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CLAREMONT — This week’s heat has inspired several cancellations and closures across the Upper Valley.Stevens High School sent students home at 11 a.m. on Thursday due to heat, with temperatures rising into the 90s in the afternoon. A meeting the...

By FRANCES MIZE

WILDER — Last week, Brad Goedkoop, a former Hartford tree warden, was walking on the connector trail between North and South Kilowatt Park when he noticed that against the green, late summer vegetation, the staghorn sumacs along the path were withered...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 30-year-old Hartford man has pleaded guilty to a sex offense that occurred more than 13 years ago, concluding a three-year prosecution in which the state’s case was undercut after a judge found that police investigators had...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Three different development and revitalization projects in the city have been awarded more than $1 million in combined grants from the Northern Borders Regional Commission’s Catalyst Program.Melissa Richmond, founder and executive director...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Melanie Adsit held out two colorful bangles in a dimly lit but impressively organized storage unit in White River Junction.The bangles were made out of decorated recycled poster tubes. One was covered with Washi tape, the other...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A new state law is requiring townwide property assessments in nearly two dozen towns on the Vermont side of the Upper Valley to ensure that property values accurately reflect the changing real estate market. The law also...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Five people who were part of a sunset balloon ride over the Upper Valley on Wednesday night are breathing a sigh of relief after their craft became “stalled in flight” and had to make an emergency landing on Interstate 91 near...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Planning Commission has given developers the green light to proceed with a 500 kilowatt solar array planned for a parcel of land near the Sterling Springs housing development off of Braley Drive.In a 5-1 vote, the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WILDER — Expanded public transportation options are coming to the Upper Valley next month.Beginning Sept. 11, Advance Transit will offer weekday evening service on four of its bus routes, according to a news release from the nonprofit...

By FRANCES MIZE

HARTFORD — As the town marches toward its renewable energy goal, the Planning Commission is considering a proposal from a developer hoping to build a large solar array on a parcel that abuts a 50-home subdivision off Braley Drive.The array, proposed...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HARTFORD — The Selectboard has interviews scheduled this week with finalists for the permanent town manager position, which has been filled on an interim basis for 10 months.The interviews, scheduled to take place in executive sessions on Wednesday...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Nutritional programs for older adults have received a sustained boost in state funding, which will be distributed to programs throughout Vermont that provide home-delivered and congregate meals.The additional $1 million, part of the...

QUECHEE — Repairs to the Quechee Covered Bridge, which has been closed since flooding in early July, are set to begin now that the Town of Hartford has awarded a construction contract.The town has granted Waterford, Vt.-based Fenoff Excavating $89,000...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

QUECHEE — The restoration of Quechee Gorge Bridge starts soon, and businesses that will be affected by the anticipated traffic congestion are still recovering from the July flood.Owners of retail shops and restaurants on Route 4 in Quechee said they...

By FRANCES MIZE

QUECHEE — The 200-year-old concrete dam on the Ottauquechee River near the Quechee Covered Bridge poses no imminent threat to public safety, said executives from Simon Pearce — the restaurant and glassblowing company which owns the dam — at a Hartford...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Due to a hiring shortage, the town clerk’s office will be closed from Tuesday, July 25, through Tuesday, Aug. 1, according to a notice on Friday from Town Clerk Lisa O’Neill.O’Neill noted that some services, such as marriage...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard has approved two plans of action concerning the covered bridge and the dam located on the Ottauquechee River near Simon Pearce — which both sustained damage during last week’s flooding. At an emergency...

By TRIS WYKES

A pair of local golf courses were affected during last week’s rain and flooding in the White River Valley, with varying consequences.Jeff Barry, owner of Randolph’s public Montague Golf Club, said his business has reopened its first nine holes but is...