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Plainfield OKs school renovation project

03-16-2025 11:48 AM

By LUKAS DUNFORD

PLAINFIELD — The future of education was a point of contention during Saturday’s annual School District and Town meetings.


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Manchester-Boston Regional Airport director to leave position

03-17-2025 1:01 PM

By TRISHA NAIL

Ted Kitchens, director of aviation at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, is resigning after serving six years at the helm and spearheading efforts to add five new airlines to MHT within that time.


New technology, and mistrust, is legacy of COVID-19 for Vermont public health

03-17-2025 12:00 PM

By ERIN PETENKO

Five years ago, Vermont health officials announced the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the state. 


Judge rejects bid to toss felony for Shelburne police sergeant charged in fatal crash

03-17-2025 11:01 AM

By ALAN J. KEAYS

BURLINGTON — A Shelburne, Vt., police sergeant who investigators say had a YouTube video playing in his cruiser when he drove into and killed a cyclist has denied a felony offense, with a judge rejecting a bid by his attorney to toss or reduce the charge.


‘Resilience’ is key for New Hampshire farms — but state support of grant program is in doubt

03-17-2025 10:01 AM

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

In late May, a Charlestown farm was preparing to plant a crop of carrots and potatoes. Then, 4.5 inches of rain and hail fell in a little more than an hour. 


Without tax credits, NH residents face health coverage ‘subsidy cliff’

03-17-2025 9:00 AM

By PAUL BRIAND

Enhanced tax credits that help thousands of Granite Staters better afford federally backed health coverage are set to expire at the end of 2025.


As US-Canada relations sour, Vermont businesses are facing boycotts

03-17-2025 8:29 AM

By HABIB SABET

Ordinarily, Skida does a brisk business in Canada. You can find hats and ski accessories made by the Burlington-based company in stores across the provinces, and Canadians usually visit Skida’s website in droves to buy products directly.


Upper Valley school notes for March 17, 2025

03-16-2025 3:01 PM

Lucy Angell, of South Royalton, came in first place in the beginners division during the 2025 Central and Southeastern Regional 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl, which took place March 2 at Vermont State University in Randolph Center. The competition, which included a written exam, covered calf raising, feeds and forages, herd health, anatomy, reproduction and dairy breeds, among other topics, according to a news release from the Orange County 4-H dairy program.


Croydon rejects school expansion; opts to tuition out all but two grades

03-16-2025 10:55 AM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CROYDON — Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, Croydon’s one-room school will be for preschool and kindergarten, and students in first grade and up will be tuitioned to other districts.


Cornish voters stick with plan to convert former store to library

03-15-2025 7:52 PM

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CORNISH — At Saturday’s annual Town Meeting, residents rejected an effort to rescind a two-year-old decision to convert the former Cornish General Store into a new library.


Rivendell rejects switch to ballot voting

03-15-2025 7:00 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — After more than two hours of debate, Rivendell voters approved a $15.8 million school budget, but defeated an article that would have moved future budget votes to an all-day Australian ballot format.


In narrow floor vote, Enfield opts for switch to ballots

03-15-2025 6:47 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Residents voted to switch to an Australian ballot style of voting for Town Meeting during the annual floor meeting Saturday.


Kenyon: Dartmouth student worker union fights for more than wages

03-15-2025 1:01 PM

By JIM KENYON

Not wanting to burden her working-class immigrant parents who still had two kids at home, Hosaena Tilahun was only at Dartmouth College for a couple of weeks before she began looking for a part-time job to pay for living expenses not covered by her financial aid package.


Visiting nurse group announces new interim leader as CEO departs

03-15-2025 11:00 AM

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Tammy L. Tarsa is the new interim CEO and president of Dartmouth Health’s Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire, DH announced in a Friday news release.


Route 120 coffee shop drive-thru proposal up for review

03-14-2025 6:01 PM

By MARION UMPLEBY

LEBANON — Another caffeine-fueled drive-thru could be coming to the heavily traveled Route 120 corridor.


Claremont man gets prison time for Medicaid fraud

03-14-2025 5:30 PM

CONCORD — A 32-year-old Claremont man will serve time in prison after pleading guilty for his role in a Medicaid fraud scheme in which he submitted false reimbursement claims for travel to his drug rehab program.


Hanover Selectboard approves resolution opposing federal grant freezes

03-14-2025 5:15 PM

HANOVER — The Selectboard, this week, adopted a resolution objecting to the Trump Administration’s freeze of federal grants that support residents.


Community aids in quilt shop’s flood recovery

03-14-2025 3:57 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CLAREMONT — One day last month, Louisa and Darren Grindle arrived at the Claremont quilt shop they had purchased more than a year before to find that a drain pipe had burst in the bathroom, causing water — as deep as five inches in some places — to pool on the floor.


Haverhill man indicted on charges of selling drugs that caused a fatal overdose in 2019

03-14-2025 3:32 PM

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Sam Gregory said he worried that the investigation into the death of his daughter, Sammantha Cruger, would stall out after Woodsville Police Det. Wayne Fortier, who had been investigating the case, died in 2021.


After eight years, Edelblut will step down as New Hampshire's top education official

03-14-2025 12:40 PM

New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut — whose efforts to reshape where, how and what students learn endeared him to conservatives but alienated many educators — will step down at the end of this school year.


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