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ENFIELD — Two one-room schoolhouses in Enfield have been added to the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places.The State Historical Resources Council, part of the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, added Lockehaven School on Ibey Road...

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QUECHEE — For around a decade, Pat Tivnan has been volunteering at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science to help care for baby birds.During her four-hour shifts, she’d feed the tiniest patients at the Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation and...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Every year, dozens of volunteers and organizations make Thanksgiving special.This happens in various ways: there’s people who put together meal boxes for families in need, those who serve meals at Thanksgiving Day dinners and yet others who volunteer...

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ENFIELD — A plan to build a roughly 300-unit housing development near downtown is one step closer to fruition after the Zoning Board of Adjustment last week approved a request to allow an access road off Route 4 to cross two wetlands.The road — which...

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ENFIELD — The Selectboard unanimously approved septic system regulations for those who live near the town’s four major water bodies at its Monday night meeting.The rules — scheduled to go in effect Jan. 1, 2025 — require property owners to have their...

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THETFORD — The Selectboard approved a proposal to hire a part-time social services coordinator to help Thetford residents connect with resources.The plan calls for contracting with the Bugbee Senior Center in White River Junction, where Mona Elliott...

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WEST WINDSOR — Residents will decide whether or not to change the town’s budget year from a calendar year schedule to a fiscal year schedule during a Special Town Meeting on Saturday.The in-person-only meeting will take place at 10 a.m. at Story...

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NEWPORT — An unpleasant odor drifting from Newport’s wastewater treatment facility that permeated throughout the downtown earlier this week and closed the middle/high school Thursday is beginning to dissipate.The smell stems from hydrogen sulfide in...

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ROYALTON — Voters in Bethel and Royalton narrowly rejected a $3.8 million bond issue for improvements to the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools.The vote was 753 against to 743 in favor of the project, according to unofficial...

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CLAREMONT — Artist Jane Kolias likes to forage for metal.Those skills are essential to the recycled metal sculptures she creates — a Christmas tree made of wrenches and an old file, a singer with a body made of a piece of a Singer sewing machine —...

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ENFIELD — A plan to open a brewery next spring in a former laundromat is in jeopardy after the building’s owner decided to put it up for sale instead.Brian Degnan said he decided to sell 59 Main St. due to “the bureaucracy that exists and the amount...

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ENFIELD — The Enfield Planning Board unanimously approved a proposal for a new coffee shop in downtown Enfield last week.Thomas Morrill, an Enfield resident who serves as pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Lebanon, asked the Planning Board for a...

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ENFIELD — The long-vacant site of the town’s former public works headquarters is set to be redeveloped into housing.The Selectboard has approved the sale of about 3 acres of town-owned land to Lebanon-based Oakes & Son Construction, which has agreed...

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NEWPORT — A nonprofit organization has launched a pilot program to better support children and adults dealing with trauma in Newport.Turning Points Network’s “Newport Stops the Cycle of Abuse” aims to help town residents better react and support...

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ENFIELD — An Enfield resident is seeking Planning Board approval for a downtown coffee shop.The board is set to consider a minor change of use request for Thomas Morrill’s Carpenter’s Cup Coffee — to be located at 64 Main St. — during a meeting on...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Kate Barber was attending last month’s Story Jam: Bi-monthly Storytelling Circle when she spotted a face she hadn’t seen in 27 years.Norwich resident Irit Librot was familiar to Barber, the community outreach coordinator at JAM,...

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CORNISH — Almost 300 households in Plainfield and Cornish that have not had access to high-speed fiber internet may soon have it due to a recently awarded federal grant of nearly $3 million.The expansion will include households that qualify as...

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LYME — Edgell Bridge, a historic covered bridge on River Road in Lyme, will close next Wednesday, Oct. 23, for repairs that are expected to take about four months to complete.The closure comes as Lyme residents — and commuters — are already contending...

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WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor has become the latest Upper Valley town to approve a short-term rental ordinance.The ordinance requires short-term rental operators to apply for licenses through the town and pay yearly fees; it does not place a cap on the...

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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 ceiling collapsed in the church’s sanctuary.This Sunday at 5 p.m., the red brick church — located at 35 Church...

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...