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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

GEORGES MILLS — Nearly 20 people were displaced after an apartment building on Prospect Hill Road went up in flames last January. Now the property owner is poised to rebuild.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WOODSTOCK — Some of Twin Pines Housing projects include dozens of affordable apartments, but another model seeks to make single-family homes affordable, one house at a time.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Construction began last month on a $1.3 million project to add living and office space to Hartford Fire Department’s Station No. 2 in Quechee.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEWBURY, Vt. — The town Development Review Board has approved the first phase of construction at a sustainable teaching farm proposed by a Puerto-Rico-based nonprofit.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NEWPORT — The personal information of students and staff in at least three school districts in the Upper Valley has been compromised by a nationwide cyberattack on a company that provides database software to K-12 schools.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley residents will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed 1.2% school district budget increase during a public hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium at Mascoma Valley Regional High School.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — An Upper Valley nonprofit is renewing its efforts to build a residential substance use treatment center for mothers and their children in a new location near Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, though it may still have a long way to go.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CLAREMONT — In Maureen Spilsbury’s year of volunteering at Changes Boutique & Thrift she’s enjoyed a lot about the experience, from working the register to sorting through donated clothes.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Motorists stopped their cars on Mechanic Street Friday morning to investigate the damage an overnight fire caused to the popular Dairy Twirl ice cream shop.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

THETFORD — Selectboard member Li Shen was among those who voted for the town to accept the donation of the Timothy Frost Methodist Church in October 2018.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of a 26-year-old Dartmouth alumnus charged with raping and physically assaulting a female student at a college fraternity more than two years ago. Meanwhile, prosecutors and defense attorneys have been wrestling over the scope of witness statements and even whether the words “assault” and “victim” can be used in opening statements.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEWPORT — Students returned to Richards Elementary School Tuesday after a wildlife services business thoroughly inspected the building for signs of bats. The school was closed Monday to allow the company to inspect the building, Newport School...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WEST LEBANON — The theme of the Vermont Legislature’s 2025 session, which begins Wednesday, Jan. 8, could be change.Republicans now hold more Senate and House seats than they have in two decades, upsetting the Democratic supermajority. Legislators on...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

CANAAN — Two Canaan residents were arrested Friday in connection with the theft of a dog from a Goose Pond Road property early last month.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — The city is getting closer to drawing up regulations on where, when and how many food trucks can operate in the community.The Lebanon Food Truck Task Force, which was formed in July, is recommending changes to a city ordinance and zoning...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Police Chief Greg Sheldon will retire at the end of February, Town Manager John Haverstock said in an announcement issued Monday afternoon.“Some recent events have made me reevaluate things,” Sheldon said by email Monday afternoon. “My...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WILDER — A faded sign in the front yard of a single-family house on South Street in Wilder warns of unsafe conditions, but the trouble isn’t obvious from the street. A glance out back, though, reveals that a steep bank has eroded dramatically, leaving...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Abutters have filed an appeal of the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s approval of an access road for a proposed 300-unit townhouse and apartment project off Route 4, which would be the largest in town.Trae and Gwyn Dessert filed a “motion for...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

As a reporter, one question I am regularly asked is: “Why don’t you report on anything positive?” My response is usually to insist that we do, but the stories that garner the most attention — and tend to stick most in people’s memories — are usually...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SOUTH ROYALTON — Though he resigned his post in July, former Hanover Town Manager Alex Torpey remains immersed in matters of local government through the creation of a nonprofit called Rethink Local, which provides resources to town leaders throughout...