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HANOVER — The Zoning Board of Adjustment declined to reconsider the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society’s request to turn its Lyme Road market into a commercial kitchen.The board stood by its July ruling denying the Co-op’s request for a variance to...

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EAST BARNARD — Flax might best be known for its use in creating linen, a lightweight fabric popular for clothing.But what those unfamiliar with the crop might not know is that flax also is prevalent in everyday items, from rope to car panels to...

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HANOVER — Sarah Peters helped her three sisters move to college and, afterward, saw them settled in homes of their own.She wanted to do the same one day, to have her own apartment that she could decorate however she wanted. She wanted to be able to...

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NORWICH — The Norwich Farmers Market is considering purchasing land on Route 5 to establish a permanent location.Currently, the nonprofit organization leases land on Route 5 from the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society where it hosts a weekly farmers...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Martha Dupuis stepped up to home plate at Maxfield Sports Complex with swagger and some directions for Alec Struver.“I don’t want the ball next to my stomach,” Dupuis, of Wilder, told Struver, the administrator of the Bugbee...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton residents could vote this fall on a multi-million dollar bond for renovations to White River Valley High School, including a performing arts center and expanded workshop classroom space.While White River Unified...

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BRADFORD, Vt. — Oxbow High School’s fall sports season will tentatively go on as planned now that athletic fields that were damaged in an act of vandalism last month are on their way to being repaired.The high school teams resumed practicing on the...

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CORNISH — Ruth Ferland carefully poured a jug of maple syrup into tiny containers lined up on a lunch tray in a red booth at the Cornish Fairgrounds.After the row was finished, she placed a lid on each one and put the tray aside. Next, she began...

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HANOVER — A team of Dartmouth College researchers studying prostate cancer surgery has been awarded a $31.3 million grant as part of the federal government’s Cancer Moonshot program.The funding for the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College...

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ENFIELD — Two Enfield residents have filed a lawsuit against the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment over its approval of a height variance for a proposed nearly 300-unit housing project.Linda Jones and Alv Elvestad, whose Route 4 property abuts the...

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LYME — The New Hampshire Department of Safety has denied a petition to limit the use of motorboats on Post Pond in Lyme.Nearly 40 residents — many of whom are affiliated with Friends of Post Pond — submitted a petition this spring asking the...

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Vermont officials are seeking the public’s help in tracking a new beech tree disease that’s spreading throughout the state.Beech Leaf Disease was first detected last October in Vernon and Dummerston, said Josh Halman, forest health program manager...

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FAIRLEE — Residents will have an opportunity to learn more about a proposal for a 19-unit affordable housing project planned for downtown during a public hearing Monday night.Fairlee resident Jonah Richard, who has revitalized several properties in...

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WOODSTOCK VILLAGE — Woodstock Village will enforce a new short-term rental ordinance that was upheld by voters during a Special Town Meeting last week.The Village Board of Trustees and the Woodstock Selectboard approved identical short-term rental...

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BRADFORD, Vt. — For the second time in less than a year, an act of vandalism has caused significant damage to athletic fields at Oxbow High School, and this time it could disrupt the upcoming fall sports season.The fields will be unusable until at...

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PIKE — Haverhill Town Clerk Carole Brooks-Broer was about to leave her office early Wednesday evening when she realized she forgot her umbrella.When Brooks-Broer had checked the weather forecast earlier that day, she wasn’t too worried about the...

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WOODSTOCK — Voters delivered a split decision on a short-term rental ordinance during two Special Town Meetings on Tuesday.Village residents voted to uphold a new ordinance that, in part, would cap the number of short-term rentals, while town...

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WEST LEBANON — Balvin Bowen and Carline Roberge never intended to open a restaurant — let alone two — but customers who love the couple’s Jamaican and Haitian food had other thoughts.The couple, who live in West Lebanon, got their start almost 15...

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ENFIELD — The Planning Board unanimously approved a proposal for a downtown microbrewery.The approval means that Hoptimystic Brewing, owned by Dan and Kelly Thomas, can operate in the former laundromat building located at 59 Main St. in Enfield, owned...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Special Needs Support Center is looking for volunteers to advocate for children with special needs who attend schools in the Upper Valley.Special Education Advocacy volunteers help parents understand and navigate IEP/504...