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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Construction crews are building an access road near VA Cutoff Road this week to facilitate a bridge replacement project scheduled for next year.Motorists can expect delays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, according...

By MIKE DONOGHUE

BURLINGTON — A White River Junction man — who remains the chief suspect in the deadly shooting of a Windsor County teenager five years ago — has been sentenced to 9 months in federal prison after he tested positive for drugs and failed to report to...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard discussed plans Tuesday to organize training workshops and team building following an organizational meeting earlier this month, where rising tensions resulted in friction between colleagues and...

Staff Report

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Town Manager Search Committee will hold its first meeting on Thursday to oversee the search for a new town manager, a position last held by Tracy Yarlott-Davis, who officially parted ways with the town last...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford Selectboard members called for more collaboration, communication and civility after a recent organizational meeting gave way to criticism of colleagues, disputes over committee positions and frustrations over a...

HARTFORD — Vendors are needed for Vital Communities’ new Home Creators Expo.The event is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center, 1 Gifford Road, White River Junction. Vital...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

In 1965, Allard Graves sold White River Junction’s downtown movie theater, the Lyric.He’d opened the North Main Street theater in 1926, according to a 1965 article in the Valley News. The theater was where people gathered to see the latest Hollywood...

HARTFORD — In ballot voting on Tuesday, both incumbent Selectboard members beat off challengers to retain seats on the board and Hartford voters approved school and municipal spending proposals.In a 861-718 vote, Lannie Collins bested Janelle...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A nonprofit organization that serves people with disabilities has created a mobile app to help them navigate community resources.The Special Needs Support Center, with help from the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact, launched...

Staff Report

WEST LEBANON — Temporary lane closures on the twin bridges spanning the Connecticut River between Hartford and West Lebanon are expected to start Monday, March 20, according to a news release from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.Weather...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Laura Gillespie started to notice a change in the grant applications she completed as director of development and communications at the Upper Valley Haven: word limits.“It’s a gift, because it frames what their...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — South Main Street mainstay COVER Home Repair is undergoing a renovation that will bring something old, but also new, to downtown White River Junction: a used bookstore.“There’s no dedicated bookstore here, and there’s no public...

Article of note: In Australian ballot voting, voters will be asked to approve a school operating budget of $47.6 million. The budget proposal increases total spending next year by $3.9 million, which would result in an estimated 7.5% increase in the...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Three new listservs about community topics are launching in the Upper Valley.Vital Communities, which oversees more than 40 Community Discussion Lists in multiple communities throughout the region, is breaking up its largest...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The town is seeking applications from residents and town employees to join a town manager search committee.The Selectboard voted on Tuesday to create a nine-member advisory committee to oversee the search for a new town manager,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

MONTPELIER — A bill working its way throughout the Vermont House would add $2 per meal to the reimbursement rate for Meals on Wheels programs throughout the state.The bill, HB 109, was introduced by state Rep. Daniel Noyes, D-Wolcott, in January in...

By STEVE TAYLOR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, SUMMER 1957 — It hadn’t changed much in generations and it was still a rugged railroad town, downtown stores hadn’t yet been destroyed by the Vermont sales tax that came a decade later, the slow decay of the 1960s, 1970s and...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

A crowd stood outside the Wilder School waiting to see what a hedgehog named Winnie would have to say about the end of winter.Would there be six more weeks? It sure felt like it based on Thursday morning’s frigid temperatures. But that didn’t deter...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

HARTFORD — Practice for Hartford Memorial Middle School’s boys soccer teams is supposed to begin at 3:15 p.m.That means a bus needs to pick up the teams in White River Junction between 3 and 3:05 p.m. to bring them to the fields at Dothan Brook School...