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By CLARE SHANAHAN

BRIDGEWATER — After much discussion at Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters rejected a motion that would have eliminated the office of the town lister and moved to a professional assessing system.

TUNBRIDGE — In floor voting on Tuesday, voters approved the town budget with a flat police budget instead of the $10,000 increase that was proposed.

WOODSTOCK — In a three-way race for two three-year terms representing Woodstock on the Mountain Views School Board, voters elected incumbent Matt Stout and Sarit Werner.

CHELSEA — During the First Branch Unified School District annual meeting on Monday night, Tunbridge and Chelsea voters approved a $9.14 million school budget.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

BRIDGEWATER — One of the Upper Valley towns hit hardest by flooding in July 2023 was Bridgewater, which incurred extensive damage to homes, roads and bridges.

Articles of note: Separate articles ask voters to approve annual salaries of $1,500 for members of the School Board and the School District treasurer.

Articles of note: One article asks voters to authorize the Selectboard to refinance two existing loans totalling $3.5 million with an interest rate of 6.5% for a term not to exceed five years. The purpose is to seek a lower interest rate while the town awaits reimbursement for infrastructure damage caused by storms in July and December 2023.

Article of note: One article asks whether voters support eliminating the offices of first and second constable.

By MARION UMPLEBY

Ever since Daniel “Rudi” Ruddell gathered with his fellow Farm and Wilderness crew members to play music some 40 years ago, he’s had a passion for jamming.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

TUNBRIDGE — A passerby noticed Wednesday morning that four small statues, including a figure of the baby Jesus in a manger, were missing from the Nativity scene outside The Tunbridge Church.Church officials have not yet reported the theft to police,...

WOODSTOCK — A 39-year-old Vermont woman pleaded guilty for her role in the assault and burglary of a 64-year-old Bridgewater man at his home on New Year’s Eve nearly three years ago.Tessa Hazen received a deferred 18-month sentence on a felony...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

TUNBRIDGE — Community members have rallied around two longtime residents who lost their home of nearly 30 years in an early-morning fire last week.As of Monday afternoon, more than $56,000 had been raised to rebuild the Monarch Hill Road house of Lisa...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

MERIDEN — To owner Angela Toms, Mill Bridge Farm is a “4-H project gone right.”Toms, a physician, and her husband, Chris Forman, a software engineer, built the barn that houses 11 Guernsey cows in 2018, after their four children joined 4-H and got...

HARTFORD — The new bridge #7, also known as the VA Cutoff bridge, is now open to all traffic, the Vermont Agency of Transportation announced Friday. The bridge, which spans the White River, closed on Oct. 14 so that crews could connect two of its...

By ALEX HANSON

Thanksgiving has always seemed to me the greatest of our holidays. The idea of a harvest festival, where families or tribes gather to celebrate their agricultural labors with a generous feast, might be outdated in the era of factory farming, but the...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Beginning Monday, Oct. 14, the VA Cutoff Road bridge over the White River will close for two weeks while crews connect two sections of the span. Traffic will be detoured to the Route 4/Route 5 bridge during the closure.The newly constructed...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

TUNBRIDGE — A heavy dew covered the grass on Wednesday morning as 22 veterinary technician students from Vermont State University in Randolph, outfitted in coveralls and rubber boots, deployed at the Tunbridge World’s Fair grounds.The students, along...