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By JOHN LIPPMAN

WINDSOR — Simon Pearce has entered into a “strategic partnership” with a California private equity firm, a move the renowned glassware designer said will provide it with a financial foundation to expand its business while avoiding the pitfalls that...

QUECHEE — Starting Monday, April 1, the eastbound lane of Route 4 that carries traffic over the Quechee Gorge Bridge will be closed for construction purposes.The closure will continue through the end of October.The Vermont Agency of Transportation has...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Two Upper Valley families are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging Vermont’s rules on transgender athletes in high school sports, arguing that the state’s inclusive policies violate their religious beliefs and are discriminatory.The lawsuit...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It may sound odd that a restaurateur would respond to the success of a flagship restaurant by closing it.But Topher Lyons — who recently announced plans to close Trail Break, a popular Tex-Mex restaurant in downtown White River...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WOODSTOCK — Charles Andrew’s first job out of high school in the early 2000s was working as a dishwasher at the Prince & the Pauper restaurant on Elm Street.At first, Andrew, now 38, didn’t much like his boss, Paul Wright “Shultz” Langhans.“Shultz had...

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QUECHEE — Route 4 in Quechee was closed for several hours between Deweys Mills Road and Quechee Main Street due to a crash.A Monday morning alert from Vermont Emergency Management went out at 10:35 a.m. and the road didn’t reopen until 2:30 p.m.An RV...

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...

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...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss recommended emergency repairs at Quechee dam, which sustained damage during last week’s flooding. Hartford officials have asked pedestrians to...

By ALEX HANSON

TUNBRIDGE — In Friday morning’s bright sunshine, Gordie Barnaby surveyed the flood-damaged Tunbridge Fairgrounds and said it could have been worse.In fact, it has been worse, as recently as 2019, when ice jammed the First Branch of the White River and...

QUECHEE — Quechee Main Street is scheduled to be closed for an emergency road repair on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to a post on Hartford's website. A detour map posted to the town’s website directs motorists to use Hard Road and Old...

QUECHEE — Hartford officials are warning pedestrians away from the Quechee dam and gorge after finding “abnormalities” at the dam near Simon Pearce, according to a Thursday post to the town’s website.The town is asking that pedestrians avoid the area...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Quechee man who has twice been involved in incidents in which he was shot was found in violation of his probation and ordered to report to residential treatment program.James Luce, 23, of Luce Meadow Road in Quechee, who was...

By RAY COUTURE

QUECHEE — In a warmly-lit downstairs room in the Upper Valley Waldorf School’s Roberts House, three early-education teachers dance and twirl marionette puppets on a cloth mini-stage to the awe and delight of a pack of small children and their...