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SOUTH ROYALTON — Though he resigned his post in July, former Hanover Town Manager Alex Torpey remains immersed in matters of local government through the creation of a nonprofit called Rethink Local, which provides resources to town leaders throughout...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Drivers in Hartford are adjusting to new traffic patterns following the completion this fall of a roadwork project that included lane reductions and the creation of new cycling lanes on Route 5, roughly from the Hartland town...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
TUNBRIDGE — A passerby noticed Wednesday morning that four small statues, including a figure of the baby Jesus in a manger, were missing from the Nativity scene outside The Tunbridge Church.Church officials have not yet reported the theft to police,...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
WOODSTOCK — A divided Mountain Views School Board voted 8-7 at a special meeting Monday night to restore all of the unified arts positions eliminated in an initial budget proposal first presented to the board last month. The original proposal...
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CROYDON — A private donor has pledged $10,000 in hopes of reducing the tax burden of proposed repairs and renovations to the Croydon Village School.Jim Morgan, a Croydon resident and president of the Newport-based real estate investing firm JFD...
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CANAAN — A concerned call to the police about the safety of two dogs in an outdoor kennel on Goose Pond Road last month escalated Monday night when police say one of the dogs was stolen from the owner’s property.The 10-month-old Drahthaar, a breed...
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LEBANON — High school senior Tomas Kennelly wasn’t particularly interested in aviation, but when his school began taking applications for a new airplane-building program beginning in the fall, he was all in.“I was like, man, building a plane just...
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WOODSTOCK — More than 100 parents, students and community members attended the Mountain Views Supervisory Union board meeting Monday night to object to a proposed $2.5 million budget reduction that threatens to eliminate 17 teaching and staff...
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SHARON — Voters will take to the polls Tuesday for a second time in less than two months to decide whether to allow retail cannabis sales in town. Sharon voters rejected retail cannabis on Oct. 15 by just two votes, 135-137. A week later, the Town...
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HARTFORD — Roughly 80 to 85% of calls to which Hartford police officers respond are not criminal in nature, Police Chief Greg Sheldon said recently.“They are quality of life issues,” involving mental health issues, housing, and other challenges, he...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTLAND — The town’s planning commission adopted a new tone this week in its ongoing opposition to a developer’s plan to build a two-story, barn-style farm store, deli and bakery on a Route 5 property near the Interstate 91 interchange.In a Hartland...
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PLAINFIELD — After hearing a plan to combine the two towns’ middle schools at a joint meeting this week, the Plainfield and Cornish school boards voted unanimously to continue to move forward with considering a merger and to reconvene in a month. They...
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PLAINFIELD — A study committee created with Cornish and Plainfield voters’ approval last March will present its recommendations about combining the two towns’ middle schools at a joint school board meeting Tuesday night.The committee has been studying...
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HARTFORD — The School Board voted Wednesday to proceed with a search for a new superintendent with the goal of inking a contract by late March. The vote was 4-0 in favor of going forward. Board member Nancy Russell was absent.The search is being...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
ENFIELD — A documentary called “Mountains Not for Profit,” tackles the scrappy and creative efforts of Whaleback and three other nonprofit mountains to remain sustainable in an era of resort consolidation that has seen the closure of many small,...
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NEWBURY, N.H. — Mount Sunapee Resort has postponed construction of a new parking lot along its access road until the spring, but if local environmental groups have their way, the project will remain stalled until further water testing paints a clearer...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
While both Vermont and New Hampshire voters supported Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president in Tuesday’s election, a nationwide rightward shift in voting patterns was apparent even in corners of the Upper Valley.Harris won here by...
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NEW LONDON — Jobs are plentiful at New London-based businesses such as the hospital and Colby-Sawyer College, but housing in town is not.“You need starter homes,” to attract and retain workers, Housing Commission Chairman Peter Nichols said by phone...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HANOVER — Former Vice President Mike Pence outlined his concerns for the Republican Party and the future of American democracy inside the Hanover Inn Thursday evening as about two dozen people gathered on the sidewalk outside to protest his record on...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
SOUTH STRAFFORD — When Melvin and Sue Coburn announced in the summer of 2022 that they planned to retire and sell their general store after nearly 50 years of operation, many Strafford residents feared the town would lose not just its grocery store,...
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