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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRIDGEWATER — Despite her challenges, Kelly Kangas always wanted to live an ordinary life.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — More than 300 Dartmouth College alumni have signed an open letter urging President Sian Beilock and other school leaders to take a stand against the Trump administration’s “efforts to chill free speech on college campuses.”

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WEST LEBANON — In an effort to alleviate the statewide housing crisis, New Hampshire legislators are backing bipartisan proposals that would override some local zoning ordinances.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — The Dresden and Hanover school districts are two of six in New Hampshire suing the U.S. Department of Education.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

MONTPELIER — When it comes to his Vermont Senate voting record, the freshman lawmaker representing the Orange County District in Montpelier has followed his fellow Republicans.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LYME — Jackie Carter rents a house owned by the town, meaning she has an unconventional landlord: the Selectboard.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — In an effort to spur growth, the town has hired its first housing and development specialist.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Selectboard is considering a developer’s request to close off part of a residential road in anticipation of an influx of new residents from a permitted 240-unit apartment complex.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Bob Stange expected to be spending Monday morning in a courtroom, fighting his landlord for the right to stay in his apartment.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — After reinstating standardized testing requirements for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, Dartmouth saw a slight decrease in applicants from a year ago when the college received a record number of applications.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — To address the town’s long-term housing needs, the Planning Board is proposing zoning amendments that could pave the way for up to 800 new housing units in the next 15 years.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — The future of Bradford Elementary School’s food program is uncertain after the School Board floated the idea of outsourcing the service last month.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — After more than a year of uncertainty over district leadership, the School Board has chosen a permanent superintendent.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Kayti True, who has been homeless for three years, lately has been couch surfing at friends’ homes in Wilder and White River Junction.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — The Selectboard is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Monday to discuss a proposed $39.1 million town budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CORNISH — At Saturday’s annual Town Meeting, residents rejected an effort to rescind a two-year-old decision to convert the former Cornish General Store into a new library.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — The Selectboard approved an expenditure request from the Police Department for spike strips during Wednesday’s meeting, in spite of outcry from residents on the town’s Listserv.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CANAAN — At the polls on Tuesday, voters supported allowing the Selectboard to appoint the fire chief and firefighters, after recommendations from the chief. The article takes effect in one year.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — While grabbing lunch at Listen’s community dining hall in on Thursday, David Reffitt wiped tears from his eyes as he remembered his friend, Rick Riff.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Voters rejected a $3,500 appropriation for the Norwich Lions Club for fireworks for the Norwich Fair at the polls on Tuesday, possibly ending a long-standing summer tradition.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Even as the New Hampshire Legislature attempts to dial back municipalities’ control over zoning, several Upper Valley communities will vote on changes aimed at both spurring and slowing development in their municipalities this Town Meeting.