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By LIZ SAUCHELLI
HANOVER — For Matan Boltax and his friends, Oct. 7, 2023, started off as a pretty normal day.Boltax, 23, who was born in Great Neck, N.Y., and moved to Israel in 2009, and his friends arrived at the Nova Music Festival around 2 a.m. to set up camp....
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
FAIRLEE — Residents will vote on whether to overturn a newly approved short-term rental ordinance during a special Town Meeting on Saturday.The Feb. 24 meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Fairlee Town Hall. Residents will have an opportunity to...
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WINDSOR — Like most parents, Josh Compton wants to keep his children safe.To do so, however, Compton, who lives in Windsor with his wife, Laura, and their two sons, Henry, 10, and Truman, 8, must factor in Truman’s autism.“It just so happens that one...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WEST LEBANON — Products containing dry-cured pork that are sold at Upper Valley grocery stores are among those that have been recalled due to a nationwide Salmonella outbreak.The meat, called Coppa, is produced by Fratelli Beretta, and is sold at...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
LEBANON — Whenever Frances “Fran” Hanchett walked through cemeteries, she’d keep an eye out for neglected stones.“She had a little kit in the back of her trunk all the time,” Hanchett’s daughter, Lisa Wentworth, said in a phone interview. Hanchett...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
BRADFORD, Vt. — Before leading the first Bradford Bringalong Singalong, Mallory Graham was admittedly a little terrified.Graham plays roughly 150 shows a year along with her partner, Scott Tyler, as part of the folk duo The Rough & Tumble. But the...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
ROYALTON — A group of women gathered at a table at the South Royalton Area Senior Citizens Center, waiting for lunch to be served.They talked about the weather — cold, but at least the snow was holding off — and exchanged news about the goings on in...
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WOODSTOCK — Three longtime Upper Valley performers are teaming up to bring more play into the lives of the region’s older adults.Friends for decades, Marv Klassen-Landis, Ham Gillett and Michael Zerphy have been been mainstays in the region’s creative...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WEST CANAAN — Voters will have a chance to weigh in on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s proposed $32 million operating budget during a deliberative session this Saturday.The proposed 2024-2025 budget is around 3.2% higher than the current...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
SHARON — The School Board has delayed a vote on a roughly $10 million proposed bond to renovate Sharon Elementary School until after March’s school meeting.The School Board opted to delay because it has concerns about the effect Act 127 — a law...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — On the wall of Gaal Crowl’s White River Junction art studio is a painting of Bugbee Senior Center director Mark Bradley.“It makes me smile every time I see it,” Crowl said in a phone interview. While the portrait has Bradley’s...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
HANOVER — Talking about space with community members — especially children — helps Dartmouth College astronomy graduate students Keighley Rockcliffe and Stephanie Podjed reconnect with the passion and curiosity that brought them to their chosen field....
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
VERSHIRE — When Gregory Wilson joined Vershire Fire and Rescue a few years ago, he was struck by the number of calls related to mental health and substance misuse that the volunteer department received.Wilson, a pastoral psychotherapist, was also...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WINDSOR — Windsor residents now have access to shopping in Claremont via public transit twice a month.MOOVer, a micro public transportation service operated by Southeast Vermont Transit, has added a route that will connect Windsor-area residents to...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WOODSTOCK — The Thompson Senior Center launched a program around three years ago to pair homeowners with living space to rent with people willing to assist older adults with a variety of tasks in exchange for lower rents.The COVID-19 pandemic delayed...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
LYME — In the early 1990s, Patience and Aaron Rich performed in the annual Lyme Christmas Pageant.Now, their 13-year-old son Reed is the fourth generation of the Rich family to participate.“I for one love the tradition so it’s pretty special for me,”...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Upper Valley residents are taking more advantage of the region’s public transportation options, which area organizations have expanded in recent weeks.On the second Saturday of Advance Transit’s weekend routes, a bus that went...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
STRAFFORD — When Barbara Paulson arrived at the gardens at the Justin Smith Morrill Homestead Wednesday afternoon, she was a little nervous.It had been more than two months since Paulson, the master gardener at the state historic site, tended to the...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
LEBANON — Area food pantries are reporting increases in the number of people accessing their services due to the expiration of pandemic-era assistance programs. SNAP benefits decreased, people lost Medicaid coverage, child tax credits expired and...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WEST CANAAN — Parents with concerns about Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s bus routes will have a chance to share them at Tuesday’s School Board meeting.While there have been difficulties with bus routes in the five-town district in past...
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