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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Dozens of people gathered in the book room at Listen’s Miracle Mile Thrift Store, while more waited outside the store holding tight to reusable bags in Friday morning’s cold air.Dorothy Syme made her way to the front of the crowd inside to...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

CANAAN — A concerned call to the police about the safety of two dogs in an outdoor kennel on Goose Pond Road last month escalated Monday night when police say one of the dogs was stolen from the owner’s property.The 10-month-old Drahthaar, a breed...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — High school senior Tomas Kennelly wasn’t particularly interested in aviation, but when his school began taking applications for a new airplane-building program beginning in the fall, he was all in.“I was like, man, building a plane just...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — The planned opening of the emergency winter shelter this month has been delayed due to staffing shortages, leaving homeless community members with few warm places to stay at night.Upper Valley Haven, the nonprofit that operates the shelter...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

FAIRLEE — Developers are using Vermont’s Rental Revolving Loan Fund to build new workforce housing in the Upper Valley.The $10 million state-funded program, which began accepting applications in March, was created as part of the Housing Opportunities...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WINDSOR — Simon Pearce has entered into a “strategic partnership” with a California private equity firm, a move the renowned glassware designer said will provide it with a financial foundation to expand its business while avoiding the pitfalls that...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — More than 100 parents, students and community members attended the Mountain Views Supervisory Union board meeting Monday night to object to a proposed $2.5 million budget reduction that threatens to eliminate 17 teaching and staff...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — Police have issued arrest warrants for three individuals accused in an alleged hazing incident earlier this fall at Dartmouth College.Dartmouth has suspended the fraternity — Omega Psi Phi — where the hazing is alleged to have occurred. The...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

TUNBRIDGE — Community members have rallied around two longtime residents who lost their home of nearly 30 years in an early-morning fire last week.As of Monday afternoon, more than $56,000 had been raised to rebuild the Monarch Hill Road house of Lisa...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEWBURY, Vt. — A Puerto-Rico-based nonprofit is seeking town approval to turn 101 acres into an educational facility to promote sustainable land management and farming.The project would be an extension of Plenitud Puerto Rico’s nonprofit farm and...

By ALEX CERVANTES

Fresh off capturing a share of the Ivy League title for the second consecutive season, the Dartmouth College football team had 15 players earn postseason distinctions, the league announced on Tuesday. Sophomore kicker Owen Zalc took home the Ivy...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — After years of temporary fixes, the Selectboard is seeking a long-term solution to prevent a contaminant from leaking from the deck of Moore Lane Bridge into Bloody Brook.During paving at some point, the timber on the bridge deck was treated...

By ALEX CERVANTES

HANOVER — The ball, quite literally, fell into Jamal Cooper’s lap.Cooper, a junior free safety for the Dartmouth football team, was the beneficiary of Ahmir Braxton’s handiwork, the senior defensive back disrupting Brown wide receiver Mark Mahoney’s...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

MERIDEN — To owner Angela Toms, Mill Bridge Farm is a “4-H project gone right.”Toms, a physician, and her husband, Chris Forman, a software engineer, built the barn that houses 11 Guernsey cows in 2018, after their four children joined 4-H and got...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — Two Dartmouth College students and a Greek organization have been criminally charged with furnishing alcohol to a 20-year-old Dartmouth student who drowned in the Connecticut River following a party at a college sorority in July.Matthew...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Every year, dozens of volunteers and organizations make Thanksgiving special.This happens in various ways: there’s people who put together meal boxes for families in need, those who serve meals at Thanksgiving Day dinners and yet others who volunteer...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — The Selectboard has rejected a resident’s claim that it violated Vermont’s open meeting law when it met behind close doors last month to discuss making changes to Town Manager Brennan Duffy’s contract.In Thursday’s special meeting, the board...

By ALEX CERVANTES

It’s late October in Manhattan and the Dartmouth football team’s defense, which held Columbia scoreless in the first half, had forced a three-and-out to begin the third quarter. Out trotted Lions punter William Hughes to boot the ball back to the Big...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Prosecutors have dropped a sex charge against a Newport small business owner in connection with allegations that forced him to step down from the School Board earlier this year and give up hosting a popular community-oriented...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

PLAINFIELD — After hearing a plan to combine the two towns’ middle schools at a joint meeting this week, the Plainfield and Cornish school boards voted unanimously to continue to move forward with considering a merger and to reconvene in a month. They...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — The Selectboard will hold an special meeting on Thursday to respond to a resident’s complaint alleging the board violated Vermont’s open meeting laws when it amended Town Manger Brennan Duffy’s contract last month.Kris Clement’s complaint,...