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PERKINSVILLE — The Perkinsville Community Church will resume church services this Sunday for the first time since March 2022 when a plaster roof collapsed in the church’s sanctuary.This Sunday at 5 p.m., the red brick church — located at 35 Church St....

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vermont’s trails — like many others throughout the country — saw increased use and interest.As organizations examined how to make trails more durable for that use, another conversation started to gain...

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST FAIRLEE — During the more than 15 years Bean Hall has sat vacant in the center of West Fairlee, community members have made multiple attempts to revitalize the historic edifice.The work needed to stabilize the three-story building — including...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — A $3.8 million bond to fund a variety of renovations to the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools — including a performing arts center — will go before Bethel and Royalton voters in November.Voters can cast their...

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LEBANON — Dr. Erin Reigh — an allergy and immunology specialist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center — has a general idea of when pollens that trigger allergies come out.“But maybe it’s actually a little earlier than we think,” Reigh said Wednesday...

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WINDSOR — About five years ago, Janet Osmer saw a movie that featured a parade for Vietnam veterans and it struck her as a nice gesture for veterans who weren’t always welcomed home with open arms.She thought it would be nice to do something similar...

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HANOVER — The Zoning Board of Adjustment declined to reconsider the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society’s request to turn its Lyme Road market into a commercial kitchen.The board stood by its July ruling denying the Co-op’s request for a variance to...

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EAST BARNARD — Flax might best be known for its use in creating linen, a lightweight fabric popular for clothing.But what those unfamiliar with the crop might not know is that flax also is prevalent in everyday items, from rope to car panels to...

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HANOVER — Sarah Peters helped her three sisters move to college and, afterward, saw them settled in homes of their own.She wanted to do the same one day, to have her own apartment that she could decorate however she wanted. She wanted to be able to...

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NORWICH — The Norwich Farmers Market is considering purchasing land on Route 5 to establish a permanent location.Currently, the nonprofit organization leases land on Route 5 from the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society where it hosts a weekly farmers...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Martha Dupuis stepped up to home plate at Maxfield Sports Complex with swagger and some directions for Alec Struver.“I don’t want the ball next to my stomach,” Dupuis, of Wilder, told Struver, the administrator of the Bugbee...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton residents could vote this fall on a multi-million dollar bond for renovations to White River Valley High School, including a performing arts center and expanded workshop classroom space.While White River Unified...

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BRADFORD, Vt. — Oxbow High School’s fall sports season will tentatively go on as planned now that athletic fields that were damaged in an act of vandalism last month are on their way to being repaired.The high school teams resumed practicing on the...

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CORNISH — Ruth Ferland carefully poured a jug of maple syrup into tiny containers lined up on a lunch tray in a red booth at the Cornish Fairgrounds.After the row was finished, she placed a lid on each one and put the tray aside. Next, she began...

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HANOVER — A team of Dartmouth College researchers studying prostate cancer surgery has been awarded a $31.3 million grant as part of the federal government’s Cancer Moonshot program.The funding for the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College...

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ENFIELD — Two Enfield residents have filed a lawsuit against the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment over its approval of a height variance for a proposed nearly 300-unit housing project.Linda Jones and Alv Elvestad, whose Route 4 property abuts the...

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LYME — The New Hampshire Department of Safety has denied a petition to limit the use of motorboats on Post Pond in Lyme.Nearly 40 residents — many of whom are affiliated with Friends of Post Pond — submitted a petition this spring asking the...

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Vermont officials are seeking the public’s help in tracking a new beech tree disease that’s spreading throughout the state.Beech Leaf Disease was first detected last October in Vernon and Dummerston, said Josh Halman, forest health program manager...

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FAIRLEE — Residents will have an opportunity to learn more about a proposal for a 19-unit affordable housing project planned for downtown during a public hearing Monday night.Fairlee resident Jonah Richard, who has revitalized several properties in...

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WOODSTOCK VILLAGE — Woodstock Village will enforce a new short-term rental ordinance that was upheld by voters during a Special Town Meeting last week.The Village Board of Trustees and the Woodstock Selectboard approved identical short-term rental...