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By BIANCA NUSCA-DAGON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In a unanimous voice vote, the Hartford Planning Commission gave preliminary approval Monday to the nonprofit Hartford Community Restorative Justice Center’s plan to expand its footprint by renovating a late-19th century house on Maple Street.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The bright, well-lit space at rePlay Arts at 87 Maple St. offers a variety of arts material and separate spaces for classes and organizing donations. A craft table near the entrance invites anyone to try making something or adding on to a project that others have already started.

By MARION UMPLEBY

HARTFORD — The Selectboard set the town’s property tax rate for the 2026 fiscal year in an emergency meeting last week.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Shopping at the Cover Home Repair and Store is a bit like going on a treasure hunt.

By BIANCA NUSCA-DAGON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Office desks double as meeting spaces and coffee tables. It’s a trek to the restrooms. An enclosed booth with a glass door is about the only place available to carry on sensitive phone conversations.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Monument Committee is asking members of the public to submit names of veterans to be added to a new monument to honor those who served in Korea, Vietnam and after 1975.

By LUKAS DUNFORD

HARTFORD — Town officials are looking to a new 1% local option sales tax that took effect as of July 1 to help reduce the burden on property taxes, while business owners have conflicting opinions about it.

By JENNIFER HAUCK

Carol DeCoff, of Hartford, rolls her dog Sammy back to her house after a recent walk. The 4-year-old maltese poodle mix prefers getting a ride in his pet carriage, especially on hot days. DeCoff takes a 2-mile walk with the dog most days.

By STEVE TAYLOR

It was a half-century ago that Eastman and Quechee Lakes got off the ground, becoming what were the biggest housing developments ever to hit the Upper Valley, a status they still hold in 2025. Each has its own founding story, but in many aspects they share great similarities in how they evolved and where they are today.

By JIM KENYON

It’s troubling but in no way surprising to see federal agents wearing face masks while they round up people who have a legal right to live in the U.S. That’s what wannabe authoritarian regimes such as the Trump administration do.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Upper Valley residents will have one less option for viewing fireworks on the Fourth of July this year.

HARTFORD — On Monday, Hartford’s free curbside recycling program will be no more. 

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The installation of parking kiosks the town has purchased is on hold while the Selectboard continues to debate an amended traffic and parking ordinance.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Lynnea Butterfield couldn’t wait to go swimming.

By MARION UMPLEBY

HARTFORD — Like many of the group rituals that punctuate a person’s life, high school graduations offer a moment’s pause at the crossroads of past and future.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A rabid fox attacked two adults on Latham Works Lane in downtown White River Junction on Saturday, Hartford’s health officer said Tuesday.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — The Hartford High girls lacrosse team was unable to complete its undefeated season and capture its first VPA Division II title since 2022, falling to Green Mountain Valley, 19-16, in Saturday’s championship at Norwich University.

By MICHAEL COUGHLIN JR.

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — The Hartford High boys lacrosse team came up short in its bid for a third straight VPA Division II championship, falling to Harwood, 7-4, in Saturday’s title game at Norwich University.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Planning to demolish up to 60% of Hartford High School and Hartford Area Career and Technical Center is on hold while the school district further investigates the presence of toxic building materials and develops a strategy for how the contamination might be removed.

By LYLA METHENY

PLYMOUTH, Vt. — For three days and two nights this spring, 27 students from Hartford High School did something that few teenagers experience in today’s world: They went “unplugged.”

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Each spring, thousands of American flags are placed on grave sites of veterans at cemeteries throughout the Upper Valley, from the Revolutionary War to more modern conflicts in the Middle East.