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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...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The Democratic candidate for Grafton County sheriff filed two formal complaints with the state and threatened to sue the county for nearly $400,000 last year after she accused the outgoing sheriff of creating a hostile work environment, making crude...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — A couple on Greensboro Road continues to oppose the Hanover Planning Board’s reluctant decision last year to approve Christ Redeemer Church’s (CRC) plan for a roughly 24,000-square-foot, two-story church near their home.Lara Acker, who was...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

RANDOLPH — A report presented last week to the Green Mountain Care Board makes sweeping recommendations for restructuring Vermont’s health care systems and some communities and hospital leaders fear the loss of emergency rooms and inpatient beds, and...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — A Grafton County prosecutor was arrested and charged with violating a temporary protective order issued against him, and has been placed on administrative leave from his job.On Tuesday, Michael Schauer, 40, of Piermont, pleaded not...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — The smokestack towering over the historic Rivermill building off Mechanic Street is currently encased in green netting as work begins to demolish the structure that some consider a visual symbol of Lebanon’s history.The Lebanon Planning and...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — The Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society’s Lyme Road market is closing next month after more than 15 years of serving the community.The co-op announced it is expecting to close its market location at 43 Lyme Rd. on Oct. 18, in a Monday...

By ALEX CERVANTES

The Dartmouth College women’s volleyball team welcomed Providence, Quinnipiac and Siena to the confines of Leede Arena this weekend for the Big Green’s first home matches of the 2024 season.Coach Kevin Maureen Campbell’s squad won all three contests,...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

CLAREMONT — After a para-educator unexpectedly died at Maple Avenue Elementary School early Monday morning, students were sent home for the day.The para-educator died suddenly before the school day began, according to an email sent from SAU 6 to the...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford football team appeared to have life.Junior Noah Danieli pumped his arm from the sideline. As he trotted onto the field, he began leaping in sync with fellow junior Owen Mock, meeting at the 25-yard line for a...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WILDER — Participants in a “listening session” held by the town at the Wilder Club and Library earlier this month expressed concerns about Hartford officials’ transparency and accountability, difficulty navigating the town website and a lack of...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Last May, 11 Hartford middle schoolers were so frustrated with disruptions to their classes caused by misbehaving students that they staged a walkout and demanded to meet with the superintendent.“It was our last cry for help” to...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — A new apartment-style residence building for Dartmouth undergraduate students on West Wheelock Street will be named in honor of Dartmouth alumni Gina and Tom Russo, who made a $30 million donation toward the building’s construction, the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SOUTH ROYALTON — A $3.8 million bond to fund a variety of renovations to the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools — including a performing arts center — will go before Bethel and Royalton voters in November.Voters can cast their...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — The two Dartmouth student activists who refused to leave a tent set up on the lawn outside President Sian Leah Beilock’s office last October were arrested by Hanover police that night at the behest of college officials who wanted them cited...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

CONCORD — A federal judge sentenced a former office manager of The Dartmouth student newspaper to the maximum possible sentence of 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Monday after the woman pleaded guilty to embezzling over...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — Robert Tulloch is serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole for his part in the murders of two Dartmouth College professors in 2001.For years, Tulloch, who was 17 years old when he murdered Half Zantop has been challenging...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — A 30-year-old Littleton, N.H., police officer looks to have won a three-way race to become the Democratic nominee for Grafton County sheriff, defeating the department’s No. 2 deputy and leading inside candidate who had the outgoing...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has announced a collaboration with a Maine-based mountain guide service to offer the first Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) program east of the Rocky Mountains.The program is designed to train...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

GRANTHAM — The Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust has purchased the 151-acre Byron Barton Woods in Grantham.The newly conserved property is protected from future development and is now open to the public. Trails may be built and connected to the...