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QUECHEE — The annual youth fishing derby at Dewey’s Pond this Saturday has been canceled due to poor ice conditions.The Quechee event, co-hosted by the Hartford Parks and Recreation Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, was...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The voting on the 2024-25 Hartford school budget and a $21 million school renovation proposal has been moved to April.On Wednesday, the Hartford School Board made plans to reschedule the votes — originally planned for next...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — At White River School on a Tuesday morning in late January, most of the children put on their hats, mittens and snow pants and headed out to the playground.But others went in a different direction: downstairs to spend about an...

Articles of note: One article would add a new 1% local option sales tax and direct revenues to a capital reserve fund for the town. Separate articles ask whether voters support directing $200,000 of local option tax revenue to purchase an ambulance;...

For several weeks this winter, Hartford School Board members seemed intent on demonstrating that tennis players aren’t the only ones who commit unforced errors. In the end, they narrowly managed to avoid a double fault.We refer to the board’s highly...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — On Feb. 12, the Mount Ascutney School Board became the first district in the Upper Valley to formally remove a 2023-24 budget proposal from an approved Town Meeting warning.Strafford school officials followed three days later. After them...

HARTFORD — The Hartford School Board voted on Monday to suspend its search for a new superintendent until next year. The decision comes amid budget woes and pushback against the decision to a replacement a full year early, incurring the cost of two...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — Like most parents, Josh Compton wants to keep his children safe.To do so, however, Compton, who lives in Windsor with his wife, Laura, and their two sons, Henry, 10, and Truman, 8, must factor in Truman’s autism.“It just so happens that one...

by CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — A group of Hartford school administrators walked out of a school board meeting Wednesday night after board members refused to allow them to read a letter during public comment and one board member accused the educators of trying to...

BURLINGTON — A White River Junction woman was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $75,000 in restitution following her guilty plea to defrauding her employer, a Tunbridge towing company, during the time she handled the company’s...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The search for a new superintendent is underway despite lingering questions about the School Board’s decision to conduct the search a full year before the current superintendent’s contract ends, incurring the expense of an additional...

WEST LEBANON — Friday through this weekend, a pair of pop-up dental clinics are open for care in the Upper Valley.On Friday in White River Junction, the Upper Valley Oral Health Workgroup is hosting a clinic from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m on the first floor of...

NORWICH — Two seasonal Upper Valley events will not happen as planned this weekend.The Montshire Museum of Science has canceled its annual Igloo Build, which was scheduled to take place this Saturday.The cancellation was motivated by the lack of...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HARTFORD — Leadership transition in any organization whether private, public or a nonprofit can be a bumpy road for a number of reasons — including a sudden resignation or dismissal, management disputes or a decision to take the organization in a...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — On the wall of Gaal Crowl’s White River Junction art studio is a painting of Bugbee Senior Center director Mark Bradley.“It makes me smile every time I see it,” Crowl said in a phone interview. While the portrait has Bradley’s...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Property taxes will go up if Hartford voters approve proposed town and school budget proposals and a $21 million school renovation package.Exactly how much remains unclear.This week, both the Selectboard and School Board...

HARTFORD - A crew from Ingram Construction Corporation works on building an 18-unit apartment building behind St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in White River Junction on Thursday. The Twin Pines Housing project, which broke ground in August 2023, is...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Supporters of the LGBTQ community this week voiced their dismay at recent comments by a Selectboard member who spoke critically of drag-themed entertainment just days after two events at Northern Stage were targeted by hoax bomb...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The medical condition of a 21-year-old Hartford man who was shot in the chest during what police said was a drug-fueled argument remains “quite sensitive,” the state prosecutor said in court on Tuesday.Windsor County State’s...