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By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The process to evict a colony of bats from the attic in Richards Elementary School is scheduled to be completed while the students are on spring break, which begins April 28th.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

KELLEYVILLE — When Tim Fraser, Tony Grasso and Adam Bray opened Protectworth Brewing last May, they had a goal beyond producing craft beer.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — Superintendent Donna Magoon announced her resignation in a prepared statement at Thursday’s Newport School Board meeting, citing the lack of support from one board member, whom she did not name.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — On a recent Sunday morning, a pickleball league had two games going at once in a 500-seat gymnasium, the centerpiece of the newly opened Newport Community Center on Meadow Road.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The Selectboard is seeking public support for an $11.1 million budget this year, after voters rejected the board’s proposal last year.

NEWPORT — A 41-year-old Charlestown man who was behaving violently when he broke into a Newport home last year pleaded guilty and received an extended prison sentence due to already being out on bail while he was charged with a previous crime.

NEWPORT — The Library Arts Center is accepting submissions for its 14th annual Peeps Diorama Contest through Thursday, April 10.

NEWPORT — Residents approved a $22.15 million school operating budget during Australian ballot voting on the Newport School District warrant on Tuesday.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — With two incumbents stepping aside, three candidates are running for two, three-year terms for the School Board in the March 11 annual school meeting election.

NEWPORT — The School Board voted last week to spend up to $75,000 and hire a company to eradicate a colony of bats discovered in the attic of Richards Elementary School in January.

By STEVE TAYLOR

The stories are 45 years old right now, but they never cease to be entertaining and, for many, heartwarming. They’re about a Newport couple who set out to live a dream, and about how an extended community of neighbors and friends came together to make it happen.

Article of note: A petitioned warrant article would urge the Legislature and governor to increase state funding for public education “to fulfill the State’s responsibility of providing an adequate education fairly funded for every student across the state.”

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Newport woman accused of witness tampering in a police investigation of her husband, who recently saw criminal charges against him dismissed as well, back-to-back vindications in the eyes of the couple, who maintained their innocence throughout the legal saga.

NEWPORT — A Richards School employee found a bat in the staff room at Richards School Thursday morning, a couple weeks after the Newport elementary school closed for a day to allow for an inspection of the facility for the winged mammals.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEWPORT — Students returned to Richards Elementary School Tuesday after a wildlife services business thoroughly inspected the building for signs of bats. The school was closed Monday to allow the company to inspect the building, Newport School...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The School Board will hold a public hearing Thursday on its proposed $22.29 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.The budget presents a 1.2%, or $407,000, increase from this year’s default budget of $21.88 million that was...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — With a continuing rise in call volume for its ambulance service but no additional staffing due to budgetary constraints, the town is considering the option of contracting with an outside agency for coverage.The town has issued Request for...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The town’s 1,200 sewer customers have been hit with another in a series of rate increases necessary to pay for a portion of $33 million in federally mandated upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant off of North Main Street.Voters have...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Prosecutors have dropped a sex charge against a Newport small business owner in connection with allegations that forced him to step down from the School Board earlier this year and give up hosting a popular community-oriented...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — After two years of debate, disputes and delays, it appears that an end to a saga involving storage of the Newport School District’s buses is finally at hand.Last week, the School Board voted 4-0 to move forward with its plan, approved by the...

NEWPORT — The Selectboard appointed Rachel Dilger to the board in a 4-0 vote on Monday.Dilger was one of seven residents to apply for the seat, which was occupied by Bert Spaulding Sr. until he resigned last month.The seat will be up for election,...