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By JIM KENYON

Money wasn’t all that Dartmouth Health lost last week when a U.S. District Court jury awarded a Norwich fertility doctor more than $1 million in damages for her unlawful firing in 2017.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

BRADFORD, Vt. — Alivia Patch’s favorite thing about the Bradford Teen Center, known as The Hub, is that she can be around people her own age in a fun and supportive place. “I get to hang out with my friends and cook,” Alivia, 13, said.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLLS

HARTFORD — The Selectboard has canceled a special meeting scheduled for next week to consider adopting a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

RANDOLPH CENTER — The third annual Youth Chess Day will take place at Vermont State University in Randolph Center this Saturday.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

QUECHEE — When Mick Maguire bought the Antiques Collaborative at Waterman Hill last year he envisioned revamping the store.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Michael Redmond, who has served as executive director of the Upper Valley Haven for seven years, will step down from his role later this year.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ROYALTON — Royalton Town Administrator Victoria Paquin will leave her role in May.

GalileaAtencio, 9, and her brother Kingston Atencio, 12, wind twine around what will be roosting bars in the chicken coop they are helping to put together with their father on Tuesday in White River Junction. The family recently got nine chicks, which are living in Galilea’s bedroom under a heat lamp. This is the first time they have raised chickens, and the family is excited to be getting their own eggs.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As a broadcast news outlet and a community hub for burgeoning artists and filmmakers, JAM (Junction Arts & Media) traverses the space between the factual and the fanciful.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SOUTH ROYALTON — Vermont Law and Graduate School President Rodney Smolla is stepping down from his leadership role later this year to return to writing and teaching.

By JIM KENYON

Long before he arrived at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in a Colchester, Vt., office park Monday morning, Mohsen Mahdawi pretty much knew it was a setup. The chances of him leaving his scheduled meeting with an immigration officer as a free man were slim, at best.

COLCHESTER, Vt. — A Columbia University student activist with ties to the Upper Valley was taken into custody by hooded federal agents at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office on Monday.

Rose Grenier hands pansies to her husband, Charles Grenier, of Lebanon, on Saturday in Norwich. The couple was at Honey Field Farm for its greenhouse opening. The farm welcomes people to its greenhouses on weekends in April. The couple took a drive with their beagles, wanting to get out of the house, saying they wished it felt more like spring.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WOODSTOCK — A pair of new cafes are opening in Woodstock’s busy downtown, and a new fine dining option is bringing a familiar face back to the area.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

MONTPELIER — When it comes to his Vermont Senate voting record, the freshman lawmaker representing the Orange County District in Montpelier has followed his fellow Republicans.

BURLINGTON — After deliberating for nearly 20 hours over three days, a U.S. District Court jury awarded $1.125 million in damages this week to a former fertility doctor at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center after finding her 2017 firing violated Vermont’s disability discrimination law.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton residents will vote for a third time on a bond to upgrade the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools during a Special Town Meeting on May 20.

By MARION UMPLEBY

In the latter part of his life, Wayne Thompson was a dedicated patron of Artistree, the community arts center in South Pomfret. An artist himself, he submitted numerous paintings and sculptures to group exhibitions over the years.

Carol Sears, of Randolph, cleans brush and weeds out of garden at the Bethel Athletic Fields on Friday. Sears, who cares for the gardens at the nearby Bethel Elementary where she is a pre-kindergarten para-educator, was helping the maintenance staff prepare the garden for spring on the school’s in-service day.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — In an effort to spur growth, the town has hired its first housing and development specialist.