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LEBANON — Amid frigid temperatures, Upper Valley firefighters responded to three blazes on Wednesday morning.

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ORFORD — The Rivendell school board has extended its timeline for moving forward with school building consolidation while it searches for a permanent superintendent.

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LEBANON — Rebecca “Becky” Luce inspired generations of students to love music and believe in their own potential, even at stages in life when self-confidence seemed in short supply.

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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.

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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.

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WOODSTOCK — The Mountain Views School Board voted this week to approve a $30.8 million budget that includes all of the unified arts and two math and science positions slated for elimination in earlier budget versions.

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HARTLAND —  The Planning Commission indicated at a meeting last week that it would oppose a proposed 160-foot cell tower off Town Farm Hill Road, near Hartland Four Corners.“Our job is to defend the town plan, and the town plan says you don’t build on...

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

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HANOVER — When the Oak Hill Outdoor Center in Hanover first fired up its snow guns in March, it was a game-changing upgrade for local athletes, providing expanded on-snow training and racing opportunities close to home.But when a recent mid-December...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Drivers in Hartford are adjusting to new traffic patterns following the completion this fall of a roadwork project that included lane reductions and the creation of new cycling lanes on Route 5, roughly from the Hartland town...

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TUNBRIDGE — A passerby noticed Wednesday morning that four small statues, including a figure of the baby Jesus in a manger, were missing from the Nativity scene outside The Tunbridge Church.Church officials have not yet reported the theft to police,...

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WOODSTOCK — A divided Mountain Views School Board voted 8-7 at a special meeting Monday night to restore all of the unified arts positions eliminated in an initial budget proposal first presented to the board last month. The original proposal...

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CROYDON — A private donor has pledged $10,000 in hopes of reducing the tax burden of proposed repairs and renovations to the Croydon Village School.Jim Morgan, a Croydon resident and president of the Newport-based real estate investing firm JFD...

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CANAAN — A concerned call to the police about the safety of two dogs in an outdoor kennel on Goose Pond Road last month escalated Monday night when police say one of the dogs was stolen from the owner’s property.The 10-month-old Drahthaar, a breed...

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LEBANON — High school senior Tomas Kennelly wasn’t particularly interested in aviation, but when his school began taking applications for a new airplane-building program beginning in the fall, he was all in.“I was like, man, building a plane just...

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WOODSTOCK — More than 100 parents, students and community members attended the Mountain Views Supervisory Union board meeting Monday night to object to a proposed $2.5 million budget reduction that threatens to eliminate 17 teaching and staff...

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SHARON — Voters will take to the polls Tuesday for a second time in less than two months to decide whether to allow retail cannabis sales in town. Sharon voters rejected retail cannabis on Oct. 15 by just two votes, 135-137. A week later, the Town...

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HARTFORD — Roughly 80 to 85% of calls to which Hartford police officers respond are not criminal in nature, Police Chief Greg Sheldon said recently.“They are quality of life issues,” involving mental health issues, housing, and other challenges, he...