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By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WILDER — Kevin McGreal first enrolled in classes at Community College of Vermont’s Wilder campus in 2017, following Donald Trump’s election to the presidency.Trump’s election the previous year “was kind of a big deal for me,” McGreal, now 31, and...

MANCHESTER, Vt. — For the first time in program history, the Hartford High softball team will open the upcoming playoffs as Vermont Division II’s top seed. The Hurricanes, who beat Division I Burr & Burton, 18-5, in five innings on Saturday, also...

DURHAM, N.H. — The Hanover High boys track and field team claimed second place, and Lebanon took fourth, in Friday’s NHIAA Division II state championship meet hosted by Oyster River.The Bears’ boys racked up five first-place finishes on their way to a...

WINDSOR — Sophomore Sophia Rockwood had 24 points, including 14 in the second quarter, to lead the Windsor High girls basketball team to a 56-31 win over White River Valley in a rematch of last year’s VPA Division III semifinals.The Yellowjackets...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

There was a time when interstate high school matchups were commonplace in the Upper Valley. The Connecticut Valley League, which featured schools from both sides of the river, pitted the likes of Hanover, Lebanon and Stevens against Hartford, Windsor...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford High boys hockey team won the 2022 Philippe Bouthillier Holiday Classic, which the Hurricanes hosted at Barwood Arena, with a 5-3 victory Wednesday over Burr & Burton.Hartford’s goals came from Lochlan Park, Joseph...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Grace Bourn’s family fostered a baby for a year before the baby was returned to his birth father.That experience is among those Grace, an 11-year-old Fairlee resident, plans to draw on as a member of the Vermont State Youth...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

SOUTH ROYALTON — Rather than sticking to a base defense, the White River Valley girls basketball team takes whatever shape it needs depending on the Wildcats’ opponent.Sometimes White River Valley will play a zone, sometimes man-to-man, and sometimes...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WEST LEBANON — Roughly 20 Upper Valley toddlers and young Jewish children, along with 35 or so of their parents and grandparents, gathered at the Kilton Public Library on Saturday for a morning of songs, crafts and stories.The tot Shabbat event —...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

WINDSOR — There’s a different vibe inside Harry Ladue Gymnasium as fall turns to winter this year.The Windsor High boys basketball team, like always, is preparing for a new season. But for the first time in 39 years, the gym’s namesake is not leading...

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SHARON — A child died Thursday afternoon when the Chevrolet Suburban they were riding in drifted into rock ledges in the median on southbound Interstate 89 in Sharon, according to a news release from the Vermont State Police.The impact against the...

By RAY COUTURE  

SOUTH ROYALTON — The death of Vermont Law School student Thomas Fennell, who was killed last year at a South Royalton railroad crossing when a train struck his vehicle, was on the minds of many community members present at a Thursday hearing with the...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

THETFORD — Bob Bristol expected to be in Europe right now.After 35 years as a soccer coach, history teacher, dean and athletic director in Washington state, Bristol and his wife, a Dartmouth College alumna, moved to the Upper Valley in May expecting...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

From the Thetford girls winning a state championship to the Hanover boys advancing to New Englands, 2021 was a welcome return to normalcy for high school cross country in the Upper Valley. This fall should bring just as much excitement, with new...

WORCESTER, Mass. — An extraordinary performance by the Hanover High School girls crew team on Saturday resulted in a silver and two bronze medals at the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association Regatta.“This has never happened in Hanover High...

By JIM KENYON

Some stories that come my way are so off the wall, I immediately put them in the you-must-be-joking category. Josh Manheimer has one of those stories — except he’s not laughing. In January, Manheimer received a certified letter from Our Court Tennis...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Back after a yearlong absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several Upper Valley softball squads had seasons to remember in 2021, with Oxbow winning the VPA Division III state title and Windsor and White River Valley in the mix as well. Lebanon may...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

Hanover Coach: Steve McConnell (9th year).League: NHIAA Division II.Last year: 11th at state meet with Ella Maclean, now at Southern Connecticut University, winning the 100-meter dash.Boys’ returners: Seniors — Taj Bagnato, Aidan Peterson, Sebastian...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WILDER — A Wilder man was arrested Wednesday after Vermont state troopers and Hartford police descended on his home and searched it for explosive devices and other hazardous materials, authorities said.William Hillard, 51, was detained on a federal...

By DIANE DERBY

Sarah George’s LinkedIn page prominently features a clenched Black fist superimposed over a rainbow banner, and a photo of a smiling and confident-looking George with her hand placed firmly on hip. Her biography notes that she serves as Chittenden...