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By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford School Board is proposing an operating budget of $47.6 million for the 2023-24 school year, after approving a flurry of spending trims and appropriations last week to reduce the proposal’s tax impact. The budget...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The School Board — facing a projected budget increase of $3.1 million for next academic year — will consider recommendations to reduce the tax impact on voters but aims to resist cuts that could adversely affect students.The...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford has hired Rutland Police Commander Gregory Sheldon as the new chief of the Hartford Police Department. The hiring ends a nearly two-year period without a permanent top cop.Sheldon, whose first day as chief will be Feb....

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – The Selectboard is poised to approve a town budget proposal that includes a new position aimed at improving communication with residents and money to study the future of the town’s transfer station.The board, which concluded...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A woman’s dead body was found in the Casella recycling processing center on Route 4 on Tuesday, according to a news release from Hartford police.The incident appears to be isolated, so there is no risk to the community, the...

HARTFORD — The Hartford Community Coalition has rescheduled a community forum on safety and substance use for next month, according to a post on its Facebook page.The event was initially scheduled for Tuesday night, but has been postponed to Thursday,...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A co-owner of Hartford Redemption, the only certified can and bottle redemption center in the White River Junction area, said the center’s future could be in jeopardy due to ongoing staffing challenges.Hartford Redemption, which...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — An expanding garden supply retailer in White River Junction is seeking approval to build a cannabis cultivation facility on Hartford Avenue to produce cannabis for the commercial retail market. The Hartford Zoning Board of...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Ongoing complaints by Hartford residents about old motor homes being stored on public and private lots has stoked community dialogue about the challenges of parking enforcement, as well as homelessness and obstacles to escaping...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HARTFORD — The town of Hartford has officially parted ways with Town Manager Tracy Yarlott-Davis six weeks after placing her on administrative leave.On Thursday the Hartford Selectboard voted, 5-2, to authorize a separation agreement between the town...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HARTFORD — The Hartford Selectboard voted, 6-1, on Monday to offer the acting town manager position to Finance Director Gail Ostrout and the position of acting assistant manager to Human Resources Director Paula Nulty, pending a mutual agreement on...

For some families, Christmas is the big holiday. The tree, the presents, a big dinner, a church service, perhaps.But for Coco Fox, Halloween was it, the whole enchilada, if said enchilada was made of foam and fabric and proudly worn for...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard announced on Friday that Town Manager Tracy Yarlott-Davis has been placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, while the board discusses “her future as town manager.”“We know that this news is...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — If you stop by the tennis courts at Maxfield Sports Complex anytime from dawn to dusk, there’s a good chance you’ll hear it: the gentle thwack of a hollow ball hitting a paddle.It sounds a little higher-pitched than a tennis...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The project to rebuild two bridges on Interstate 89 between Lebanon and Hartford will begin to alter traffic patterns later this month.Jeffrey Potter, an engineer with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT), said it will be...

By JIM KENYON

Some stories that come my way are so off the wall, I immediately put them in the you-must-be-joking category. Josh Manheimer has one of those stories — except he’s not laughing. In January, Manheimer received a certified letter from Our Court Tennis...

By ALEX HANSON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Like any creature just getting its legs under it, electronic music had a wobbly start.Composers worked on cumbersome analog machines and recorded music on reel-to-reel tapes. Concerts often consisted of composers placing a reel...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI and ALEX HANSON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Monday night rollover crash that has become known nationwide for a dog’s heroism will have long-term effects on the many people and animals whose lives are connected to the two men who were in the vehicle.Police have charged...

By ANNA MERRIMAN

HARTFORD VILLAGE — A 28-year-old Woodstock man who was charged with wielding a machete in West Lebanon in the spring is facing new charges after Hartford police say he brandished a knife, ran from officers and jumped into the White River earlier this...