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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — In an effort to recruit more employees and provide job stability, Windsor, Weathersfield and Bellows Falls, Vt., have joined together to share planning and zoning officials.Town planner Halima Abuayyash became the trio’s first joint employee...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — The Selectboard has given its tentative support to a proposal that could see a new recreation area built on Depot Street.In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the four board members present granted Town Manager Tom Marsh the authority to enter a...

By KAELI BENNETT

WINDSOR — Opportunities to play are growing in Windsor for the two-legged and four-legged alike.The playground at the town’s fairgrounds, managed by the town Recreation Department, just got some upgrades to space and equipment. And the town’s dog park...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — The state is taking another crack at identifying a suitable redevelopment plan for the former state prison on County Road.The Mount Ascutney Regional Commission is asking firms to submit proposals for a master plan for the shuttered...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WINDSOR — In spite of Jill Lord’s retirement earlier this year following three decades at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, her influence on the Windsor community is ongoing.She retired from her position of director of community health at the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — When Roger Barraby joined the track and field team in high school, he knew he’d found his sport.“The one thing I’ve always loved about my sport is, you’re really competing against yourself and it really is all up to you,” said Barraby, who...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Free summer meals for children will be available in some parts of the Upper Valley this summer, but not all.The Orange East Supervisory Union, which includes Bradford, Vt.-area schools, will not be offering summer meals this...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WINDSOR — Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center’s CEO is leaving his post in August to take over the leadership of Cheshire Medical Center, another Dartmouth Health member, in Keene, N.H., according to a DH news release.Dr. Joseph Perras has held...

By JIM KENYON

After the Windsor Selectboard voted in October to block advocates for the LGBTQ+ community from planting a “Pride” tree on the town common, Amanda Jordan Smith could have given up the fight. Instead, she dug in. Jordan Smith, a former Selectboard...

By KAELI BENNETT

WINDSOR — Windsor High School’s community gathered in the school’s gymnasium during Friday’s sudden thunderstorm to celebrate its 155th commencement. Those gathered applauded the 54 graduates for their persistence through struggles, as well as their...

WEST WINDSOR — The Selectboard accepted the resignation of Town Administrator Christina Dolan at a May 12 special meeting, according to meeting minutes.The Selectboard is looking for both a temporary and permanent replacement, according to the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — Months after being rebuffed by the Selectboard, a nonprofit advocacy group will plant a “LGBTQ+ Pride Tree” on a designated state historic site in town.LGBTQIA2S+ & Allies of Windsor has an agreement with the state to place the tree on the...

WINDSOR — The town’s Development Review Board has given its final approval for an apartment building in downtown Windsor.The board’s decision, which was issued last week, was made after a public hearing held in April. The 25-unit building, which will...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — Just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new gallery opened next to Bob’s Barbershop in downtown Windsor.Called the Main Street Gallery, it became a spot for Windsor-area artists — some well-known and some not-so-well-known — to...

WINDSOR — The Mount Ascutney School Board on Friday selected a new board member to represent Windsor on the two-town board that also includes West Windsor.The board appointed Megan Reed, a 39-year-old Windsor resident, for a one-year term in the seat...

CORNISH — The Cornish Police Department is seeking assistance identifying the person responsible for damaging the Cornish Windsor Covered Bridge on Friday, according to a Sunday post on the department’s Facebook page. It may have been a trailer that...

By RAY COUTURE

WINDSOR — Under a pop-up tent on the lawn outside Windsor Public Library Saturday morning, three bicyclists huddled together to get a closer look as Todd Chewning demonstrated how to check if a bike’s chains are wearing out using a tool called a...