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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 CLARE SHANAHAN

NEW LONDON — While some people are choosing Halloween costumes and carving pumpkins, many older adults and people with disabilities are shopping for Medicare coverage.Ahead of the Medicare open enrollment period, which begins Tuesday, supplemental...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — The Selectboard appointed Robert Houseman to the permanent town manager position earlier this week.Prior to Monday’s appointment, which was effective immediately, Houseman had served as interim town manager since Aug. 1. He replaced former...

By ALEX CERVANTES

ETNA — Fresh off the program’s first appearance at the National Collegiate Equestrian Association nationals tournament, Dartmouth’s equestrian team opened its 2024-25 campaign with an 8-2 win over Sewanee on Sunday at Morton Farm.“”We’ve been working...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTLAND — Born in Hanover and raised on a family farm in Hartland, Victor Ambros said his early life prepared him for life as a scientist.“Farmers are do-it-yourself-ers,” said Ambros, now 70, in a phone interview on Monday. “I learned from my father...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — The estate of a Cornish Flat man who was fatally shot by a friend’s son when he showed up at their home in Woodstock is suing the mother for financial damages.The civil suit alleges that the mother knew her 45-year-old son had a gun and...

By ALEX CERVANTES

ORFORD — Rivendell girls soccer coach Jason Knowles doesn’t want the regular season to end. In a perfect world, the first-year coach could prolong it. He could manufacture a little more time to capture every bit of magic this group of 17 girls has to...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — During multiple site visits to Lebanon Center in July and August, U.S. regulators reported finding  21 “deficiencies,” where the nursing home failed to meet federal health and safety standards.The deficiencies include administering...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vermont’s trails — like many others throughout the country — saw increased use and interest.As organizations examined how to make trails more durable for that use, another conversation started to gain...

By ALEX CERVANTES

How do you honor the legacy of a man whose impact on the field, on the game at-large, on a school, on a community, is so profound and far reaching? That’s the question Dartmouth has been asking itself in the 365 days and counting since longtime coach...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When Hartford and Woodstock meet on the pitch, the game means just a little bit more.To say the two teams are quite familiar with one another is probably an understatement. Leanne Tapley, the Wasps’ coach, and Heather Scudder,...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — For several years, Hanover residents have generally agreed that the town has more deer than its habitat can support.On Tuesday night, about 55 hunters and landowners packed the Mayer Room at Howe Library to talk with officials from the New...

By ALEX CERVANTES

CLAREMONT — All Brendan Goodwin needed was one errant touch. Stevens and Winnisquam, two diametrically opposed teams, had played 74 minutes of scoreless soccer on Tuesday before Goodwin capitalized on a heavy touch from a Cardinals defender. The...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — Dartmouth College’s graduate student union is the subject of a religious discrimination complaint filed by a graduate student and teaching assistant opposed to the union’s support for pro-Palestinian causes.Benjamin Logsdon, a student in...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — Contractors digging a culvert at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory have unearthed animal carcasses and black trash bags. The origin of the carcasses are unknown; the property was formerly owned by Dartmouth College.So far,...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Four years after the Norwich Farm Foundation was formed and launched a major fundraising campaign, the nonprofit organization is giving up its effort to save what it marketed as the town’s “last remaining dairy farm.”In a Sept. 13 email to...

By ALEX CERVANTES

Have a weekend Tyler Brand.Coming off an individual third-place finish at Dartmouth’s opening tournament of the fall, Brand shot 17-under across three rounds in Lake Placid, N.Y., to break the tournament’s scoring record and secure the individual...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

SPRINGFIELD, N.H. — Safety officials are investigating the circumstances involving a 51-year-old man who was found deceased after he had been pinned under a dump bed in the early morning hours last Friday at a lumber mill in Springfield.The man, whose...

By ALEX CERVANTES

HANOVER — Do you know who Wally Pipp is?It was a simple question, and Hanover boys soccer coach Rob Grabill likely knew the response he’d receive. Noah Winchester, the target of Grabill’s inquiry, was unaware of Pipp’s legend.With Hanover’s preseason...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board is the subject of an allegation that it violated Vermont’s Open Meeting Law when it negotiated and formalized a severance agreement with then-Superintendent Tom DeBalsi outside of public view. DeBalsi, who left his position...