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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CANAAN — At the polls on Tuesday, voters supported allowing the Selectboard to appoint the fire chief and firefighters, after recommendations from the chief. The article takes effect in one year.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

CANAAN — One and a half years after the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services lowered the water level in Goose Pond to replace its dam, the state is preparing to begin refilling the 625-acre pond “within the next couple of weeks.”

WEST CANAAN — It’s both the end of an era and a happy homecoming at Indian River School.

CANAAN — Mascoma Community Healthcare will host 80 meetings in 16 Upper Valley towns to talk to residents about why they struggle to get health care.

Articles of note: One article seeks to authorize the sale of a town-owned gravel pit on Route 118. Another article would allow the Selectboard to appoint the fire chief and firefighters, after recommendations from the chief. Another article asks whether voters would like the town to adopt a community power electric aggregation plan.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CANAAN — After over a year of part-time interim chiefs, the fire department and emergency medical services are hoping that a Town Meeting warrant article will bring stability in leadership.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley residents will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed 1.2% school district budget increase during a public hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium at Mascoma Valley Regional High School.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

CANAAN — Two Canaan residents were arrested Friday in connection with the theft of a dog from a Goose Pond Road property early last month.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CANAAN — State fire marshals are investigating a fatal house fire in Canaan Village that occurred last Sunday night.One of the town’s police officers came to the aid of badly burned 61-year-old man at the scene before the ambulance arrived and he was...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CANAAN — The town has received a $74,000 grant to put toward much-needed repairs on its historic 1793 meeting house.The funding for the Canaan Meeting House, located on Canaan Street across from the Canaan Street beach and Canaan Historical Society,...

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...

CANAAN — Training on opioid overdose prevention and the use of overdose-reversal drug naloxone, also known by the brand name of Narcan, will be offered on Monday evening.Staff from Lebanon’s HIV/HCV Resource Center will provide the training, which is...

CANAAN — The Selectboard announced Friday that Bill Bellion has been named interim fire chief while the town transitions the role of fire chief from a part-time to a full-time position.Bellion has previously served as the department’s chief. He was...

CANAAN — Voters approved a $690,000 bond for repairs and upgrades to the town’s water system in ballot voting on Tuesday afternoon.In the vote of 219 to 5, Canaan residents OK’d the amount that the town is required to provide in matching funds for a...

CANAAN — Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to approve a $690,000 bond for repairs and upgrades to the town’s water system. The full cost of the proposed project is $3 million, the bulk of which will be covered by state and local...

By CAROLINE FROST

CANAAN — Eight months after the sudden departure of Fire Chief John Hennessy, town officials have yet to name a permanent replacement.“The Selectboard is still playing games with the position,” firefighter Sean Saunders said in an interview last week....

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

ORANGE — The Mount Cardigan fire tower reopened this summer, after six months of construction, giving the three fire lookouts who work there a more comfortable spot to search for smoke. The new cabin, also known as a cab, boasts a metal railing,...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

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...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

CANAAN — Canaan Hardware and Supply received a federal grant to install a solar array that is expected to save the business nearly $10,000 annually.The $56,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program for the...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

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...