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POMFRET — A pride flag that was being flown from the flagpole at Prosper Valley School in Pomfret was taken down and set on fire in the early morning hours of Sunday morning, police reported.Police said they received a report on Monday morning that a...

WOODSTOCK — In a three-way race for two three-year terms representing Woodstock on the Mountain Views School Board, voters elected incumbent Matt Stout and Sarit Werner.

POMFRET — At the polls on Tuesday, voters elected Emily Grube to a two-year seat on the Selectboard in a contested race.

Articles of note: One article asks whether voters would like to re-appropriate $88,000 of the general fund balance to reduce taxes.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH POMFRET — When landscapers came to cut the grass for Lysle and Elaine Chase, Elaine saw it as another opportunity to do what she had done so often in her life: Share with others.“My mother was an amazing baker, and when my father could no longer...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

During 2017’s partial solar eclipse — when the moon obscured part of the sun — educator Rob Hanson set up a telescope at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock.He was impressed by the crowd.“There’s probably over 100 plus...

POMFRET — At the polls on Tuesday, voters elected Steve Chamberlin to a three-year term on the Selectboard.Chamberlin earned 267 votes to Frank Perron Jr.’s 132.In an uncontested race, Meg Emmons was elected to a two-year seat on the board.Voters also...

Article of note: Voters will decide the fate of a $99 million bond to finance the construction of a new union middle/high school, athletic fields and related outbuildings, as well as the demolition of the old middle/high school.Contested races: School...

Articles of note: One article asks whether voters will grant a five-year property tax exemption for the Pomfret-Teago Volunteer Fire Department. Contested races: Steve Chamberlin and Frank Perron Jr. are vying for a three-year term on the...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Pomfret — A week after signing the store away, Chuck Gundersen sat in his blue apron at the butcher block near the dry goods shelves, describing how others viewed him during his 30-year tenure as proprietor of the Teago General Store.“It always sounds...

By David Corriveau

While hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 1948, Earl Shaffer followed a stretch of the old King’s Highway in North Pomfret, between a farmhouse and a barn, en route to the White River in West Hartford.Shaffer was the first person to...