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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board this week acknowledged a “procedural glitch” in the non-public session of a June meeting, but denied that it violated the Vermont  Open Meeting Law when it negotiated and signed a severance agreement with the district’s...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WILDER — Dothan Brook School’s kindergarten and first-grade classrooms are back in operation this week after a month-long process to clean up mold discovered in parts of the building.Meanwhile, the district is still sorting out how to pay for the cost...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For the first time since the spring of 1975, parking meters are set to cast shadows over downtown streets after the Hartford Selectboard voted to bring them back, albeit in a more modern form.In a unanimous vote Tuesday night,...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When Hartford and Woodstock meet on the pitch, the game means just a little bit more.To say the two teams are quite familiar with one another is probably an understatement. Leanne Tapley, the Wasps’ coach, and Heather Scudder,...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Beginning Monday, Oct. 14, the VA Cutoff Road bridge over the White River will close for two weeks while crews connect two sections of the span. Traffic will be detoured to the Route 4/Route 5 bridge during the closure.The newly constructed...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board is the subject of an allegation that it violated Vermont’s Open Meeting Law when it negotiated and formalized a severance agreement with then-Superintendent Tom DeBalsi outside of public view. DeBalsi, who left his position...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The instances where Tighe Hrabchak receives an assist from the opposing back line are few and far between.But less than 30 seconds into Hartford’s 9-2 win against Woodstock, an errant pass fell at Hrabchak’s feet inside the...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WEST LEBANON — Two climate-focused committees in Hartford and Lebanon are working to install new chargers for electric vehicles. Seven electric vehicle charging stations will be installed in a parking lot on South Main Street in White River Junction;...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford football team appeared to have life.Junior Noah Danieli pumped his arm from the sideline. As he trotted onto the field, he began leaping in sync with fellow junior Owen Mock, meeting at the 25-yard line for a...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WILDER — Participants in a “listening session” held by the town at the Wilder Club and Library earlier this month expressed concerns about Hartford officials’ transparency and accountability, difficulty navigating the town website and a lack of...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Last May, 11 Hartford middle schoolers were so frustrated with disruptions to their classes caused by misbehaving students that they staged a walkout and demanded to meet with the superintendent.“It was our last cry for help” to...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — And so it begins.After opening the season with a four-game winning streak, outscoring opponents 31-1 in that span, Hartford field hockey coach Heather Scudder was ready to see her team test its mettle against Bellows Falls on...

By ALEX CERVANTES

QUECHEE — As the final trio of golfers made their way up the ninth hole at The Quechee Club’s Highland course, a debate raged off the green. To sub or not to sub? That is the question. An argument ensued about whether a Jersey Mike’s sandwich...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When the Hartford High boys soccer team was upset in the first round of the VPA Division II state playoffs last season, coach Connor Brooks said his squad didn’t come out with enough urgency in its 2-1 loss to Milton.It’s been a...

By JIM KENYON

Fifty years ago, Rita McCaffrey placed her first call to a Vermont prison to ask about setting up a visit with an inmate. She didn’t have a particular inmate in mind — just someone who didn’t have family close by and might feel the outside world had...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — About five years ago, Janet Osmer saw a movie that featured a parade for Vietnam veterans and it struck her as a nice gesture for veterans who weren’t always welcomed home with open arms.She thought it would be nice to do something similar...

Defending the indefensible is never an easy proposition, but Hartford School Board members are not doing themselves any favors by responding contemptuously to residents’ misgivings about the lucrative severance package the board conferred on longtime...

Fly fishing guide Colin MacMillan, right, of White River Junction, congratulates Arthur Leopold, of New York City, after catching a smallmouth bass in the White River in Hartford Village on Friday.Leopold spent Labor Day weekend with his family in...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — At a tense meeting this week, residents accused the Hartford School Board of procedural wrongdoing related to the departure earlier this summer of former Superintendent Tom DeBalsi.The board pushed back against residents’ allegations...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High football is getting back to its roots this season.“We’re one of the few teams that still believe in running the ball,” coach Matt Trombly said. “Everybody wants to spread it and throw it around. We still believe in...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WILDER — The discovery of mold in classrooms has delayed the first day of school for kindergarten and first-grade students at the Dothan Brook School.While the rest of the district returns to school this week, the 70 Dothan Brook students in those two...