With year-round cyanobacteria blooms, a northern NH lake community seeks a solution

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Even under the ice, cyanobacteria have been blooming in Partridge Lake.

USDA cuts funds schools use to buy food from farmers

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Upper Valley school districts will no longer receive funding through two federal programs meant to help districts purchase food from area farmers. 

When does spring start? In Vermont, it depends.

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

The calendar says spring starts March 20. But tell that to the Thurber family at Brattleboro’s Lilac Ridge Farm, where the third generation of maple sugarmakers fired up the sap boiler at the beginning of the month.

Theater Review: Northern Stage’s ‘Waitress’ serves up delight

By MARION UMPLEBY

“Sugar, butter, flour.” A woman’s voice carries across a dimly-lit diner minutes before the room is jolted to life by the arrival of hungry customers.

Hanover sports bar adds tacos to offerings

By MARION UMPLEBY

HANOVER — In its final hours of operation in early January, dozens of customers lined up at Lalo’s Taqueria for a meal before the Lebanon eatery shuttered for good.

Vermont officials urge residents to take caution as bears reemerge

HARTFORD — As black bears are starting to emerge from their dens for the spring, state officials are urging Vermonters to put away bird feeders and take other cautionary steps.

Vermont agriculture community reels from federal funding changes

By EMMA COTTON

Funding aimed at making a struggling Williamstown farm more resilient has been paused. A program that distributes local, free food has been canceled. The Department of Environmental Conservation is missing $10.7 million for clean water quality projects. 

A Life: April Frost ‘followed the beat of a different drum’

By JOHN LIPPMAN

April Frost, she might agree, probably got along better with dogs than her own species. But it was through canines that she believed people could open a new dimension into what it means to be human.

Watch the moon turn red during tonight’s total lunar eclipse

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN

NEW YORK — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere.

Art Notes: Sharon artist’s portraits celebrate ‘Fierce Females’

By ALEX HANSON

At first look, “The Fierce Females Project,” a sharp, concentrated installation of portraits by the Sharon artist Finnie Trimpi that went on view Tuesday at Artistree Gallery in South Pomfret, reads like its exterior, a grid of small square frames painted a metallic gold.

Stake on Mt. Mansfield logs near-record snow levels

By HANNAH HEAD

The snow stake atop Vermont’s highest peak, Mt. Mansfield, recorded an impressive 103 inches on Sunday, March 2. It was the third-highest snowpack reading for that date since 1954, when the stake was installed, making this winter one of the snowiest on record.

Upper Valley Music Center celebrates 30 years of making music together

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — This year, the Upper Valley Music Center is celebrating 30 years of growth, from small beginnings to becoming the largest provider of music lessons in the region.

100-plus sharks tagged off Cape Cod were detected along Maine: ‘White sharks that visit Cape Cod travel well beyond these waters’

By RICK SOBEY

BOSTON — Cape Cod isn’t the only spot in New England where great white sharks like to feast on seals.

Hanover native’s rock opera to debut in WRJ

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In 2019, Kelsie Hogue put out a bubbly recording under her pop alter-ego Sir Babygirl, and seemed destined for stardom.

Fish and Game seeks data on state’s striped bass populations

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is asking anglers for their help collecting information about the state’s striped bass populations.

Lobster catch drops as crustaceans migrate to colder Canadian waters

By PATRICK WHITTLE

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — The U.S. lobster industry’s catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans.

Arts groups seek voters’ support to revitalize old buildings in Bradford and Barnard

By MARION UMPLEBY

Bringing new life to old buildings will be up for discussion at upcoming Bradford, Vt., and Barnard town meetings.

Art Notes: North Country Theater to stage ‘Hello, Dolly!’

By MARION UMPLEBY

At last Friday’s rehearsal, director Lanni Luce West asked her teenage cast to circle up on the Lebanon Opera House stage and share one thing that made them each unique.

House votes to reduce penalties for improper fertilizer use, rejects ‘village district’ bill

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The House voted Thursday to remove certain penalties for incorrectly applying fertilizer, moving to change a law legislators passed in the fall over the veto of then-Gov. Chris Sununu.

Theater Preview: ‘Our Town’ director loves small-town life

By MARION UMPLEBY

Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” isn’t set in Vermont, but it might as well be. A treasure of American theater, the play traces 12 years in the life of the fictional New Hampshire town of Grover’s Corners.