of local investors

By CATHERINE HURLEY

A group of local investors has finalized its purchase of Killington Resort — the largest ski resort in Eastern North America — and neighboring Pico Mountain, the resort announced Monday. The new ownership group plans to invest more than $30 million...

Lebanon nursing home faces penalties for care deficiencies

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — During multiple site visits to Lebanon Center in July and August, U.S. regulators reported finding  21 “deficiencies,” where the nursing home failed to meet federal health and safety standards.The deficiencies include administering...

NH hospitals face shortage of IV fluids, but say patient care is unaffected

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

New Hampshire hospitals are taking steps to conserve IV bags, after flooding from Hurricane Helene knocked out a major manufacturing plant in North Carolina.The Baxter International plant produced around 60% of the nation’s supply of intravenous...

Upper Valley residents reflect on Oct. 7 anniversary

By NICOLA SMITH

Susannah Heschel was at home in Boston when her husband returned from the dog park and told her there had been a wide-scale surprise attack in Israel by Hamas, the Gaza Strip-based militant organization. It was the Sabbath, a Saturday. In shock,...

Parking meters coming to downtown White River Junction

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For the first time since the spring of 1975, parking meters are set to cast shadows over downtown streets after the Hartford Selectboard voted to bring them back, albeit in a more modern form.In a unanimous vote Tuesday night,...

NH ballot includes proposal to raise allowable age for judges

By RICK GREEN

When New Hampshire voters examine the Nov. 5 general election ballot they will see a proposed constitutional amendment that hasn’t generated much public attention.In 2023, the state Legislature overwhelmingly supported having voters decide at the next...

The Vermont History Center’s new gallery opens up its collection for exploration

By CATHERINE HURLEY

When a new interactive storage and gallery space opens at the Vermont History Center, it will be the result of a project decades in the making.The Research and Exhibition Gallery, which opened to the public on Tuesday, brings thousands of items in the...

Enfield mulls new septic rules to protect water quality

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Residents will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed set of septic rules for waterfront properties during a public hearing Monday evening.If enacted by the Selectboard, the rules would require people who live within 250-foot buffer zones...

Bradford village store to close

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BRADFORD, Vt. — Since Marilyn Rainville took over running the Bliss Village Store and Deli in the summer of 2022, she’s watched as four other small businesses along Bradford’s Main Street have, one by one, closed up shop.The cheese store, a boutique,...

Claremont City Council gives city manager 5% raise

CLAREMONT — The City Council voted 9-0 to give City Manager Yoshi Manale a 5% pay increase on Wednesday.The vote came after a performance review, which took place in a non-public session.The $7,000 raise brings Manale's salary to $147,000. He was...

Burlington school board member resigns after being charged with trafficking fentanyl

By COREY MCDONALD

A Burlington school board member resigned this week after he was arrested and charged in Massachusetts with trafficking fentanyl, according to court documents.Rida Kori, 24, was arrested and charged in Holyoke, Massachusetts on Sept. 16 after police...

Two Lebanon providers participate in Medicare pilot project to rethink paying for dementia care

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The five-year journey Ed Mezzanotte and his wife, Lorraine, traveled before she lost her life to Alzheimer’s disease in August was marked by heartache, fear, loss, and tragedy. Lorraine wandered from home in the wee hours and vacillated between...

Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore to be tried on assault charge again

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Two months after a jury failed to reach a verdict over whether Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore committed assault when he kicked a shackled detainee in 2022, the sheriff’s case is back in court this week as prosecutors try, again, to convict...

Hanover seeks to manage deer by bringing together landowners and hunters

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — For several years, Hanover residents have generally agreed that the town has more deer than its habitat can support.On Tuesday night, about 55 hunters and landowners packed the Mayer Room at Howe Library to talk with officials from the New...

The last of the herd in Randolph Center

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

Randolph Center farmer Joe Williams, 74, sent the last of his milking herd to auction on Tuesday. Though no longer milking, he will keep 15 beef cows and continue doing field work at the farm.Williams grew up on a small family farm nearby. After...

Dartmouth graduate student alleges religious discrimination by union

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — Dartmouth College’s graduate student union is the subject of a religious discrimination complaint filed by a graduate student and teaching assistant opposed to the union’s support for pro-Palestinian causes.Benjamin Logsdon, a student in...