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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 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...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Nearly 50 Woodstock-area residents will join together Sunday to perform a staged reading titled “Tales of Old Woodstock,” which focuses on the town’s first 100 years.The event features monologues from the “Woodstock Anthology” written by...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — When the Thompson Senior Center proposed a homeshare program three years ago, Honey Donegan was one of the first people to sign up.The program — which pairs homeowners with rooms to rent with guests willing to help around the house in...

Woodstock seeks public input on police chief WOODSTOCK — Woodstock residents will have an opportunity to share what qualities they seek in a new police chief during a forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Town Hall.Police Chief Robbie Blish, who has...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Rob Roy McGregor wasn’t exactly looking for a new job in the nonprofit world when he moved to Canaan to start a farm a couple years ago.Then, he heard that Listen Community Services was looking for a new executive director.“When I saw this...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

RANDOLPH — Despite increased costs and a longer timeline, a new child care center off Route 66 near Exit 4 on Interstate 89 is moving forward.The White River Junction-based Green Mountain Economic Development Corp. took ownership on March 7 of the...

WOODSTOCK — At Woodstock Village’s annual meeting on Tuesday night, voters approved an article seeking to eliminate elected auditor positions and move into a contract with a public accountant or auditor’s firm for the village’s annual audit.The paper...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 71-year-old former Woodstock physical therapist pleaded guilty to inappropriately touching a female patient during a therapy appointment almost two years ago and was ordered never to practice again, according to court...

WOODSTOCK — In ballot voting on Tuesday, Woodstock voters elected town and school officers in uncontested races.Keri Cole was elected to a three-year term on the Selectboard, while Ray Bourgeois earned a two-year term.On the school side, Sam...

By RAY COUTURE

WOODSTOCK — Voters who braved a snowy conditions to attend an in-person Town Meeting on Saturday morning rejected a plan to replace the town’s elected listers with professional property assessors.Of the 10 articles on the warning, none brought more...

Article of note: One article asks voters whether to do away with the office of lister and instead hire professionally qualified assessors. Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $7.68...

Article of note: One article asks voters whether they would like to eliminate the elected auditor positions and move into a contract with an a public accountant or auditor’s firm for the village’s annual audit.Contested races: There are no contested...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

MONTPELIER — A bill working its way throughout the Vermont House would add $2 per meal to the reimbursement rate for Meals on Wheels programs throughout the state.The bill, HB 109, was introduced by state Rep. Daniel Noyes, D-Wolcott, in January in...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Two Upper Valley libraries have started up programs that aim to help residents learn to mend clothing.Woodstock’s Norman Williams Public Library began hosting a Mending Circle on Jan. 11. The group will meet from 2 to 3 p.m. on the second and fourth...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

WOODSTOCK — A longtime Upper Valley retail store has closed, compelled to move to online-only sales. But this evolution isn’t due to the changing of customer habits or proliferation of online shopping that has felled so many brick-and-mortar retailers...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

WOODSTOCK — After recently experiencing uncharacteristic turnover in the municipal manager’s office, Woodstock officials are hoping its newest hire will bring stability to the position.By unanimous vote, the Woodstock town and village boards last...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — The gunman in Tuesday’s murder-suicide at a downtown home lived at the residence owned by his mother, who had traveled from Florida to put the property up for sale, according to neighbors and a real estate agent who had been contacted to...

By ROSE TERAMI

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Union High School’s Class of 2022 received their diplomas in green and gold gowns on Friday night in “the bowl” behind the school — a grassy natural amphitheater — where about 400 guests sat on blankets and in chairs overlooking...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Note to developers in the Upper Valley: It’s a risky idea to build a project without first getting the required permits, even when you think you are legally in the right.Otherwise you might wind up in the uncomfortable position of John Holland, a...