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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — The American Precision Museum has received an infusion of funds that will allow it to expand its footprint and STEM education programs.A $600,000 grant from the Farley Family Charitable Foundation will help the Windsor-based museum located...

WINDSOR — The Mt. Ascutney School Board is collecting applications for a new board member to represent Windsor on the two-town board that also includes West Windsor.The search comes after former board member Amy McMullen stepped down following...

By LISA RATHKE

A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS.In Vermont, the state Senate gave final approval this week to...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORWICH — Town officials have announced a special meeting on May 2 for voters to elect two school board members, races for which were inadvertently left off Town Meeting ballots last month.Last week, the Norwich School Board authorized Town Clerk Lily...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Last summer at a Vermont Basketball Coaches Association meeting, Champlain Valley Union girls coach Ute Otley suggested the VBCA create a scholarship in the name of Eric Ward, the beloved former coach at Thetford Academy who died after a battle with...

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 PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — At the annual Town Meeting on May 9, voters will be asked to approve two bonds for the town’s water and sewer systems for projects to address a couple of long-standing problems.A $10 million bond authorization is part of an estimated $29...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — In a surprising display of cooperation and compromise, the narrowly divided New Hampshire House approved a two-year state budget Thursday, sending the $15.9 billion plan on to the Senate.The total, which includes federal funds, would be more...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Masks are coming off within days at several health care facilities across the Upper Valley.As of Monday, April 10, masks will be optional for people at Dartmouth Health facilities who don’t have respiratory symptoms, according to DH’s...

By MARK PRATT

BOSTON — The little bottles of booze at Huntington Wine and Liquor are displayed prominently at the front counter of the Boston store, some stacked neatly in display cases, others tossed haphazardly in trays.Steven Rubin, whose family has owned the...

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a homeless shelter resident accused of using an ax and knife to kill the shelter’s coordinator in front of horrified workers.Zaaina Mahvish-Jammeh, 38, purchased the ax from a...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — A woman who said she was forcefully groped outside a department store on Route 12A credits two teenage bystanders with helping to track down the alleged assailant.According to court records, the suspect is a Piermont man who was out on bail...

By TRIS WYKES

HANOVER — Dartmouth College football began spring practice this week without head coach Buddy Teevens, who remains hospitalized in Florida with serious injuries weeks after being struck by a pickup truck while riding a bike.On Tuesday, Dartmouth named...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — A vehicle that was reported to be missing from the scene of a barn fire in Plainfield was located and recovered and a Lebanon man was arrested and charged in connection with the investigation on Tuesday, police said.Thomas Hamel, 30, was...

HANOVER — A fourth-quarter rally was not enough Saturday for the Dartmouth College women’s lacrosse team, which fell 13-11 against Harvard at Scully-Fahey Field and dropped to 0-3 in Ivy League play.First-year Catherine Erb’s 16th goal of the season...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

WEST LEBANON — Jersey Mike’s Subs franchisee Chris Brown had long sought a West Lebanon location for the national chain. Now, after five years of searching — and a bit of real estate creativity — he is poised to finally open a store in the heart of...

By ALEX HANSON

Even before it was a Christian holiday, Easter was a time of rebirth. Perhaps in that spirit, though more likely because it’s warming up, there are a lot of vibrant arts events taking place around the Upper Valley over the next few days. Rather than...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

A Windsor County man previously accused of stealing a Dartmouth-Hitchcock shuttle bus was arraigned in a new case on Tuesday after state police said they discovered him in possession of another stolen truck and a loaded handgun.Mitchell Horton, 35,...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Upper Valley sports fans tuning into the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four on Friday night weren’t just taking in an exciting semifinal matchup between Virginia Tech and LSU — they were watching one of their own.Taylor Soule, who grew up in West...

AMHERST, N.H. — The Lebanon High boys tennis team opened the spring season with a resounding win, 9-0, at Souhegan on Tuesday afternoon.Nolan Arado got things started with an 8-0 win at No. 1 singles for the Raiders. Will Katz and Finn Ericson each...