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BRADFORD, Vt. — Waiting for the food shelf to open in what was once Bradford Academy, Garrett O’Brien-Manning sat outside the town’s library on Thursday, using the internet connection to check messages on his cellphone. For others in his situation,...

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QUECHEE — The 200-year-old concrete dam on the Ottauquechee River near the Quechee Covered Bridge poses no imminent threat to public safety, said executives from Simon Pearce — the restaurant and glassblowing company which owns the dam — at a Hartford...

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BETHEL — On Monday night, the Third Branch of the White River swallowed up Bethel’s athletic fields and bit off chunks of gravel roads. Stranded in homes unreachable by car, 15 people were rescued Tuesday afternoon, and one more resident on...

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SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — VINE, an animal rehabilitation organization that describes itself as “LGBTQ-led,” is scheduled to host a Pride event that also celebrates veganism, the practice of not eating animal products. VINE, which stands for “Veganism is the...

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H ANOVER — New statistics indicate that few customers are straying from community power initiatives, which allow participating New Hampshire municipalities to source electricity for themselves instead of relying on one the state’s utilities.Community...

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SUNAPEE — Sunapee Harbor is expected to reopen on Wednesday after a fuel spill over the weekend led state officials to close it to boat traffic.On Monday, hundreds of feet of absorbent buoys — sitting on top of the water like orange pool noodles —...

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LEBANON — The omnivore’s dilemma: to order the chorizo taco, or to order the taco filled with chorizo-imitating oyster mushroom?But it makes no difference toHeath Gosselin, chef and owner of a vegan food truck that has recently returned to the Lebanon...

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SOUTH STRAFFORD — Town officials are holding out hope it can secure financial assistance to clean up a property connected to the contaminated Elizabeth Mine, but state and federal officials have so far said the work would be beyond their...

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LEBANON — There’s no sheet music for navigating the world of international trade controversy, but the musicians at the Upper Valley Music Center are trying their best to sight-read.The sale and possession of the Brazilian red wood that is used to...

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FAIRLEE — The Fairlee Selectboard has adopted changes to permitting in an attempt to place septic regulations — about which the state has historically been lax — under the town’s control, a move that goes hand in hand with a larger effort to preserve...

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TUNBRIDGE — In the shadow of an ongoing legal dispute that has pitted a Tunbridge property owner against the town’s Selectboard, a Tunbridge state representative introduced a bill that would give towns the authority to maintain legal trails.The...

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SOUTH STRAFFORD — Jenny Joy’s has set up shop, literally, in the space of South Strafford clothing consignment store Agatha’s. But with diminutive raincoats and palm-sized slippers, the pop-up is aiming its sartorial eye at a younger clientele.Started...

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LEBANON — As a nonprofit energy supplier prepares to take over energy procurement for a handful of Upper Valley communities, a process designed to save residents money on their utility bills is also aiming to make it easier for them to go...

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LEBANON — When a nonprofit coalition takes over energy procurement for a handful of Upper Valley towns later this spring, it promises to offer big savings for consumers who have seen rates at the state’s largest utilities soar in recent years.But in...

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NEW LONDON — Asked to approve a bond to buy property for a new police station, a bigger-than-usual crowd at New London’s Town Meeting stuffed the ballot boxes with mostly “no” votes.The station has been housed in Whipple Hall since 1918. The town’s...

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Tuesday’s late winter storm, which saw 13 inches of snow pile up in Newport, N.H., by noon, also brought tall stacks of Town Meeting ballots from voters who were thinking ahead. On Monday, Cornish Town Clerk Paula Harthan handed out almost 90 absentee...

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CHELSEA — Chelsea and Tunbridge voters approved a prekindergarten program for the First Branch Unified District Monday night at the school district’s annual floor meeting.Voters also passed a $7.68 million school district budget by near-unanimous...

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CANAAN — For the second straight year, voters at Town Meeting will be asked to approve a tax exemption for solar panels. A similar proposal last year failed.This time, the exemption would apply to owners of “residential property which is equipped with...

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BETHEL — Bethel voters will have to wait to vote on a $2.5 million bond for capital improvements to the town’s water system. Initially scheduled to be decided by Australian ballot this Tuesday, the vote will now be non-binding, due to the town not...

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HARTFORD — The annual funding for libraries in Hartford has been handed directly to voters, and library advocates are concerned it has put the financial stability of the institutions at risk.On the warning at Tuesday’s Town Meeting, residents will be...