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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Roughly 80 to 85% of calls to which Hartford police officers respond are not criminal in nature, Police Chief Greg Sheldon said recently.“They are quality of life issues,” involving mental health issues, housing, and other challenges, he...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

QUECHEE — For around a decade, Pat Tivnan has been volunteering at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science to help care for baby birds.During her four-hour shifts, she’d feed the tiniest patients at the Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation and...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board voted Wednesday to proceed with a search for a new superintendent with the goal of inking a contract by late March. The vote was 4-0 in favor of going forward. Board member Nancy Russell was absent.The search is being...

HARTFORD — The Selectboard Tuesday night decided to leave a vacant seat empty until voters elect a replacement at Town Meeting in March.Sue Buckholz was elected to a two-year term last March. In late October, she resigned her seat without...

WEST LEBANON — Lane closures due to construction on the southbound Interstate 89 bridge connecting Lebanon and Hartford may cause delays next week.The right lane on I-89 in Lebanon and Hartford will be closed during daytime hours from Tuesday,...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In voting on Tuesday, Hartford approved a $4 million bond to stabilize retaining walls on Gates Street and Fairview Terrace in White River Junction.The article passed, 2,859-1,826.Once completed, the stabilization work is...

By ALEX CERVANTES

BURLINGTON — All Hartford High’s Charlotte Jasmin needed was a head nod from Madison Barwood. No words needed to be spoken between the teammates. The quick gesture and some simple eye contact sufficed.Just a shade under five minutes into the third...

HARTFORD — Sue Buckholz has resigned her position on the Selectboard. Her departure was announced at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting by Selectboard Chairman Mike Hoyt. Hoyt did not offer an explanation for the resignation but thanked Buckholz for...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As the horde of Stratton Mountain School boys soccer supporters flooded the field at Maxfield Sports Complex following the final buzzer’s sound, several Hartford players jogged toward Ben Lang.Lang, the Hurricanes’ senior...

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 CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The second-round VPA Division I girls volleyball playoff clash between Hartford and St. Johnsbury came to an abrupt conclusion when a Hilltopper’s serve didn’t clear the net.There was no extended rally, no punctuating kill or...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — More than a dozen of the town’s clerical workers are seeking a vote on whether to join a union.The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 93 has submitted a petition to the state Labor Relations Board...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Hartford High boys cross country team captured the Southern Vermont League B Division Championship on Friday, with the Hurricanes’ Bennett Moreno winning the 5K race at the North Springfield Dam in a time of 16 minutes, 43...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Kate Barber was attending last month’s Story Jam: Bi-monthly Storytelling Circle when she spotted a face she hadn’t seen in 27 years.Norwich resident Irit Librot was familiar to Barber, the community outreach coordinator at JAM,...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — A section of Gates Street might be reopened to vehicle traffic after years of closure should voters approve a $4 million highway improvement bond to stabilize retaining walls in the area.The project, which involves parts of Fairview Terrace...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

While the holidays can bring about more hectic schedules for employers, it is mostly business as usual for area caterers — with some minor differences from other times of the year.Rather than a drastic slowdown or increase in business, caterers said...

By JIM KENYON

At a recent League of Women Voters forum for the six candidates running for the three Windsor County seats in the Vermont Senate, Jonathan Gleason was quick to tout his endorsement by Gov. Phil Scott. Gleason bills himself as a moderate Republican,...

By ALEX CERVANTES

BURLINGTON — Late in the afternoon on Thursday, with a gaggle of onlookers gathered adjacent to the 18th green at Burlington Country Club, Hartford’s Rowan Irvine stood over a short putt for par. The sophomore needed to sink it. Having already torn...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board this week acknowledged a “procedural glitch” in the non-public session of a June meeting, but denied that it violated the Vermont  Open Meeting Law when it negotiated and signed a severance agreement with the district’s...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WILDER — Dothan Brook School’s kindergarten and first-grade classrooms are back in operation this week after a month-long process to clean up mold discovered in parts of the building.Meanwhile, the district is still sorting out how to pay for the cost...