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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing communities to arrest and fine people for sleeping outside in public spaces has drawn the ire of Upper Valley social services providers and skepticism from local law enforcement and municipal...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — The Lebanon Public Library provides myriad services for Upper Valley residents from craft groups to concerts to free internet access.This summer, they’re adding another function: a site for caregivers to pick up five days’ worth of breakfast...

ROYALTON — The Central Vermont Council on Aging has closed three of its Orange County offices and opened a new one in downtown Randolph.The Barre-based nonprofit organization, which assists older adults in 54 central Vermont towns, closed the offices...

By RYAN KRYSKA

NEW YORK — Keegan Bradley was clear about his intentions when he was introduced Tuesday as the U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2025.He doesn’t just want to be Captain America, he wants to play on the team at Bethpage Black in New York.“I feel as though I’m...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — After a lengthier and more contentious process than its organizers expected, a project to honor Hartford veterans and first responders is soliciting applications after receiving a green light from the Selectboard last month.The “Hartford...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

FAIRLEE — In the months since construction on Interstate 91 has diverted traffic to Route 5 in downtown Fairlee, Jan Neil has noticed new faces at her business, Jan’s Fairlee Diner.“We’ve had several customers coming in, saying they’ve passed through,...

HARTFORD — Vermonters can receive free heat pump installation and service training beginning Monday, July 22 in White River Junction.The two-week training session is offered by Vermont Adult Learning’s Energy Works program. No experience is necessary...

By HALEY CLOUGH

ROYALTON — Starting Tuesday, the one-way underpass on Route 14 will be closed to all traffic near Vesper Road for approximately 16 days due to construction, the Vermont Agency of Transportation recently announced.Motorists are being directed to a...

By ALEX HANSON

THETFORD — At Smith College in the 1950s, Gillian Lewis majored in visual art and minored in theater. Those studies presaged the direction her life would take after she moved to Thetford in 1960.Art was major, at least at first, as she made woodcuts...

By JIM KENYON

During a visit to the summer day camp run by a southern Windsor County YMCA on Wednesday morning, I talked with Ashley Denofrio’s 11-year-old niece.I asked her what she’d be doing, if not attending camp.“I’d be home, probably sleeping,” she said....

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BENTON, N.H. — Henry Swayze wanted to return to where he set out. That was a big mistake, he acknowledges.“I was of the mindset I wanted to get back to Post Mills,” Swayze said of the reason he decided not to land his glider which was losing altitude...

By FRANCES MIZE

NORWICH — As towns across Vermont are objecting to the arrival of industrial-sized solar projects, Norwich is gearing up in an attempt to keep the large developments from plopping down in its backyard.The Solar Siting Subcommittee, an outgrowth of the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORWICH — A few years ago, Norwich Historical Society Director Sarah Rooker searched a 1909 Norwich history book for the word “she.” Rooker’s electronic search brought back three results from the roughly 300-page volume that has since been digitized:...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Hartford Superintendent Tom DeBalsi resigned from his position last week, a year before his contract was to end on June 30, 2025, the School District announced in a Wednesday news release. Caty Sutton, previously Hartford’s director of...

Angela Tibbets, of Lebanon, prepares for a yard sale she planned to have with a friend in White River Junction. Many wood burnings Tibbets has made over the years were included in the sale, which was scheduled for the Fourth of July. Josie Smith, also...

By HALEY CLOUGH

CORINTH — The cleanup of the abandoned Pike Hill Copper Mine, a federal Superfund site, is moving forward with the treatment of contaminated soil and sediment scheduled for late summer and early fall, the Environmental Protection Agency indicated last...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 23 to collect community input on an upcoming study of the Hartford Avenue bridge over the White River, which is on a list of state bridges to be replaced. The Vermont Agency of...

BRADFORD, Vt. — Marla Ianello, previously principal of Bradford Elementary School, has become assistant superintendent of student support and operations at the Orange East Supervisory Union.The elementary school is now helmed by Edith Fogerty, who...

Counselor and intern Drew Boyce, left, reviews a shot with JAM Camp participants, from second left, Milo Hallinan, 10, of Lebanon, Zachary Albecassis, 11, of Hanover, and Malcolm Sharlet, 10, of Norwich, while filming a scene for their spy film at the...

If 90% of success in life is just showing up, how much is attributable to just putting in a virtual appearance? 50%? 40? The question arises in the context of the Norwich Selectboard, a majority of whose members have, without explanation, abandoned...