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WEST FAIRLEE — Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity will transfer ownership of a newly renovated, high-efficiency modular home to a family of three from Vershire this week. The structure, manufactured by White River Junction’s Vermod Homes was originally...

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LEBANON — Cyclists are enjoying the unpaved back roads of Vermont and New Hampshire in new ways, boosting rural businesses and shifting how residents and visitors experience the Upper Valley’s rural landscapes.Bike sales surged during the COVID-19...

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HANOVER — More than 300 members of the Dartmouth community signed a petition submitted to President Sian Leah Beilock last week, urging her administration to keep the college’s child care center out of the hands of for-profit chains.The appeal comes...

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HARTFORD — At a tense meeting this week, residents accused the Hartford School Board of procedural wrongdoing related to the departure earlier this summer of former Superintendent Tom DeBalsi.The board pushed back against residents’ allegations...

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WILDER — The discovery of mold in classrooms has delayed the first day of school for kindergarten and first-grade students at the Dothan Brook School.While the rest of the district returns to school this week, the 70 Dothan Brook students in those two...

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HARTLAND — In a last-minute change of course, the Hartland Planning Commission is continuing to press its appeal of an Act 250 permit for a farm store on Route 5, just outside the village center.In September 2023, Sunnymede Farms, a 600-acre cattle...

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WEST LEBANON — In the race to represent New Hampshire’s second district in Washington, 13 Republican candidates filed for the chance to flip Democrat Annie Kuster’s congressional seat.The three GOP front-runners, Bill Hamlen, Vikram Mansharamani, and...

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HARTFORD — Some student programs at the Hartford Area Career and Technical Center will have new locations this fall as efforts to remediate contamination of so-called forever chemicals are expected to continue throughout the school year.Testing in...

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LEBANON — New and improved learning spaces will greet students and staff at Hanover Street and Lebanon High schools when the school year begins later this month.The Hanover Street School, which serves 320 students in grades K-4, has four new...

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CANAAN — Voters will be asked to approve a $3 million project to upgrade and repair the town’s water system at a special Town Meeting next month.The infrastructure improvements, which involve replacing pipes, are needed to address levels of lead in...

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TUNBRIDGE — The Vermont Supreme Court is leaving it up to a lower court judge to decide whether the town of Tunbridge has the “right to maintain and repair legal trails within its borders.” The 5-0 decision released Aug. 2 paves the way for a...

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CORNISH — On a Friday afternoon in late July, a procession of about 40 fire trucks wended its way through Cornish, Meriden and Plainfield on a route that passed an unassuming machine shop nestled between a two-story residence and the Cornish Flat fire...

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HARTLAND — A recent court decision has cleared the way for a farm store project planned for Route 5, just north of Exit 9 on Interstate 91.A July 8 Superior Court ruling denied appeals by the town’s Planning Commission and the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee...

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WOODSTOCK — The Mountain Views Supervisory Union has filed a lawsuit against the Agency of Education and the Agency of Human Services over the state’s refusal to reimburse Mountain Views for the cost of providing special education services for a...

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WINDSOR — Hartford’s former superintendent will serve as associate director of student support services in the Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union beginning in mid-August, according to an email announcement to Windsor Southeast staff last week.Tom...

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WEST LEBANON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Democrats need to focus on the concerns of the working class in order to earn voters’ support in November and he wanted Vice President Kamala Harris to commit to certain progressive agenda items...

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WEST LEBANON — Former senior White House aide Maggie Goodlander is one of two Democrats seeking the party’s nomination for the 2nd Congressional District seat held for more than a decade by Democrat Annie Kuster, who is not seeking another term.The...

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WEST LEBANON — Former Executive Councilor and 2016 gubernatorial candidate Colin Van Ostern is one of two Democrats vying for incumbent Annie Kuster’s seat in Congress.Kuster, who is not running for reelection, has endorsed Van Ostern, who managed her...

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WINDSOR — Two events in the Upper Valley this week highlighted the challenges facing rural health care systems in the Twin States, along with a tentative step forward in making that care sustainable. On Monday evening, about 30 people gathered in the...

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HARTFORD — Community members peppered the School Board with questions about the recent departure of and severance payment to former Superintendent Tom DeBalsi at a special meeting on Thursday night, yet most of the questions remained unanswered.After...

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HARTFORD — Former Hartford Superintendent Tom DeBalsi will receive his full salary through June 30, 2025, despite departing a year before the end of his contract, the School Board announced last week.Over 12 months, DeBalsi will receive $210,214.65 in...