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By MARION UMPLEBY

LEBANON — Last summer, 48 artists working within an array of mediums exhibited work in AVA Gallery and Art Center’s biennial juried show. From that group, the juror chose four artists to receive a small cash prize and a year to develop a solo exhibition featuring new work. The fruits of that labor go on view this Friday on the gallery’s main floor.

By LUKAS DUNFORD

HARTFORD — Town officials are looking to a new 1% local option sales tax that took effect as of July 1 to help reduce the burden on property taxes, while business owners have conflicting opinions about it.

CHELSEA — A 36-year-old Chelsea man with a criminally suspended driving license was transported with serious injuries to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center after he crashed his motorcycle on Route 110 early Monday, Vermont Police State said in a news release.

By JENNIFER HAUCK

Carol DeCoff, of Hartford, rolls her dog Sammy back to her house after a recent walk. The 4-year-old maltese poodle mix prefers getting a ride in his pet carriage, especially on hot days. DeCoff takes a 2-mile walk with the dog most days.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WINDSOR — A sign with a large pink background was stuck in the red mulch over the weekend under the green leafy canopy of trees in front of the entrance of preK-12 school Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vt., boutiques of flowers spread around its base.

By EMMIE FOSTER

NORWICH — John Sheldon, 11, of Norwich, has been birding for nearly half his life. It’s a fun hobby that gets him outside, he said, often into the woods around his home.

By STEVE TAYLOR

It was a half-century ago that Eastman and Quechee Lakes got off the ground, becoming what were the biggest housing developments ever to hit the Upper Valley, a status they still hold in 2025. Each has its own founding story, but in many aspects they share great similarities in how they evolved and where they are today.

By LUKAS DUNFORD

WEST LEBANON — Fiber optic internet service is being made available for the first time to more than 26,000 homes and businesses in the Upper Valley.

By JIM KENYON

It’s troubling but in no way surprising to see federal agents wearing face masks while they round up people who have a legal right to live in the U.S. That’s what wannabe authoritarian regimes such as the Trump administration do.

By MARION UMPLEBY and EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WINDSOR —The body of a 14-year-old girl was recovered at Kennedy Pond on Wednesday evening, following a five-hour search by authorities and community members.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — Theresa Taylor walked around the lawn outside Old South Church cemetery in downtown Windsor checking in on the dozens of people gathered there Wednesday morning.

By LUKAS DUNFORD

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The board of Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire has appointed a new chief executive officer. 

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — North Star Health plans to open three new pharmacies in 2026.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WINDSOR — First responders recovered what is believed to be the body of a missing 14-year-old girl from Kennedy Pond on Wednesday evening.

By MARION UMPLEBY

Three years ago, Elizabeth Kurylo, a choreographer living in Corinth, launched The Junction Dance Festival, a celebration of dance in the Twin States. What started as a three day event in White River Junction has been steadily gaining steam over the past few years.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Upper Valley residents will have one less option for viewing fireworks on the Fourth of July this year.

WINDSOR — Town officials and residents celebrated on Tuesday the opening of 25 units of new mixed-income housing.

WINDSOR — A community coalition in Windsor has hired the town’s first community nurse who started last week and is currently seeking clients in Windsor over 65.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

RANDOLPH — Each time Randolph resident Lindsay Kill takes and picks up her two daughters at the Orange County Parent Child Center in Tunbridge, the process takes at least two hours.

HARTFORD — On Monday, Hartford’s free curbside recycling program will be no more.