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NEWBURY, Vt. — Halls Lake is now the second Upper Valley lake to be recognized with a Gold Lake Wise Award, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday.

Eva Langhans, 11, right, of Windsor, plays catch with her dad, Mike, outside her grandparents’ Windsor home earlier this month. Mike Langhans coaches Eva’s recreational softball team, and they were preparing for the first practice of the season.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — The future of Bradford Elementary School’s food program is uncertain after the School Board floated the idea of outsourcing the service last month.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — From the outside, Hartford Memorial Middle School looked about as empty as expected on a Friday night. The building’s windows were dark, and only a handful of cars peppered the large parking lot.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Technology and career centers in White River Junction and Bradford, Vt., will offer women-only welding classes as part of a new training series aimed at recruiting more women into the welding field.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — After more than a year of uncertainty over district leadership, the School Board has chosen a permanent superintendent.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Kayti True, who has been homeless for three years, lately has been couch surfing at friends’ homes in Wilder and White River Junction.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — Festering tensions within the Woodstock Police Department spilled out into the open this week as the town’s police chief fought for his job at a marathon public hearing where the town manager and several department employees detailed their complaints about and lack of confidence in the chief’s leadership.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CHELSEA — A 65-year-old Vershire woman has been criminally charged in connection with the death of an 82-year-old pedestrian, who she struck with her car in Chelsea four months ago and subsequently died from his injuries, according to police.

BARNARD — The Barnard Selectboard has appointed Kurt Lessard to a seat previously held by the late Robert “Bob” Edmunds.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Bugbee Senior Center is looking for community members to volunteer their skills for a Repair Fair in April.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Upper Valley school districts will no longer receive funding through two federal programs meant to help districts purchase food from area farmers. 

By MARION UMPLEBY

“Sugar, butter, flour.” A woman’s voice carries across a dimly-lit diner minutes before the room is jolted to life by the arrival of hungry customers.

WOODSTOCK VILLAGE — In Australian ballot voting on Tuesday, Village voters elected Brenda Blakeman and Lisa Lawlor to trustee positions in uncontested races.

WEATHERSFIELD — A breached beaver dam led to a surge of water on a tributary of the Black River, which closed Route 106 for a time on Monday evening. Two other roads were closed overnight due to flooding.

HARTLAND — The Upper Valley Land Trust has purchased 75 acres of land to create the Timotheus Pohl Conservation Area.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — With the search for a new school superintendent narrowed to two finalists, the public will have a chance to meet the candidates at meetings next week.