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By JOHN LIPPMAN

A lifelong South Woodstock resident and her husband died in a vehicle collision in Mendon, Vt., on Monday, three years after a fire destroyed the couple’s home and belongings, which they replaced with support from the community.Jean and John...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BRIDGEWATER — Andy Reid was standing at the back entrance of Ramunto’s Brick & Brew Pizza, the restaurant he owns with his wife, in a muddied, silted parking lot a few paces away from the Ottauquechee River during a brief break in Friday’s morning...

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WOODSTOCK — Woodstock’s water is drinkable once again, according to a message posted to the town’s Facebook page on Thursday evening.Woodstock Aqueduct Co. officials late last week informed users that the water was not drinkable, which was a downgrade...

Drinking water restrictions remain in parts of Royalton and Woodstock served by municipal water.The Royalton Water Department’s boil-water order remains in effect. The turbidity level, a measure of particles suspended in the water, remains too high....

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Union High School is serving as a location for people affected by last week’s flooding to receive assistance, according to Vermont Emergency Management.The site is open Tuesday through Thursday, July 18-20, from 9 a.m. to 5...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — Shannon Hadlock was a center back for the White River Valley girls soccer team. It was as simple as that.The senior anchored the Wildcats’ strong defense last fall, a unit that allowed just nine goals in 16 games. But on the Vermont team for...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Endurance athletes had already started arriving in the area for the Vermont 100 race when the flooding hit the state.There were 450 runners from around the world and around 80 equestrians who signed up for the 100-mile trek, which was...

WOODSTOCK — The Ottauquechee Health Center has been closed since Monday evening due to a lack of clean water and sewage treatment in Woodstock following flooding of the Ottauquechee River earlier in the week. The clinic, which belongs to Mt. Ascutney...

WOODSTOCK — A Woodstock native and current sergeant is the next chief of the Woodstock Police Department.Woodstock Municipal Manager Eric Duffy and the Village Board of Trustees announced the selection of Joseph Swanson, who first joined the Woodstock...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Six freshly graduated Upper Valley high school senior soccer players will take the field at Hanover High on Saturday for the Lions Twin State Cup games. The event is now in its 48th year and pits top seniors from New Hampshire and Vermont whose high...

By PATRICK ADRIAN, ALEX HANSON and LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Heavy rain, flash floods and rising rivers closed roads, damaged infrastructure and forced evacuations around the Upper Valley on Monday, as the region was expected to see its worst flooding since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The worst...

By JIM KENYON

After losing her home and many of her belongings to Tropical Storm Irene’s floodwaters 12 years ago, Ethel Davis braced for worst as she made her way back to Riverside Mobile Home Park in Woodstock around noon Tuesday.“I told myself, ‘If the place...

THETFORD — After flood waters from the Ompompanoosuc River “receded significantly” on Tuesday morning, Thetford lifted its evacuation order for residents who live along Route 132. The evacuation order was put in place around 7:45 p.m. Monday in...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Woodstock High has promoted from within to fill its boys basketball head coaching vacancy, naming Scott Brooks to the position after Steve Landon left to take over the girls’ team at Hartford.Brooks, who came on last winter as the Wasps’ junior...

By ALEX HANSON

Around 40 years or so ago, Charlet Davenport was serving on the Vermont Arts Council.She was still a new resident, having moved to the state with her husband, Peter, in 1962. (She’s still a newcomer even now, she said.) At the time, AVA Gallery was...

By ALEX HANSON

The world of books is nearly as vast as humanity itself. It’s too big to fit into a three-day literary festival.But Bookstock, the annual festival opening Friday in Woodstock, is making an effort. While the organizers have always tried to include a...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Organizers of an upcoming event are hoping to convince municipalities, school districts and contractors to give electric lawn equipment a try.From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday at Woodstock Union High School and Middle School, at 100...

By TRIS WYKES

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Woodstock High entered Saturday’s Vermont Division II girls lacrosse championship game with a core group of athletes looking to add to field hockey and ice hockey crowns earned earlier in the school year.For much of the first half...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WOODSTOCK — Dressed in green robes inside Union Arena, 62 Woodstock Union High School seniors became graduates Friday night.In their remarks, the class’s co-salutatorians used natural themes to encourage their fellow graduates to be like trees and to...