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The arrival of the Upper Valley high school baseball season marks the return of one top-shelf rivalry (Thetford vs. White River Valley, last year’s VPA Division III title-game matchup) along with another roster (Hanover) good enough to hang some...
By JIM KENYON
Over the last decade, more than 150 men have found their way to the two-story, early 1900s clapboard house with a wrap-around front porch in Hartford Village. Some stay only a few months. Others for a year or longer.But their reasons for wanting to...
By TRIS WYKES
Here’s a look at some of the Upper Valley residents who played varsity college sports this winter.Men’s basketballPlymouth State men’s basketball was 8-17. Sophomore guard Max Galbraith (Hanover) appeared in seven games and totaled 21 minutes… Kansas...
On Wednesday, a crew from Harrison and Burrowes Bridge Constructors places barriers to separate the east and westbound lanes on Route 4, limiting traffic to one side of the road to make room for construction on the Quechee Gorge Bridge. Traffic on the...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The owner of a gas station and convenience store at the intersection of Route 5 and Sykes Mountain Avenue is seeking to add a fully-automated car wash to his business — close to the site of an existing car wash.The Hartford...
By FRANCES MIZE
WILDER — With the Wilder Dam’s 40-year federal license expiring, Hartford residents and officials are hoping to take advantage of a “once in a lifetime” chance to have a voice in the dam’s future, said Town Manager John Haverstock.The Federal Energy...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Thousands of travelers might’ve been headed north to see the total solar eclipse, but people gathered at the Bugbee Senior Center Monday in downtown White River Junction thought they had the best seat on Earth.“No kidding we got...
By JOHN LIPPMAN
HARTFORD — The last time Amber Dow saw Christina Chatlos she pleaded with her friend to “fight for your life.” “I told her ‘I sure hope you’re not the next friend I see buried from overdosing’,” Dow recalled telling Christina as the two went for a...
Article of note: Hartford voters will consider whether to approve a $21 million bond for improvements to buildings throughout the district. Contested races: School Board elections were held on Town Meeting Day.Budget and spending articles: The...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTFORD — The School Board Wednesday night will address a revised budget that slashes teaching and staff positions and delivers a gut punch to the athletic department, eliminating four sports programs.The new budget also postpones the search for a...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The U.S. Postal Service will host a public forum on Tuesday to discuss moving a significant portion of mail sorting operations for Upper Valley communities from White River Junction to Hartford, Conn., as part of a nationwide...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
In 1998, voters of Orford, Fairlee, Vershire and West Fairlee approved a plan to form Rivendell, an interstate school district, with the intent to pool their resources to provide an equitable and sustainable education system for their communities.The...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTFORD — A plan to install banners honoring military veterans on light poles in downtown White River Junction inspired heated disagreement during the public comment portion of a Selectboard meeting this week.Residents and board members weighed in on...
HARTFORD — A public meeting hosted by the Town of Hartford is set for 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 18, to discuss the implications of the relicensing of the Wilder Dam.On Feb. 22, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the application...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTFORD — The School Board approved a revised budget Wednesday that would cut 22 teaching and support staff positions to the disappointment of the teachers union.Superintendent Tom DeBalsi noted that 16 of the positions are currently vacant due to...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Three new members joined the Hartford Selectboard last week after winning election by Australian ballot on Town Meeting Day. In a four-way race for two two-year terms on the Selectboard, town voters elected Susan Buckholz (1,695...
By NICOLA SMITH
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — On a gray morning this week, a team of young cooks from the Culinary Arts program at the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center gathered around a countertop and stared intently at a plate, as if it were a work of art going...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WOODSTOCK — In Town Meeting ballot voting on Tuesday, Woodstock voters approved an article to adopt a 1% local tax on retail sales and to use the proceeds to fund town infrastructure projects. The measure passed, 997-308.Meanwhile in Hartford, voters...
By TRIS WYKES
BURLINGTON — Hartford High boys hockey coach Todd Bebeau was conducting a postgame interview outside the Hurricanes’ Gutterson Field House locker room Tuesday night when the conversation was interrupted by the exit of a screaming Ezra Mock.The senior,...
By TRIS WYKES
BURLINGTON — Storylines abounded Tuesday following the Hartford High girls hockey team’s 5-3 defeat of Missisquoi in the VPA Division II title game at Gutterson Field House. It was the 30-year old program’s first state crown.Head coach Kylie Young, a...
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