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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vermont’s trails — like many others throughout the country — saw increased use and interest.As organizations examined how to make trails more durable for that use, another conversation started to gain...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Four years after the Norwich Farm Foundation was formed and launched a major fundraising campaign, the nonprofit organization is giving up its effort to save what it marketed as the town’s “last remaining dairy farm.”In a Sept. 13 email to...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Sweetland Farm’s owners are seeking town approval to grade and fill an approximately 400-foot stretch of slope on the east side of Route 132 by the intersection of Union Village Road in hopes that a more gradual hill from the road into their...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORWICH — The Norwich Farmers Market is considering purchasing land on Route 5 to establish a permanent location.Currently, the nonprofit organization leases land on Route 5 from the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society where it hosts a weekly farmers...

Jack Myers, of Norwich, works on painting one of the many barns at his family’s farm on July 25. Meeting House Farm has been in his family for 110 years. The family is sprucing up the barns for an August celebration.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HANOVER — When the Summer Olympic games officially open Friday in Paris, Dartmouth will be well-represented by athletes in the sports of rowing and rugby, including rower Billy Bender of Norwich, a Hanover High School graduate.Bender, a member of...

By KAREN KALISKI

Walkers, hikers and runners might be surprised to learn about the outsized contribution Upper Valley Trail Alliance (UVTA) makes to the trails they love.Matt Oscadal hiked trails that were designed, built and maintained by the Norwich-based nonprofit...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

HARTLAND — With a heavy rain pounding on the roof of the tent protecting Jacque’s Cakes display, there were just a few vendors and even fewer customers at the weekly Friday afternoon farmers market on the lawn in front of the Hartland Public...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORWICH — In 1993, then-principal Susan Finer interviewed a recent college graduate for a job teaching home economics at Hanover’s Richmond Middle School.That recent graduate, Anissa Morrison, of Tunbridge, got the job, which was her first teaching...

By FRANCES MIZE

NORWICH — As towns across Vermont are objecting to the arrival of industrial-sized solar projects, Norwich is gearing up in an attempt to keep the large developments from plopping down in its backyard.The Solar Siting Subcommittee, an outgrowth of the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORWICH — A few years ago, Norwich Historical Society Director Sarah Rooker searched a 1909 Norwich history book for the word “she.” Rooker’s electronic search brought back three results from the roughly 300-page volume that has since been digitized:...

If 90% of success in life is just showing up, how much is attributable to just putting in a virtual appearance? 50%? 40? The question arises in the context of the Norwich Selectboard, a majority of whose members have, without explanation, abandoned...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORWICH — Residents are asking Selectboard members and town staff to resume attending meetings in-person, expressing concern about a decline in the quality of interpersonal interaction.For more than three months, Tracy Hall has been mostly empty...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORWICH — Red squirrels can usually be found where northern hardwood forests meet stands of spruce and fir, habitat that enables the small mammals to stock up on their preferred food of cones and American beechnuts, among other tree seeds.But in years...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORWICH — Hazardous chemicals appear to be leaking again from a town bridge that crosses Bloody Brook, driving town officials to consider new solutions to mitigate the continuing environmental threat.Petroleum-based chemicals have been dripping down...

By ULLA-BRITT LIBRE

NORWICH — As the month of May draws to a close, it’s the job of Town Clerk Lily Trajman to turn over a list of delinquent dog owners to the Norwich Selectboard.It names those residents who have failed to re-register their dogs with the town. The...

By FRANCES MIZE

NORWICH — As warmer, wetter weather has engorged Vermont’s mosquito population, a government-owned tire slicer is showing up in Norwich to offer some relief.Old, discarded tires are used by many farmers to weigh down tarps covering feed mounds as they...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — The Dresden School District, which includes Hanover High School, has become the first in New Hampshire to adopt a secure firearm storage resolution.The decision commits the district to sharing information and encouraging conversations about...