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HARTFORD — A rock slide on Interstate 91 on Thursday night resulted in damage to several vehicles but no injuries, according to the Hartford Fire Department.State and local emergency crews, including the Hartford Fire Department, Vermont State Police...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 26 year-old Hartford resident was high on crack cocaine when he shot another man in the chest during an argument at an apartment on Maple Street last Friday, according to a police account of the incident.Zachary Geissler...

HARTFORD — Police have charged a 26-year-old Hartford man with attempted murder in the shooting of a 21-year-old man on Maple Street last week, Hartford police said in a news release on Tuesday night.Zachary Geissler has been charged with attempted...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford is considering hiring a community nurse in hopes of reducing demand for emergency services.Amid increasing calls for aid in recent years, the town is seeking to better address people’s health issues before they become...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Construction on nearly 200 apartment units off Sykes Mountain Avenue could begin as early as next year, though town officials and neighbors still have concerns about the potential traffic impact.The town’s Zoning Board of...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — One month into his tenure, Hartford’s new Town Manager John Haverstock equated his transition to his new town to “riding a bicycle on training wheels.”That analogy, Haverstock said, was not implying a lack of experience. Rather...

By FRANCES MIZE

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The podium and raised bench on the stage at Hartford High School weren’t props in a student play. On Thursday, the judicial-looking decor was used by the real deal.Throughout the day, the justices of the Vermont Supreme Court...

By JIM KENYON

A recently constructed 10-foot high solid wooden wall runs the length of the property facing the highway. A private security force brought in from New York patrols the grounds 24/7 with holstered sidearms.After commandeering the former rest area on...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford School District has issued a request for proposals for a firm to lead the district’s search for a new superintendent.Current Superintendent Tom DeBalsi, who has led the district for 13 years, has informed the School...

By ALEX HANSON

SOUTH STRAFFORD — The assignment for a Newton School first grade class on a recent Tuesday morning started with a walk.Before the 16 pupils began to climb the hill behind the school, Becky Proulx, an outdoor educator, warned them to stay away from a...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Veterans Park could soon be home to a new monument honoring Hartford residents who served in World Wars I and II.The concrete foundation is scheduled to be poured this week and the goal is to have the monument itself installed...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Vermont Department of Health is holding a series of meetings on regional emergency medical services this month, including one in Hartford on Oct. 27 at 6 p.m.The meetings are intended to give community members, EMS and...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — This Friday, COVER Home Repair will celebrate two milestones: Its 25th anniversary and that its renovations are almost finished.From 5 to 6:30 p.m., the nonprofit home repair organization will host a “Books and Beer Birthday...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Upper Valley residents are taking more advantage of the region’s public transportation options, which area organizations have expanded in recent weeks.On the second Saturday of Advance Transit’s weekend routes, a bus that went...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Deputy Police Chief Connie Kelley, now in her 24th year with the Hartford Police Department, said the town police headquarters feels much like a first home. But like many families, the occupants have outgrown their abode.During...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A naked woman stole a vehicle on Thursday morning from an auto repair shop off Route 5, drove onto Interstate 91 and collided with a cement truck and fled the scene by jumping off the overpass onto another highway before she was...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Area food pantries are reporting increases in the number of people accessing their services due to the expiration of pandemic-era assistance programs. SNAP benefits decreased, people lost Medicaid coverage, child tax credits expired and...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Emily Strizich needed a safe place for her daughters to fail at riding bikes.Strizich was on the way home from a mountain biking trek with her 5-year-old daughter, Simone, this spring when it occurred to Strizich that she — and others involved in the...

By JIM KENYON

Although we probably don’t need more examples of how adults can mess up youth sports and kids are left to pay the price, here’s a recent one that deserves public scrutiny.Since before she entered elementary school, 12-year-old Annabella Gordon has...