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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Since the start of the year, 137 first responders from Upper Valley communities have taken a new two-hour training program put together by the Special Needs Support Center.About two dozen of the Lebanon police department’s 35...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

High school indoor track in the Upper Valley has a number of top individual performers and strong overall teams that can compete at the state level. Among them are the Thetford boys, led by Uly Junker, and the Hartford boys, who bring back a lot of...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High senior Macy Bettwieser has made it to the final three in the Broadway World’s Next On Stage singing competition.On Friday, the four judges of the competition announced that Bettwieser is invited to travel to New...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — The town is recruiting for a new housing and development specialist in an effort to support residential growth and to reduce the workload of current employees.Recent updates to the housing and economic development chapters of the Town Plan...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Drivers in Hartford are adjusting to new traffic patterns following the completion this fall of a roadwork project that included lane reductions and the creation of new cycling lanes on Route 5, roughly from the Hartland town...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High senior Macy Bettwieser was voted into the top five of the Broadway World’s Next On Stage contest last week.But she needs more votes to win the annual competition.People can vote for Bettwieser online...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — White River Valley High junior guard Jacob Benoit was elated; Hartford High boys basketball coach Mike Gaudette was exasperated.In the waning moments of its 68-59 win on Friday, White River Valley pushed the ball up the floor...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Listen will hold a sit-down Christmas Day dinner for the first time in five years.The newly named “Upper Valley Winter Holiday Dinner” will be held for the first time at Listen’s dining hall in White River Junction. The event is...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard will ask voters to approve a local option sales tax for the second time in two years at Town Meeting.The local sales tax would add a 1% tax on retail items — including cannabis — sold in the town’s five...

HARTFORD — A Hartford High School student who placed in the top 10 in a national singing competition needs more votes to make it to the next round.People can vote for Macy Bettwieser, who was one of more than 250 high school students around the...

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 — 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 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...