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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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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...

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ENFIELD — Residents will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed set of septic rules for waterfront properties during a public hearing Monday evening.If enacted by the Selectboard, the rules would require people who live within 250-foot buffer zones...

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WEST FAIRLEE — During the more than 15 years Bean Hall has sat vacant in the center of West Fairlee, community members have made multiple attempts to revitalize the historic edifice.The work needed to stabilize the three-story building — including...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — A $3.8 million bond to fund a variety of renovations to the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools — including a performing arts center — will go before Bethel and Royalton voters in November.Voters can cast their...

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LEBANON — Dr. Erin Reigh — an allergy and immunology specialist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center — has a general idea of when pollens that trigger allergies come out.“But maybe it’s actually a little earlier than we think,” Reigh said Wednesday...

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WINDSOR — About five years ago, Janet Osmer saw a movie that featured a parade for Vietnam veterans and it struck her as a nice gesture for veterans who weren’t always welcomed home with open arms.She thought it would be nice to do something similar...