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By EmmaJean Holley

After three years at the helm of the seasonal, family-run Middlebrook Restaurant, so named for its location on a winding stretch of road in West Fairlee, owner Chris Aquino has decided to move on to other, more justice-oriented pursuits. The...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Hanover — The owner of Everything But Anchovies opened up on Wednesday about the reasons behind the abrupt closing of the landmark pizza shop, saying the business hadn’t been profitable since November.Maureen Bogosian said changes in the restaurant...

By Rob Wolfe

Hanover — A leaked letter from the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees indicates that senior administrators negotiated with banned fraternity Alpha Delta about the possibility of a return to campus, but then reconsidered and told the society it was...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Strafford — Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an article opposing the NewVistas proposal to build a planned settlement in Strafford, Tunbridge, Royalton and Sharon.But the somewhat lengthy discussion focused not on the merits of the...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — The South Royalton woman convicted of killing a Bethel man and wounding a young woman during a drug-related incident in 2011 accepted some responsibility for her actions in a letter addressed to the judge who will sentence her...

By Rob Wolfe

Corning, N.Y. — As a girl, Margaret McDougal used to dig in the thin topsoil of her neighborhood, picking out the pieces of warped and broken glass that littered the Houghton Plot.Decades later, after raising children, moving away, and then returning...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — The co-owner of historic inns in Windsor and Hartland had stopped taking medication for depression when he stalked two employees and fired a bullet into one of their vehicles last fall, his lawyer said in court this week.Kenneth...

By Rick Jurgens

Lebanon — A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center anesthesiologist accused of stealing powerful pain drugs for his personal use and falsifying medical records has voluntarily stopped practicing medicine and entered a program for doctors with addiction,...

By Rick Jurgens

White River Junction — Recent ownership changes at two large nursing homes in the heart of the Upper Valley have had opposite effects on the conditions and quality of care for dozens of residents, according to observations and ratings from regulators...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Vershire — Sitting in the dim light of his heavily cluttered office space, Allen LaFlamme, owner of Allen’s Affordable Auto Salvage, peered at his computer screen, scrolling through a national directory of used vehicles for sale.Sixty-four years old,...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — Dale and Lisa O’Keefe made a request in Windsor Superior Court Tuesday morning that was as unexpected as it was unusual: They wanted a little personal time with Gustavo Chang, the man whose car had slammed into the motorcycle...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Bridgewater — A 62-year-old Hartford man was killed on Tuesday when a tractor-trailer swerved to avoid another vehicle and slammed head-on into an Irving Oil truck he was driving on Route 4 in Bridgewater.A family member identified the driver as...

By Rob Wolfe

Hanover — The Dartmouth College board of trustees last month announced its intention to bring faculty compensation up to speed with that of peer schools following a multiyear slip in the pay scale that professors say threatens the college’s academic...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Newport — A judge on Monday revoked the bail of a 24-year-old Unity man charged with hitting and killing a Claremont woman while driving under the influence of drugs in September 2015.Sullivan Superior Court Judge Brian Tucker deemed Aaron Moeller a...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — Vermont highway officials have made it a practice to follow guidance on safety measures from Washington.So in 2004, when the Federal Highway Administration suggested changing the font on some highway signs to an alternative...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Dorchester — “She’s bashing me about what I’m supposed to be doing? I don’t think so. It’s not happening in this format.” It was during an Aug. 11 meeting of the two-member Dorchester Selectboard, and Fire Warden Jay Legg was angry, talking to acting...

By John Lippman

Post Mills — On the afternoon of May 8, Megan Naylor and Nicholas Berry exchanged wedding vows in the living room of their trailer home in Post Mills.That evening, the guests gone and the newlyweds alone, Berry died.They were married six hours.“Nick...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Lebanon — The city police department this week is publicizing 14 arrests made in a recent prostitution sting to discourage the sex trade within Lebanon.Police on Monday sent out a news release that included mug shots and criminal charges against the...

By Jared Pendak

Perhaps nothing connects us to the natural world better than sunsets. Whether the day behind us has been pleasant or painful, absorbing the brilliant hues of dusk is a most effective way to revitalize the mind and spirit, helping both to settle like...

By David Corriveau

Bradford, Vt. — The commencement speaker strode to the microphone outside the main entrance to Oxbow High School Friday night wearing a blue blazer over a white shirt with tie, khaki pants and black dress shoes buffed to a deep shine.And for the first...