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By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Theater director and actor Jammie Patton confesses that she’s “always had an affinity for romance, especially the corny kind.” That preference is part of what drew her to “Maytag Virgin,” the romantic comedy that opened last Thursday under her direction at Shaker Bridge Theatre in White River Junction. 

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — This week, two bedrocks of the Upper Valley, farming and theater, will meet in “The Vermont Farm Project,” a new musical generated by Northern Stage.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A tractor trailer jumped the median on the Exit 1 off-ramp from Interstate 89 to Route 4 when the driver lost control of the vehicle on Tuesday morning.

By NICOLE WINFIELD

VATICAN CITY — He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner, sinking to his hands and knees to implore South Sudan’s rival leaders to make peace.

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 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.

By STEVE TAYLOR

It was going to become “the Ben and Jerry’s of beer” and as the concept took shape it generated a lot of buzz in the Upper Valley some 40 years ago.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Selectboard is considering a developer’s request to close off part of a residential road in anticipation of an influx of new residents from a permitted 240-unit apartment complex.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Upper Valley residents are planning to join protests on Saturday, April 5, as part of a national movement, Hands Off!, against policy changes enacted by President Donald Trump and billionaire businessman Elon Musk.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Downtown cocktail spot Wolf Tree has been named a James Beard Award finalist in the Outstanding Bar category. 

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Jill Horne, of White River Junction, took a walk with her cat, Juniper, 2, through the village on Wednesday.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In the past, We the People Theatre’s founder Perry Allison hasn’t shied away from musicals with a lot of energy.

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 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.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — While grabbing lunch at Listen’s community dining hall in on Thursday, David Reffitt wiped tears from his eyes as he remembered his friend, Rick Riff.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In 2019, Kelsie Hogue put out a bubbly recording under her pop alter-ego Sir Babygirl, and seemed destined for stardom.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford police have released the name of the man who died underneath the Hartford Avenue bridge last Thursday night.

HARTFORD — Rescued workers recovered the body of a man who was found deceased in a wooded embankment below Bridge Street in White River Junction on Thursday night.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A tow truck clears a tractor trailer from the scene of a crash involving three tractor trailers in the southbound lane on Interstate 91 between exits 12 and 11 on Thursday.