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HARTFORD — As parts of the White River jumped the banks during heavy rains in early July, two neighboring tracts of empty land on Route 14 near the Hartford-Sharon town line flooded without much incident.That’s because when Tropical Storm Irene...

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VERSHIRE — For much of the 19th century, plumes of sulfur dioxide settled over the community of workers living at Vershire’s Ely Mine. Heavier than air, the toxic smoke produced from copper mining sunk to the valley floor, withering vegetation and...

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HARTLAND — A proposed “farm store” in Hartland is one major step closer to breaking ground after being issued an Act 250 permit by the District 3 Environmental Commission last month, which had been reviewing the project for nearly a year.The plan...

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HANOVER — In a neighborhood game of hide-and-seek on Wednesday afternoon, 8-year-old Theodora Turevon thought she was the one hiding. But in a twist of fate, she ended up making a decisive finding.The once-clear Girl Brook, a prime hiding spot behind...

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WOODSVILLE — Slipping a canoe or dipping a toe into the Connecticut River got easier in Woodsville last week. To make the river more accessible, the village hauled slabs of granite to build steps leading into the water by the fields of the Woodsville...

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WOODSTOCK — The sourcing strategy behind the sloppy joes served to students in the Mountain Views Supervisory Union is anything but disorganized.They’re made with beef from Cloudland Farm in Pomfret, carefully selected for the students with the Upper...

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THETFORD — A Thetford woman is being treated for rabies after she was bitten on the arm by a gray fox on Sunday as she walked along a cornfield in North Thetford Village, according to the Thetford Police Department. The attack came just days after her...

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BRADFORD, Vt. — A town committee created during the COVID-19 pandemic has been charged with addressing another crisis: the rising rate of homelessness in Vermont.Bradford Resilience, which will report findings back to the Selectboard, includes...

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PLAINFIELD — Plainfield has received almost 18 inches of rain this summer, Town Administrator Stephen Halleran said.“It all blends together,” Halleran said. “That’s a ton of rain, and a big chunk of it came in the month of June, several weekends in a...

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BRADFORD, Vt. — Waiting for the food shelf to open in what was once Bradford Academy, Garrett O’Brien-Manning sat outside the town’s library on Thursday, using the internet connection to check messages on his cellphone. For others in his situation,...

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QUECHEE — The 200-year-old concrete dam on the Ottauquechee River near the Quechee Covered Bridge poses no imminent threat to public safety, said executives from Simon Pearce — the restaurant and glassblowing company which owns the dam — at a Hartford...

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BETHEL — On Monday night, the Third Branch of the White River swallowed up Bethel’s athletic fields and bit off chunks of gravel roads. Stranded in homes unreachable by car, 15 people were rescued Tuesday afternoon, and one more resident on...

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SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — VINE, an animal rehabilitation organization that describes itself as “LGBTQ-led,” is scheduled to host a Pride event that also celebrates veganism, the practice of not eating animal products. VINE, which stands for “Veganism is the...

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H ANOVER — New statistics indicate that few customers are straying from community power initiatives, which allow participating New Hampshire municipalities to source electricity for themselves instead of relying on one the state’s utilities.Community...

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SUNAPEE — Sunapee Harbor is expected to reopen on Wednesday after a fuel spill over the weekend led state officials to close it to boat traffic.On Monday, hundreds of feet of absorbent buoys — sitting on top of the water like orange pool noodles —...

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LEBANON — The omnivore’s dilemma: to order the chorizo taco, or to order the taco filled with chorizo-imitating oyster mushroom?But it makes no difference toHeath Gosselin, chef and owner of a vegan food truck that has recently returned to the Lebanon...

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SOUTH STRAFFORD — Town officials are holding out hope it can secure financial assistance to clean up a property connected to the contaminated Elizabeth Mine, but state and federal officials have so far said the work would be beyond their...

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LEBANON — There’s no sheet music for navigating the world of international trade controversy, but the musicians at the Upper Valley Music Center are trying their best to sight-read.The sale and possession of the Brazilian red wood that is used to...

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FAIRLEE — The Fairlee Selectboard has adopted changes to permitting in an attempt to place septic regulations — about which the state has historically been lax — under the town’s control, a move that goes hand in hand with a larger effort to preserve...

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TUNBRIDGE — In the shadow of an ongoing legal dispute that has pitted a Tunbridge property owner against the town’s Selectboard, a Tunbridge state representative introduced a bill that would give towns the authority to maintain legal trails.The...