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HARTFORD — On Feb. 12, the Mount Ascutney School Board became the first district in the Upper Valley to formally remove a 2023-24 budget proposal from an approved Town Meeting warning.Strafford school officials followed three days later. After them...

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NORWICH — Three people are vying for one three-year term on the Selectboard in Norwich’s only contested race this year.Selectboard Vice Chairwoman Mary Layton faces competition from residents Doug Wilberding and Chuck Tufankjian.All three candidates...

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ORFORD — Rivendell Academy’s principal and head of schools retired this week. After 14 years, Keri Gelenian’s last day on the job was Monday.The mid-year retirement comes amid turmoil in the small school community as the board considers plans for...

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CANAAN — Chester “Chet” Hagenbarth will be Canaan’s new full-time town administrator, the Selectboard announced last week.Originally from New Jersey, Hagenbarth and his family have lived in Killington since 1994. He spent 11 years working for the town...

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WINDSOR — The Mount Ascutney School District board voted unanimously Monday night to rescind the $15.5 million budget members had approved in January and bring a revised version to voters at a later date.Board members made the decision in response to...

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HARTFORD — The search for a new superintendent is underway despite lingering questions about the School Board’s decision to conduct the search a full year before the current superintendent’s contract ends, incurring the expense of an additional...

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CANAAN — Following the sudden departure of the town’s fire chief last month, the Selectboard faces a gap in emergency services leadership and pushback from some residents who think the board should have refused to accept the chief’s resignation.A...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WEST LEBANON — A two-alarm fire damaged the second story of a condominium unit at 23 Pleasant St. on Friday afternoon.Hank Clarke was bringing his recycling outside when he noticed smoke coming from a neighbor’s roof at the Village Green...

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LEBANON — The sudden departure of Colleen McIntyre earlier this week has left the district in search of a new middle school principal.McIntyre, whose last day at the school was Monday, “has taken personal leave for the rest of the academic year and...

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ORFORD — Unexpected competition for the role of fire chief last March has divided some residents into opposing factions, reduced the ranks of the Fire Department and left the town of 1,200 without a Planning Board.Orford’s voters in 2014 authorized...

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GRANTHAM — A 28-year-old Grantham man has a long recovery ahead after suffering severe burns in a house fire last week.Zachary Beaulieu remains in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was taken following the Jan. 15 fire and has...

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Cornish and Plainfield voters will decide on Town Meeting Day whether their school boards should consider forming a cooperative school district and merging their middle schools.The two districts have collaborated in recent years in an effort to...

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LEBANON — In welcome news to some non-resident patrons of Lebanon’s landfill, unused punch cards may be returned for a refund at several area locations.Beginning Jan. 1, the use of pre-paid punch cards for bagged trash became restricted to Lebanon...

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GRANTHAM — Firefighters battled a blaze Monday night that injured two people, one critically, and gutted a home.Grantham Fire Department’s engine arrived at 505 Route 10 South, a mostly-wooded area across from a public park and about two miles from...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — Mia Schultz, who relocated to Bennington, Vt., from Southern California in 2016, describes herself as a “former insurance claims adjuster turned activist.”“Vermont is like no other place I’ve ever been to before,” Schultz, who is...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON— Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center resumed masking requirements for its staff on Monday in response to increasing rates of respiratory illnesses.Staff are now required to wear masks when entering patient rooms and treatment areas, Cassidy...

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HANOVER — A crowd of more than 400 gathered in Hanover High School’s auditorium to honor two women Afghan judges who have found refuge in the Twin States after escaping with their families following the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and...