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By JAMES M. PATTERSON

WEST LEBANON — Lebanon firefighters Craig Noyes, left, and Jacob Astbury practice rescuing their colleague, Chris Pearson, middle, in a city-owned training house on South Main Street last month.

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

Newbury Village Fire Chief John Renfrew, 72, watches as a crew from Fornwalt Excavation prepares a site for new footings to be poured for a new fire station in Newbury Village, Vt., on Friday.

As Cornish Fire Department trucks arrive, a bicyclist pedals past a brush fire on Town House Road in Cornish on Wednesday. Cornish Fire Chief Mike Boutilier said the fire was caused by a downed powerline. Firefighters extinguished the fire by early evening.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SUNAPEE — The town has appointed a new fire chief, the Fire Department announced on social media Sunday evening.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

GRAFTON — Two Upper Valley homes were destroyed by recent fires, leaving three people injured, including one with severe burns.

WEATHERSFIELD — A breached beaver dam led to a surge of water on a tributary of the Black River, which closed Route 106 for a time on Monday evening. Two other roads were closed overnight due to flooding.

NEWPORT — A fire that started in a wood stove spread tot he second floor before it was extinguished on Monday.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Construction began last month on a $1.3 million project to add living and office space to Hartford Fire Department’s Station No. 2 in Quechee.

WEST WEATHERSFIELD — The fire department responded to a house fire on Reservoir Road over the weekend.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Motorists stopped their cars on Mechanic Street Friday morning to investigate the damage an overnight fire caused to the popular Dairy Twirl ice cream shop.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BETHEL — Interim Fire Chief Geary Coogler, who “managed to pull off the miracle” of leading the department during a tumultuous period has resigned, along with Assistant Fire Chief Greg Timmins.The resignations went into effect Sunday. The Selectboard...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BARNARD — After several brush fires across Vermont, including ones in the Upper Valley, that destroyed dozens of acres over the weekend, the state’s Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation issued a ban on debris burning on Monday.In Barnard,...

Roy Knights stacks firewood at his home in Lyme on Friday. A bead of sweat formed on Knights’ brow as he hauled loads of wood in 80 degree heat. “You know the old saying about wood,” he said, “it heats you twice.”