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By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Roughly 1,500 people — three times the predicted number — filled the sidewalks on Maple Street from Hartford Avenue to the end of Lyman Bridge on the New Hampshire side of the Connecticut River on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WINDSOR — Last year, beekeeper Brian Jasinski reached a new milestone in his business by surpassing 300 colonies of honeybees. He hoped hitting that mark would allow him to sell new products this spring.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Upper Valley residents are planning to join protests on Saturday, April 5, as part of a national movement, Hands Off!, against policy changes enacted by President Donald Trump and billionaire businessman Elon Musk.

By MARION UMPLEBY

The 18th century composer George Frideric Handel is probably best known for his meditation on the life of Jesus Christ, the oratorio “Messiah.”

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSVILLE — After 138 years as an independent bank — and the oldest in the Upper Valley — Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank is merging with a Maine bank that in recent years has made a push into New Hampshire and Vermont.

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.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

BARNARD — Homes and businesses across the Upper Valley were still without power Monday after a weekend ice storm took down trees and power lines.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — After months of delays, back-and-forths and testy exchanges between the developers and city representatives, the Lebanon Planning Board recently approved a one-year extension for the site plan of River Park.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — After reinstating standardized testing requirements for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, Dartmouth saw a slight decrease in applicants from a year ago when the college received a record number of applications.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

QUECHEE — Construction resumed on the Quechee Gorge bridge project earlier this month, and is again expected to continue through October.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — New data released by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has raised red flags about childhood lead exposure in the state.

By MARION UMPLEBY

LEBANON — On an afternoon in late January, students of a new arts-based private school in downtown Lebanon were busy working on their creative projects.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WINDSOR — Forgoing a formal search, Windsor Town Manager Tom Marsh has tapped Weathersfield Police Chief Bill Daniels to be Windsor’s next police chief.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In the past, We the People Theatre’s founder Perry Allison hasn’t shied away from musicals with a lot of energy.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SUNAPEE — After voters rejected a proposed town budget earlier this month, officials are scrambling to make the nearly $800,000 in cuts required to operate under a default budget.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEW LONDON — A decision to have voters reconsider two items from Town Meeting means no votes taken during the session earlier this month are valid until the outstanding articles are reconsidered.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — From the outside, Hartford Memorial Middle School looked about as empty as expected on a Friday night. The building’s windows were dark, and only a handful of cars peppered the large parking lot.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST LEBANON — Water quality improvement and flooding mitigation projects along the Connecticut River and its tributaries are on hold due to a federal funding freeze.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — The repairs necessary to reopen a closed bridge on Route 12A will only take a few days to complete, but it could be a month or more before the work is done, as the city awaits approval from the owner of the railroad tracks that pass underneath it.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — After more than a year of uncertainty over district leadership, the School Board has chosen a permanent superintendent.