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SHARON — Sharon residents approved a budget of $1.9 million at the town’s floor meeting on Tuesday. $1.4 million of that is slated to come from taxes.The budget is up from last year’s $1.86 million budget, resulting in education spending of $19,889...

Articles of note: In three separate articles, voters will be asked whether to charge 1% interest per month on overdue taxes; a 2% late fee on payments due on Feb. 14, 2024, paid on or before Feb. 28, 2024; and an additional 6% on payments made after...

By RAY COUTURE

SHARON — A framed obituary of the Edward K. Baxter Memorial Library’s namesake hangs near the red-brick building’s back entrance and, on Friday night, that picture rested just above a plastic table holding tins of homemade chili and bags of jalapeño...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

In a return to its venue’s past, the Seven Stars Arts Center will hold a country dance Sunday evening.Seven Stars — a Sharon-based nonprofit organization known for its folk and Americana concerts, as well as music lessons — makes its home in what used...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

A new program in Sharon is reconnecting older adults to the music they loved when they were younger.Music for Elders, which is run by the Sharon Health Initiative, provides older adults with mix CDs curated to their musical tastes and portable CD...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SHARON — The School Board is seeking community input on a potential renovation and addition to Sharon Elementary School.At its meeting on Tuesday, the three-member board will vote on whether to form a committee of residents and other community...

By RAY COUTURE

SOUTH ROYALTON — When one opportunity burns down, another rises in its place — or at least that was the case for Dan Sherburne and his crew at Carlita’s Cantina, the new Mexican restaurant on Chelsea Street that opened for business last week.On May...

Staff Report

SHARON — A child died Thursday afternoon when the Chevrolet Suburban they were riding in drifted into rock ledges in the median on southbound Interstate 89 in Sharon, according to a news release from the Vermont State Police.The impact against the...

By ANNA MERRIMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A teenage girl stood at the podium in Windsor Superior Court on Wednesday morning and in a shaky voice recalled the moment she learned a former South Royalton School principal had been secretly recording her at his house.“It’s a...

By Nicola Smith

After World War II, Dutch elm disease began its decimation of the American elm, a tree that was the glory of hundreds of Main Streets in the Northeastern and Midwestern U.S. At the same time, it also affected the American elm’s lesser-known cousin,...