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By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NORWICH — Complete with a red suit and hat and with his trademark good humor and a twinkle in his eye, Jack Candon gave many Upper Valley children (including mine) their first Christmas gift each year: a bell.The gift was a token of the Polar Express,...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORWICH — Having ratified a budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 last month, the Norwich Selectboard now needs to determine how to appropriate a $1.1 million surplus, with many funding needs to consider. The Selectboard will hold two meetings this...

Asher Albrecht, 15, of White River Junction, right, scans a case of bottled water for Kathy Wyle, of Deering, N.H., left, at Dan and Whit’s in Norwich on Saturday. Wyle, who was visiting her mother-in-law in Lyme when the power went out, was picking...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORWICH — Town officials reached a settlement agreement this month with resident Christopher Katucki to end a nearly three-year lawsuit over allegations that town subcommittees were not complying with Vermont’s open meeting laws. In a settlement with...

By ALEX HANSON

Among teaching jobs in the Upper Valley, landing a post at Marion Cross School in Norwich has long been considered a plum.One of the wealthiest towns in the state, and with a high level of education attributable in part to its proximity to Dartmouth...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORWICH — Police recruitment and staffing remain a challenge due to budget constraints and the lack of a new collective bargaining agreement, according to town Police Department staff.The town is entering its fifth month without a contract with the...

By FRANCES MIZE

NORWICH — Martin Philip hunts deer on John Lamppa’s 40 acres of posted property in Norwich — with Lamppa’s permission.Philip, a burgeoning bow hunter who didn’t start hunting until adulthood, was looking to find land to practice on where deer were in...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORWICH — Parents will have an opportunity to share their grief, worry and fears about climate change during two peer-supported groups the first Saturday in December.Called climate cafes, the two sessions — the first at 10 a.m. and the second at 1...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORWICH — The Selectboard’s reluctance to discuss its hiring of a permanent town manager — which occurred without community input or a formal candidate search — is raising concerns among residents about transparency and accountability. Critics have...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORWICH — Sunlight streamed through the second-story windows in a century-old building on Norwich’s Main Street, illuminating hardwood floors and a stage.While it is true that the Upper Valley Community Grange had seen better days, Olive Isaacs, Jess...

By JIM KENYON

In a town with as much wealth as Norwich, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that a $700,000 house built in the early 1990s is considered tear-down material.Still, when a caller told me Andy and Peggy Sigler’s former house on Beaver Meadow Road...

By LUKAS DUNFORD

NORWICH — The effects of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine late last month are being felt in the Upper Valley, as a vigil this week illustrated.Kara Ghio, a Fairlee resident who works as a hairdresser in Norwich, was very close with four of the 18...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — If you’re a rent-a-cop and decide to pretend to be a real one, here’s a pro tip: Try not to pull over drivers who happen to work for a police department.A 24-year-old Norwich man who works for a Vermont private security firm was...