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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

PLAINFIELD — Voters will be asked to approve a $500,000 bond to help fund the renovation of the middle school wing at Plainfield Elementary School during the annual School Meeting.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CHELSEA — A 2017 graduate of Hanover High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a Thetford woman.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Though five candidates filed for three open seats on the Lebanon School Board, the race is no longer contested after two competitors dropped out.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Even as the New Hampshire Legislature attempts to dial back municipalities’ control over zoning, several Upper Valley communities will vote on changes aimed at both spurring and slowing development in their municipalities this Town Meeting.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — City Manager Shaun Mulholland could be on his way out of his role later this year.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CANAAN — After over a year of part-time interim chiefs, the fire department and emergency medical services are hoping that a Town Meeting warrant article will bring stability in leadership.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HAVERHILL — Voters will consider a petitioned article requiring the school district to cap its budget at the state per-pupil spending average, which could result in millions of dollars in spending cuts if it passes.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — For the fourth time in six years, there will be no Five Colleges Book Sale.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WEST LEBANON — General manager and long-term Valley News employee Rich Wallace has been appointed publisher of the newspaper.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — After the City of Lebanon stopped providing community nursing services to residents in Enfield and Grantham last month, officials in the two towns are evaluating their options to continue the program.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

BRIDGEWATER — One of the Upper Valley towns hit hardest by flooding in July 2023 was Bridgewater, which incurred extensive damage to homes, roads and bridges.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WOODSTOCK — A 58-year-old Windsor man who has been held without bail for three years after he fired a shotgun through the floorboards into the bedroom of his downstairs neighbor before he broke into the neighbor’s apartment while continuing to shoot was sentenced earlier this month.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

ROYALTON — A wide-ranging and controversial bylaw that will be decided in Australian ballot voting on Town Meeting Day this year would limit development and restrict how properties can be used in areas at risk of flooding.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

STRAFFORD — Justin Morrill Homestead will be closed this summer as the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation undertakes a much-needed water management and drainage project in Strafford.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The smell of smoke awoke a napping father who climbed out his bedroom window when he encountered a smoke-filled hallway at a Crystal Place home on Thursday evening.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The impact of President Donald Trump’s executive orders in the Upper Valley remains unclear, even as federal agencies with institutions in the region face funding and staff cuts.

By MARION UMPLEBY

SHARON — Firefighters found the body of individual in the basement of a home on Route 14 that was destroyed in a Thursday morning fire.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — A vandalism spree in which car tires were slashed, bus windows smashed and racist slurs spray painted on a homeowner’s car, garage and fence has turned out to be very costly for two Newport men.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Facing rising costs of operation that are driving up property tax rates, two Upper Valley towns are asking voters to approve a 1% local options tax to augment municipal revenues.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEATHERSFIELD — Birds were at the forefront of the minds of Marianne and Michael Walsh when they purchased 102 acres of forest land on East Camp Hill Road from their neighbor a few years ago.