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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CANAAN — At the polls on Tuesday, voters supported allowing the Selectboard to appoint the fire chief and firefighters, after recommendations from the chief. The article takes effect in one year.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — The Selectboard approved an expenditure request from the Police Department for spike strips during Wednesday’s meeting, in spite of outcry from residents on the town’s Listserv.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — While grabbing lunch at Listen’s community dining hall in on Thursday, David Reffitt wiped tears from his eyes as he remembered his friend, Rick Riff.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Voters rejected a $3,500 appropriation for the Norwich Lions Club for fireworks for the Norwich Fair at the polls on Tuesday, possibly ending a long-standing summer tradition.

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 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 EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — There are no contested races for Selectboard this year, but two seats on the town’s governing board are set to turnover.

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 EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — A year ago, two members of the Selectboard resigned alleging prejudice in the municipal government. Now, six candidates are running for three seats on the board.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Town Meeting voters will be asked whether to allow Vermonters who don’t live in Norwich to be elected or appointed to some town offices and boards.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — A nearly decade-long effort by a Greensboro Road couple to block the construction of a church next to their home continues, following a ruling last month that allows their legal challenge to the constitutionality of a land use law to continue.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — After weeks of debate, a divided Selectboard approved a general fund budget proposal of $6.7 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — During a recent Upper Valley stop, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., described the scene in Washington as “chaotic” since the Trump administration took over two weeks ago.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — The future of so-called “sanctuary” policies in Upper Valley municipalities is uncertain amid a flurry of policy changes, recent executive orders and proposed state immigration laws.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — In March, voters in Norwich and Hanover will weigh in on school budgets and decide whether to appropriate funds for a new middle school athletics program.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The issue of medical debt is personal to Hartford native state Sen. Becca White, D-Windsor.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia state representative, activist and author, offered suggestions about how to navigate Donald Trump’s second term as president to a crowd of Dartmouth community members at the Hanover Inn on Wednesday evening.

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 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.