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BRADFORD, Vt. — A portion of Interstate-91 South near Exit 16 in Bradford, Vt., has been reduced to one lane as construction crews continue to work on stabilizing a rock ledge that partially collapsed in early 2024.

By ALEX HANSON

NEWBURY, Vt. — On a recent warm Thursday morning, four students at the Newbury School of Weaving were performing an activity once so common it would have been widely understood: They were “dressing” looms in preparation to start weaving.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Many of the nearly 40 farmers, consumers and organizers who attended a potluck and rally outside the Upper Valley Food Co-op on Thursday evening brought an usual prop with them: a long-handled spoon.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST WOODSTOCK — Nearly every weekday for more than 15 years, Edwin English left his home and walked the .2 miles to the Thompson Senior Center.

By MARION UMPLEBY

TUNBRIDGE — Whether it was mowing lawns to earn spending money in middle school or biking 20 miles to help out at a vegetable farm while working as a newspaper copy editor, Mary Lake has been hustling since she was a child.

WINDSOR — Main Street will be closed between State Street and the 802 Credit Union for about six hours Wednesday so that the Windsor Diner can be moved to its new location.

By LUKAS DUNFORD

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — After exceeding its fundraising goal of $10.2 million in just under nine months, Upper Valley Haven is preparing to open a new low-barrier shelter and resource center off Route 5 next spring.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEWPORT — Upper Valley municipalities and nonprofit organizations have received grant funding from the Northern Border Regional Commission for infrastructure and economic development projects.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The installation of parking kiosks the town has purchased is on hold while the Selectboard continues to debate an amended traffic and parking ordinance.

BARNARD — Silver Lake State Park’s swimming area reopened Wednesday morning after being closed for about 24 hours, Chief of Park Operations Reuben Allen confirmed early Wednesday afternoon.

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

Pastor Aaron Grefer, rides with his son Isaac, 5, around the lawn of the Corinth Bible Church as Caleb Grefer, 1, left, watches after having the dirt bike blessed in Corinth Center last month.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

BARNARD — In the middle of a sweltering heat wave on Tuesday, Silver Lake State Park’s swim area was closed for elevated levels of E. coli.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WEST FAIRLEE — Officials at Treasure Island, the Thetford-owned beach on Lake Fairlee off of Route 244, took to social media in search of assistance in locating the culprits behind a Friday evening theft of an undisclosed amount of money.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Lynnea Butterfield couldn’t wait to go swimming.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Vermont State Sen. Joe Major, D-Hartford, hugged the Rev. Leon Dunkley of the North Universalist Chapel Society in Woodstock, while welcoming him to the podium during a Juneteenth Celebration at Lyman Point Park on Saturday.

By MARION UMPLEBY

HARTFORD — Like many of the group rituals that punctuate a person’s life, high school graduations offer a moment’s pause at the crossroads of past and future.

By MARION UMPLEBY

STRAFFORD — Before this year, Phoebe Mix had no experience running a cafe.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HARTLAND — Vermont’s highest court ruled in favor of a farm store planned on Route 5 near the Interstate 91 interchange, paving the way for the project to move forward.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

FAIRLEE — The Fairlee-Orford Fourth of July Parade will return after a year’s hiatus.

By MARION UMPLEBY

NORWICH — Activist and puppeteer Pati Hernández has always seen the power of storytelling.