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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — Windsor residents now have access to shopping in Claremont via public transit twice a month.MOOVer, a micro public transportation service operated by Southeast Vermont Transit, has added a route that will connect Windsor-area residents to...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Southeastern Vermont Community Action, known as SEVCA, is looking for volunteers to help people prepare their taxes.SEVCA’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program serves low and moderate income earners, people with disabilities...

By JIM KENYON

When I met 16-year-old Hudson Ranney at the Boston Dreams coffee shop in Windsor, it was 10 in the morning and he was munching on a Moose Tracks ice cream cone while checking messages on his Apple Watch between bites.A stereotypical teen? No...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — Railyard Recreation, a nonprofit started several months ago, will present plans to the Development Review Board Tuesday for construction of recreational facilities on vacant town property off Depot Street.The plans include a dog park at the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

When Roger Barraby was preparing for the Gay Games last spring, his goals were twofold: Raise money for and awareness of the LGBT National Help Center, and to continue to compete at a high level in track and field.The Cornish resident did both of...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — A conceptual plan to repurpose a portion of the former prison property on County Road into a housing development drew a mix of opinions at a forum attended by about 30 people last week.While some spoke in support of the concept because of...

By JIM KENYON

To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield, I went to a fight the other morning, and a meeting of the Windsor County Republican Executive Committee broke out.How bad (or amusing, if you’re a Democrat) was it?The dozen Republicans in the room didn’t make it...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — An architect hired to research the potential redevelopment of the former state prison site on County Road and solicit input from residents and town officials is starting to meet with local leaders this week.Emily Bell, of Bell Design Studios...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — Motorists who use the Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge may at times wonder whether the anachronistic warning that failure to walk one’s horse across the bridge will result in a $2 fine was really enforced or whether it was put there to humor...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — 4-H clubs in Windsor County are looking for more adults to volunteer with children who participate in a variety of programs.The county has three 4-H clubs: Green Mountain 4-H, which is based in Springfield, Vt., and focuses on shooting...

WEST LEBANON — Opportunities to get flu shots are cropping up across the Upper Valley.Walk-in clinics hosted by the Public Health Council, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Geisel School of Medicine for people ages 10 and older are scheduled to take place in the...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

Despite a gloomy forecast, Main Street was bustling in Windsor Friday evening.The Adam McMahon Trio opened the music stage with a rendition of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.” A brief downpour caused a scramble for cover, but the rain soon let up and...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Upper Valley residents are taking more advantage of the region’s public transportation options, which area organizations have expanded in recent weeks.On the second Saturday of Advance Transit’s weekend routes, a bus that went...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WINDSOR — The dining room at Bistro Midva was full of warm light and lively conversation on a September weeknight. At the small tile-topped bar, Kurt Dermody, a West Windsor resident and Ascutney Outdoors board member, and Ryan Palmer, the Windsor...

By ALEX HANSON

For a long time, Angie Follensbee-Hall carried in the back of her mind the idea of opening an art gallery with a studio attached.She saw it as a place where she could both make and show her art work, which consists of her own handmade paper combined...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEW LONDON — Windsor County Mentors is expanding to the Kearsarge region.The Windsor-based nonprofit organization is partnering with community groups and the Kearsarge Regional School District to start a mentoring program for students at elementary...