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By JAMES M. PATTERSON

WEST LEBANON — Lebanon firefighters Craig Noyes, left, and Jacob Astbury practice rescuing their colleague, Chris Pearson, middle, in a city-owned training house on South Main Street last month.

By MARION UMPLEBY

BARNARD — A special town meeting scheduled for next Wednesday will decide whether the town of Barnard should lease the old fire station to theater nonprofit BarnArts for 15 years with an annual rent of $1. 

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

Newbury Village Fire Chief John Renfrew, 72, watches as a crew from Fornwalt Excavation prepares a site for new footings to be poured for a new fire station in Newbury Village, Vt., on Friday.

As Cornish Fire Department trucks arrive, a bicyclist pedals past a brush fire on Town House Road in Cornish on Wednesday. Cornish Fire Chief Mike Boutilier said the fire was caused by a downed powerline. Firefighters extinguished the fire by early evening.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SUNAPEE — The town has appointed a new fire chief, the Fire Department announced on social media Sunday evening.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

GRAFTON — Two Upper Valley homes were destroyed by recent fires, leaving three people injured, including one with severe burns.

WEATHERSFIELD — A breached beaver dam led to a surge of water on a tributary of the Black River, which closed Route 106 for a time on Monday evening. Two other roads were closed overnight due to flooding.

NEWPORT — A fire that started in a wood stove spread tot he second floor before it was extinguished on Monday.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Construction began last month on a $1.3 million project to add living and office space to Hartford Fire Department’s Station No. 2 in Quechee.

WEST WEATHERSFIELD — The fire department responded to a house fire on Reservoir Road over the weekend.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Motorists stopped their cars on Mechanic Street Friday morning to investigate the damage an overnight fire caused to the popular Dairy Twirl ice cream shop.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BETHEL — Interim Fire Chief Geary Coogler, who “managed to pull off the miracle” of leading the department during a tumultuous period has resigned, along with Assistant Fire Chief Greg Timmins.The resignations went into effect Sunday. The Selectboard...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BARNARD — After several brush fires across Vermont, including ones in the Upper Valley, that destroyed dozens of acres over the weekend, the state’s Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation issued a ban on debris burning on Monday.In Barnard,...