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WOODSTOCK — Residents voted to approve $8.3 million in bonds to purchase water company property and fund capital improvement projects for the water system Tuesday, following months of town-wide discussion on the acquisition.In Tuesday’s vote,...

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Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center and Valley Regional Hospital will be led by Dr. Matthew Foster, Dartmouth Health announced in a Monday news release.Foster began his role as the first permanent CEO and president of both hospitals Monday.The new...

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LEBANON — Residents painted a grim picture of the future if the City Council approves a proposed 11.9% tax rate increase for 2025.Packed into the City Council Chambers and online for nearly four hours of discussion during a Wednesday night City...

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WOODSTOCK — Residents on Tuesday will vote on two bonds related to the town’s purchase of the privately-held water system that serves thousands of residents.Tuesday’s vote includes two ballot questions: One bond would fund the purchase of the 358-acre...

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LEBANON — A team of Dartmouth engineering students are helping bring public electric bicycle charging to Lebanon. Dartmouth seniors Avery Moorhead, Nathan McAllister, Gannon Forsberg and Grace Connolly paired up with Lebanon Energy and Facilities...

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NEWBURY, Vt. — A Puerto-Rico-based nonprofit is seeking town approval to turn 101 acres into an educational facility to promote sustainable land management and farming.The project would be an extension of Plenitud Puerto Rico’s nonprofit farm and...

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LEBANON — City taxpayers are facing an unusually high 11.9% municipal property tax rate increase next year, the first of what is expected to be multiple years of the double-digit increases, while lowering tax increases would require widespread cuts to...

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LEBANON — Service cuts the University of Vermont Health Network announced last week have the potential to affect health care delivery across the region, including in the Upper Valley.The changes Vermont’s largest hospital system announced last...

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LEBANON — The city has launched separate criminal and administrative investigations into allegations of illegal activity involving public money by multiple employees within the city’s Department of Public Works.Theft has been the “main focus” of the...

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RANDOLPH — Victoria Davis has been a patient at the Sharon Health Center for more than 20 years, even choosing to drive about an hour from Piermont to Sharon to continue receiving care after she moved out of Vermont.On Nov. 7, Davis received a call...

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NEWPORT — Woodlawn Care Center is a 53-bed nursing home tucked into a former mansion just outside downtown Newport.The large, white-columned building, built in 1891, sits at the top of a hill. Residents’ rooms and common areas have features such as...

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All of Sullivan County may soon join the state’s Community Power Coalition as part of an effort to reduce and stabilize energy costs, and increase renewable energy options for residential customers.At the same time, Cornish is considering adopting the...

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LEBANON — On Monday, Sam Harper and Sara Burgess, who both live in Lebanon, spent the afternoon alternating between working in The Notch climbing gym’s work area and “playing” on the climbing walls.Both said they have so far enjoyed the climbing and...

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LEBANON — Citing safety concerns for city residents and fire department staff, the Lebanon Firefighters Union is mounting a public information campaign and calling on the City Council to authorize eight new positions in next year’s budget.City Manager...

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WOODSTOCK — Voters authorized the town to purchase Woodstock’s privately owned water system in an overflowing meeting that attracted about 500 people at Town Hall Tuesday night. After months of discussion and a public comment period that was kicked...

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LEBANON — After several days of nonviolent pro-Palestinian protests last October, a tent erected on the lawn outside Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock’s office was the “red line” that led to the arrests of two students, Beilock testified in...

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LEBANON — One year to the day after they were arrested, two Dartmouth College students charged with criminal trespass during a campus protest are scheduled to have their trial resume on Monday in Lebanon District Court.Dartmouth President Sian Leah...

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RANDOLPH — Randolph Village has many things; restaurants, a music hall, a bike shop — and long-standing water system issues.Village residents Michelle and Mike Miller are on the town water system and regularly travel about 30 minutes to a natural...

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HANOVER — Authorities and Dartmouth College officials are investigating who splattered red paint on the stone steps outside Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock’s office and wrote “Free Palestine Divest” on the side of the building.Hanover police and...

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WEST LEBANON — Phone and internet services were unavailable or disrupted for many Upper Valley town offices, businesses and customers on Tuesday morning.Some customers of Consolidated Communications, an Illinois-based broadband company, lost internet...

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LEBANON — Dartmouth Health Advanced Response Team, or DHART, will expand with a recent $6.7 million donation. The money will cover three phases of improvements, including purchasing new vehicles, developing an EMT certification program and...