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By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — At Stevens High School, the administration is instituting a complete ban on cell phones during the school day for the upcoming academic year.In Newport, cell phones will be banned during the school day at the middle school and the policy...

NEWPORT — Voters rejected a $22.06 million school operating budget, which included a one-year collective bargaining agreement with support staff with a cost of $105,000. The tally was 457 to 352 at the polls Tuesday.They also rejected, 442 to 345, a...

Article of note: A petitioned warrant article would ask the School Board “to make all reasonable and prudent efforts to recover all, or a portion, of the value of the portable classroom which has been scheduled for demolition as part of the CTE...

NEWPORT — Residents will have the opportunity to amend the School District’s proposed $22 million budget at Saturday’s deliberative session beginning at 9 a.m. at the Newport Middle High School.The budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The new tuition agreement between the Newport and Croydon school districts now requires Croydon students to complete an application to attend Newport schools, which is the same process Croydon must follow with other districts.“That is the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The months-long effort to find a parcel for recreation to replace land next to the high school where the school district’s new agricultural center will be built appears to be over.On Monday, the Selectboard approved a Memorandum of...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The Newport School District will keep its bus garage, but when it can obtain a building permit for a new natural science center at the Sugar River Valley Technical Center remains uncertain.Those were the two main issues discussed at a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — A solution that satisfies the school district’s need for recreation land to replace the property where a new agricultural center will be constructed appears imminent.At Monday night’s Selectboard meeting, board Chairman Jeff Kessler said the...

NEWPORT — Voters elected school officials in uncontested races and approved the Newport School District’s proposed budget in ballot voting on Tuesday.Timothy Beard was elected to a three-year seat on the School Board and Jenna Darling was elected to a...

Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $21.4 million, which is up from the $19.76 million that voters approved last year. The proposed budget includes the $333,000 cost of a one-year...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NEWPORT — The list of resignations of Newport school officials continues to grow, as residents and educators try to restore civility and cooperation to the relationship between school officials and outspoken School Board member Bert Spaulding.On...