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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — It’s good to be back. That’s the feeling among members of Twin State Derby, the Upper Valley’s roller derby league, which is nearing the end of its first season back since the COVID-19 pandemic.“We have tons of new rookies who are training...

By LUKAS DUNFORD

HARTLAND — Iryna Burtolik and Antonina Reznichenko first became friends 15 years ago, while working at a restaurant in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Since then, they’ve gotten together nearly every weekend — despite both finding husbands and starting...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Nutritional programs for older adults have received a sustained boost in state funding, which will be distributed to programs throughout Vermont that provide home-delivered and congregate meals.The additional $1 million, part of the...

WOODSTOCK — The Town of Woodstock is set to direct $45,000 in wage relief to employees of Woodstock-based businesses who lost wages, or will continue to lose wages, due to the recent flooding and subsequent water shutdown.The money comes from the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Late at night on Aug. 2, 1923, a telegraph came through to the Southern Vermont Telephone Co. in Bridgewater.It woke up Nellie Perkins, who worked as an operator at the company founded by her husband, Winfred A. Perkins, in 1907.“She’s going to hear...

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 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 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 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...