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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CLAREMONT — As Republicans in Washington signal plans to eliminate hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding, Upper Valley health care providers, lawmakers and organizers paint a grim picture of what these cuts could mean for residents.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WOODSTOCK — The Vermont Public Utility Commission has approved the municipal purchase of the town’s water system, Municipal Manager Eric Duffy announced Wednesday.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Civic Memorial Park has been without a playground since 2022, after the 40-year-old structure was removed for safety reasons.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WEST LEBANON — In an effort to alleviate the statewide housing crisis, New Hampshire legislators are backing bipartisan proposals that would override some local zoning ordinances.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HARTFORD — The town’s firefighters responded to nearly simultaneous brush fires ignited by gusty winds over the weekend as officials urged the public to make doubly sure outdoor fires are thoroughly extinguished amid the spring wildfire season.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRIDGEWATER — Despite her challenges, Kelly Kangas always wanted to live an ordinary life.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

BRADFORD, Vt. — Alivia Patch’s favorite thing about the Bradford Teen Center, known as The Hub, is that she can be around people her own age in a fun and supportive place. “I get to hang out with my friends and cook,” Alivia, 13, said.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

HANOVER — On a warm and windy Thursday afternoon, about 150 people gathered on the lawn in front Baker-Berry Library at Dartmouth College as part of a nationwide protest “in defense of higher education,” as English and Creative Writing Professor Patricia Stuelke described it.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Michael Redmond, who has served as executive director of the Upper Valley Haven for seven years, will step down from his role later this year.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ROYALTON — Royalton Town Administrator Victoria Paquin will leave her role in May.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SOUTH ROYALTON — Vermont Law and Graduate School President Rodney Smolla is stepping down from his leadership role later this year to return to writing and teaching.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BURLINGTON — A former Grantham physician was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for unlawfully distributing opioid medication to clients at drug rehabilitation clinics that he co-owned with another former Upper Valley doctor.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WOODSTOCK — A pair of new cafes are opening in Woodstock’s busy downtown, and a new fine dining option is bringing a familiar face back to the area.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — A state Superior Court judge has sentenced a Dartmouth College alumnus to 20 to 40 years in state prison for raping a woman at a campus fraternity house in 2022.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Two electrical fires Sunday displaced the occupants of two homes and left a cat dead.

By ALEX HANSON

CLAREMONT — Lennie Veilleux’s father was a longtime youth baseball coach, and he looked forward to his boy taking up the national pastime.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

MONTPELIER — When it comes to his Vermont Senate voting record, the freshman lawmaker representing the Orange County District in Montpelier has followed his fellow Republicans.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LYME — Jackie Carter rents a house owned by the town, meaning she has an unconventional landlord: the Selectboard.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — In an effort to spur growth, the town has hired its first housing and development specialist.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

In a few weeks Dave Kemp will be making his annual pilgrimage to the Vermont Maple Festival in St. Albans, where he will tour the open houses of sugaring equipment manufacturers clustered nearby.

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.