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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WEST LEBANON — On Thursday, the first of a seasonal series of monthly chick delivery days at West Lebanon Feed & Supply, a cacophony of chirps greeted customers as they stopped in to pick up their orders.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Joan Ponzoni wasn’t feeling well when she arrived at the Bugbee Senior Center one day in January.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Selectboard is considering a developer’s request to close off part of a residential road in anticipation of an influx of new residents from a permitted 240-unit apartment complex.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health will begin accepting patients to a new inpatient psychiatric ward for teenagers next week amid a rising need for mental health services nationwide.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Bob Stange expected to be spending Monday morning in a courtroom, fighting his landlord for the right to stay in his apartment.

By MARION UMPLEBY

THETFORD — On Thursday, April 3, a team of three Thetford Academy students will travel to the University of Vermont to make a pitch for their nonprofit designed to help neurodivergent young people transition to life after high school.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Upper Valley librarians are concerned that the proposed elimination of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services and the financial support it provides will limit patrons’ access to ebooks, audiobooks, interlibrary loan and other services that the agency helps support.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NORTH THETFORD — Jean Carlan, who chairs the Bradford (Vt.) Parks and Recreation Commission, has been involved in efforts to build a skate park in town.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

CANAAN — Canaan and Grafton fire departments responded to their first brushfire of the season earlier this month, when a perfect storm of wind and weather conditions spread a backyard fire onto a dry hillside.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — To address the town’s long-term housing needs, the Planning Board is proposing zoning amendments that could pave the way for up to 800 new housing units in the next 15 years.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — The future of Bradford Elementary School’s food program is uncertain after the School Board floated the idea of outsourcing the service last month.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ENFIELD — Whaleback Mountain is seeking community support to help repair a mechanical failure that halted its chairlift service late last month and could threaten its ability to operate next season.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — Festering tensions within the Woodstock Police Department spilled out into the open this week as the town’s police chief fought for his job at a marathon public hearing where the town manager and several department employees detailed their complaints about and lack of confidence in the chief’s leadership.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CHELSEA — A 65-year-old Vershire woman has been criminally charged in connection with the death of an 82-year-old pedestrian, who she struck with her car in Chelsea four months ago and subsequently died from his injuries, according to police.

By ALEX HANSON

LEBANON — A brief tour and meeting Thursday between U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and officials from Dartmouth Health, Dartmouth Cancer Center and Dartmouth College put into stark relief the many ways in which the Trump Administration is disrupting health care and medical research.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — The City Council has identified an interim city manager and started the search for a new permanent hire with the help of an outside company.

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.

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.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

CANAAN — Rain and snowmelt combined to lead the National Weather Service to issue a flood watch across the Upper Valley through Monday evening.

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.

By MARION UMPLEBY

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