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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTLAND — The Selectboard voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to hire John Broker-Campbell, of Weathersfield, as Hartland’s new town manager.Broker-Campbell, 44, and his wife moved to Vermont about 15 years ago, where he worked in emergency planning...

HARTLAND — Both northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 91 were closed for about two and a half hours starting at about noon on Monday between Exits 8 and 9, Ascutney and Hartland, due to a utility fire.“Delays expected and motorists are...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

HARTLAND — Marie Kirn liked to talk about death.She liked to talk about how the medical community could better approach death, how families could prepare for it and how every person should have a say in how they live out the last days of their...

By FRANCES MIZE

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...

By JIM KENYON

More Upper Valley communities — big and small — could use a public meeting like the one that Hartland held last week.The topic was policing. How many cops, if any, does the town need? Can police serve as an effective deterrent to crime? Other than...

By FRANCES MIZE

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...

Staff Report

HARTLAND — Several roads were seriously damaged in flooding late last week and several remained closed on Monday, according to the Hartland town website.Hartland’s flooding damage came less than two weeks after heavy rains inundated much of the state,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

HARTLAND — The town of Hartland is searching for a new town manager following the resignation of Dave Ormiston, who had been on paid leave after complaints about his demeanor.The Selectboard accepted Ormiston’s resignation, which is retroactive to...

By JIM KENYON

It’s been public knowledge for a while that Hartland Town Manager Dave Ormiston and Town Clerk Brian Stroffolino aren’t exactly office pals.But who knew their working relationship had gone to the dogs? Or precisely, Stroffolino’s dog.Their feud...

​​​​HARTLAND — Nancy Tusinski, who has served as director of the Hartland Public Library for six years, has announced her retirement.Tusinski’s last day will be May 27, according to an announcement in the Hartland library’s newsletter, which was sent...

HARTLAND — A week after placing Town Manager Dave Ormiston on paid administrative leave without going into specifics for its decision, the Hartland Selectboard appointed his interim replacement Monday.Martin Dole, the town’s finance administrator...

Staff Report

HARTLAND — Following a closed-door meeting Monday evening and consulting by phone with the town’s lawyer, the Hartland Selectboard placed Town Manager Dave Ormiston on paid administrative leave, starting Tuesday. Board Chairman Phil Hobbie declined to...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

HARTLAND — In a slow, deliberate voice that at times strained with emotion, Hartland Town Clerk Brian Stroffolino issued a statement at the town’s Selectboard meeting Monday that alleged a toxic municipal workplace and ignited a debate that has some...

HARTLAND — At the polls on Tuesday, voters approved a school budget of $9.99 million in a vote of 293-161.The budget is expected to result in education spending of $22,842 per equalized pupil, which is nearly 11% higher than that for the current...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HARTLAND — In the first in-person Town Meeting at Damon Hall since 2020, Hartland voters approved all articles as warned in about 2½ hours.That included general fund and highway fund expenditures totaling $3.5 million. That is up nearly 7% from the...

Articles of note: Voters will be asked to appropriate $80,000 for the town’s volunteer fire department, $28,200 for the town’s community nurse program, $3,700 for the Special Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley and $55,207 for social service...

Staff Report

A late-morning car crash on Interstate 91 killed the driver and sent two women to the hospital after the vehicle lost control, rolled over multiple times and crossed the median into the other side of the interstate, Vermont State Police said...