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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEATHERSFIELD — Birds were at the forefront of the minds of Marianne and Michael Walsh when they purchased 102 acres of forest land on East Camp Hill Road from their neighbor a few years ago.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD CENTER — The first time a customer came into Proctor’s General Store, proprietor James “Jimmy” Proctor would learn their name. The second time, he’d call them by it.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — When Julia Boger-Hawkins began managing Dartmouth Cancer Center’s Healing Harvest Food Pantry last July, it averaged four orders per day. Now that’s up to 20.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Plans for a brewery in the former laundromat in downtown Enfield are back on tap after the business owners purchased the building, which the previous owner put up for sale due to his frustrations with the town’s planning and zoning process.

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WINDSOR — As director of the Windsor Public Library, Barbara Ball is always looking for ways to build a stronger community.

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WEST WINDSOR — Shortly after the West Windsor Selectboard approved a new short-term rental ordinance in September, Anne Yates got to work collecting signatures to repeal it.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

HARTLAND — Gary Trachier was a Hartford High sophomore and a member of the cross country ski team in 1974 when he and two teammates were looking for places to train.

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ENFIELD — A $5.8 million renovation of Whitney Hall is nearing completion.

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CORNISH FLAT — The Cornish Community Initiative has earned a $727,000 federal grant to convert the former Cornish store into a community center and library.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — A New Hampshire Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the Enfield Zoning Board in a lawsuit brought by two residents about the proposed Laramie Farms housing development.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Over the years, Linda Smiddy has eaten lunch many times at the Thompson Senior Center.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

FAIRLEE — When Lake Morey’s ice skating trail officially opened Wednesday, it was the same as it was every winter: a miles-long glossy loop plowed and smoothed into Fairlee’s main winter tourist attraction.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — The Zoning Board of Adjustment in a vote Wednesday evening stuck by its November decision to approve an access road that will cross wetlands to serve a proposed 300-unit housing project.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley residents will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed 1.2% school district budget increase during a public hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium at Mascoma Valley Regional High School.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

EAST BETHEL — The Middle Branch Grange has always been part of Jillian Dean’s life.

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CLAREMONT — In Maureen Spilsbury’s year of volunteering at Changes Boutique & Thrift she’s enjoyed a lot about the experience, from working the register to sorting through donated clothes.

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NEWPORT — Students returned to Richards Elementary School Tuesday after a wildlife services business thoroughly inspected the building for signs of bats. The school was closed Monday to allow the company to inspect the building, Newport School...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Abutters have filed an appeal of the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s approval of an access road for a proposed 300-unit townhouse and apartment project off Route 4, which would be the largest in town.Trae and Gwyn Dessert filed a “motion for...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

As a reporter, one question I am regularly asked is: “Why don’t you report on anything positive?” My response is usually to insist that we do, but the stories that garner the most attention — and tend to stick most in people’s memories — are usually...