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Police: Vandals burn pride flag at Prosper Valley School
10-23-2024 4:30 PM

POMFRET — A pride flag that was being flown from the flagpole at Prosper Valley School in Pomfret was taken down and set on fire in the early morning hours of Sunday morning, police reported.Police said they received a report on Monday morning that a...

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A Life: Elaine Chase ‘was a very generous person’
05-18-2024 5:37 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH POMFRET — When landscapers came to cut the grass for Lysle and Elaine Chase, Elaine saw it as another opportunity to do what she had done so often in her life: Share with others.“My mother was an amazing baker, and when my father could no longer...


Upper Valley space enthusiasts eager for Monday’s solar eclipse
04-05-2024 7:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

During 2017’s partial solar eclipse — when the moon obscured part of the sun — educator Rob Hanson set up a telescope at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock.He was impressed by the crowd.“There’s probably over 100 plus...


Chamberlin is elected to Pomfret Selectboard
03-06-2024 10:48 AM

POMFRET — At the polls on Tuesday, voters elected Steve Chamberlin to a three-year term on the Selectboard.Chamberlin earned 267 votes to Frank Perron Jr.’s 132.In an uncontested race, Meg Emmons was elected to a two-year seat on the board.Voters also...


Annual meeting preview: Mountain Views School Distrct to decide $99 million school bond
02-25-2024 11:29 AM

Article of note: Voters will decide the fate of a $99 million bond to finance the construction of a new union middle/high school, athletic fields and related outbuildings, as well as the demolition of the old middle/high school.Contested races: School...


Town Meeting preview: Pomfret fire department seeks tax exemption
02-25-2024 11:21 AM

Articles of note: One article asks whether voters will grant a five-year property tax exemption for the Pomfret-Teago Volunteer Fire Department. Contested races: Steve Chamberlin and Frank Perron Jr. are vying for a three-year term on the...


The work of artwork
11-14-2023 4:36 PM


Into plein air
09-25-2023 12:53 PM


Out & About: Artistree, AVA celebrate milestone anniversaries
08-25-2023 2:44 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

In the creative ecosystem that is the Upper Valley, we are fortunate to have numerous longstanding nonprofit organizations that put the community at the center of their programming. Two such organizations — Artistree Community Arts Center in South...


Pomfret is latest Upper Valley town to shake up Town Meeting format
05-22-2023 11:00 AM

By ALEX HANSON

SOUTH POMFRET — In a special Town Meeting on Saturday morning, Pomfret voters opted to do away with the traditional in-person annual meeting in favor of Australian ballot voting.But in recognition of the meeting’s value, voters approved an amendment...


Pomfret voters to decide format of future Town Meetings
05-11-2023 12:17 PM

POMFRET — Pomfret has scheduled a special town meeting for next week to discuss the format of future town meetings.The special meeting is set for 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, in The Prosper Valley School multipurpose room, 1071 Pomfret Road.Questions...


Game wardens investigating illegal shooting of pregnant deer in Pomfret
04-28-2023 4:21 PM

POMFRET — Game wardens are investigating the illegal shooting earlier this week of a deer on Cloudland Road, according to a Friday news release from Vermont Fish & Wildlife.Wardens responded to reports that a doe had been shot out of season in Pomfret...


Town Meeting: Pomfret voters approve budget
03-10-2023 11:11 PM

POMFRET — In Tuesday’s ballot voting, Pomfret voters approved a municipal budget of $1.77 million, including a general fund of $509,000 and a highway fund of $1.2 million.To support the budget, in total about $1.2 million is expected to come from...


Town Meeting preview: Pomfret to elect Selectboard member, library trustees
02-28-2023 1:32 PM

Article of note: Voters will be asked whether to use $147,375 from the unassigned general fund balance to reduce taxes.Contested races: Benjamin Brickner and Frank Perron Jr. are facing off for a three-year term on the Selectboard. Three people are...


After 30 Years, Teago General Store Changes Hands
01-15-2018 9:32 AM

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Pomfret — A week after signing the store away, Chuck Gundersen sat in his blue apron at the butcher block near the dry goods shelves, describing how others viewed him during his 30-year tenure as proprietor of the Teago General Store.“It always sounds...


Two Roads Diverged: Bypassed Bits of Appalachian Trail Remain Open for Hiking
09-02-2017 12:46 AM

By David Corriveau

While hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 1948, Earl Shaffer followed a stretch of the old King’s Highway in North Pomfret, between a farmhouse and a barn, en route to the White River in West Hartford.Shaffer was the first person to...

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