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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The impact of President Donald Trump’s executive orders in the Upper Valley remains unclear, even as federal agencies with institutions in the region face funding and staff cuts.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Film festivals with a political bent often risk falling prey to what Samantha Davidson Green, executive director of Junction Arts & Media, calls “the doom and gloom festival dilemma,” wherein audiences leave the theater feeling more hopeless than when they entered.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Max Overstrom-Coleman had just dropped his daughter off at day care on Wednesday when he learned that his cocktail bar, Wolf Tree, was among the semifinalists for the James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar.

By BEN HOOKE

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As a youngster, Charlotte Jasmin would come to Hartford High basketball games and stare up at the banner with the names of the five 1,000-point scorers to wear the red, white and blue.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Eighteen chronically homeless community members have found a home on Hartford Avenue.The 18 one-bedroom apartments, which first opened this fall and were developed by the White River Junction-based nonprofit Twin Pines, are now...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

High school indoor track in the Upper Valley has a number of top individual performers and strong overall teams that can compete at the state level. Among them are the Thetford boys, led by Uly Junker, and the Hartford boys, who bring back a lot of...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

STEVENS Coach: Shawn Fitzpatrick (third year). Last year: NHIAA Division I state champions. League: NHIAA Division I.Returners: Seniors — Maddox Foster, Devyn Corliss, Steven Rheaume. Juniors — Logan Aiken, Josh Howe. Sophomores – Brennan Tallman,...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

SOUTH ROYALTON — After more than three decades as an educator in the Upper Valley, the principal of White River Valley High School has announced plans to retire at the end of the current school year.Jeff Thomas, 59, sent his letter of resignation to...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — White River Valley High junior guard Jacob Benoit was elated; Hartford High boys basketball coach Mike Gaudette was exasperated.In the waning moments of its 68-59 win on Friday, White River Valley pushed the ball up the floor...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A couple facing health challenges is fighting their landlord in court for the right to stay at their Demers Avenue apartment because they have nowhere else to go.Bob Stange, 85, and Cindy Anne Packard-Stange, 65, have lived in...

By NATHAN DOUGLAS GARDNER

Northern Stage’s 2024 winter musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” feels like a glass of warm milk before bed — comforting and nostalgic, yet hard to critique without a layer of sentimentality. For those who grew up in the ’90s or raised children during...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — State officials have extended a ban on burning debris for Windsor County and three other counties in southern Vermont for another week.The burn ban will now end on Nov. 25 at 3 p.m. for Bennington, Rutland, Windham and Windsor...

By ALEX HANSON

Halloween is upon us, and in the Upper Valley that means that all eyes that aren’t watching over children in search of candy are on White River Junction.And for good reason. As Halloween enthusiasts have come to expect, this year’s Gory Daze events,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 42-year-old White River Junction man has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor after he was arrested in a raid by Hartford police at his apartment in White River Junction on Friday morning.Joseph “JoJo” Vaillancourt...