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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A couple facing health challenges is fighting their landlord in court for the right to stay at their Demers Avenue apartment because they have nowhere else to go.Bob Stange, 85, and Cindy Anne Packard-Stange, 65, have lived in...

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LEBANON — The planned opening of the emergency winter shelter this month has been delayed due to staffing shortages, leaving homeless community members with few warm places to stay at night.Upper Valley Haven, the nonprofit that operates the shelter...

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FAIRLEE — Developers are using Vermont’s Rental Revolving Loan Fund to build new workforce housing in the Upper Valley.The $10 million state-funded program, which began accepting applications in March, was created as part of the Housing Opportunities...

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TUNBRIDGE — Community members have rallied around two longtime residents who lost their home of nearly 30 years in an early-morning fire last week.As of Monday afternoon, more than $56,000 had been raised to rebuild the Monarch Hill Road house of Lisa...

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BETHEL — Interim Fire Chief Geary Coogler, who “managed to pull off the miracle” of leading the department during a tumultuous period has resigned, along with Assistant Fire Chief Greg Timmins.The resignations went into effect Sunday. The Selectboard...

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NORWICH — After years of temporary fixes, the Selectboard is seeking a long-term solution to prevent a contaminant from leaking from the deck of Moore Lane Bridge into Bloody Brook.During paving at some point, the timber on the bridge deck was treated...

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MERIDEN — To owner Angela Toms, Mill Bridge Farm is a “4-H project gone right.”Toms, a physician, and her husband, Chris Forman, a software engineer, built the barn that houses 11 Guernsey cows in 2018, after their four children joined 4-H and got...

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NORWICH — The Selectboard has rejected a resident’s claim that it violated Vermont’s open meeting law when it met behind close doors last month to discuss making changes to Town Manager Brennan Duffy’s contract.In Thursday’s special meeting, the board...

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LEBANON — Thomas Kurtz, a Dartmouth math professor, legend in the field of computer science, and founder of a local bridge club, died at the age of 96 last week.Kurtz is most well known for co-developing the BASIC programming language and the first...

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NORWICH — The Selectboard will hold an special meeting on Thursday to respond to a resident’s complaint alleging the board violated Vermont’s open meeting laws when it amended Town Manger Brennan Duffy’s contract last month.Kris Clement’s complaint,...

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LYME — By 11:45 a.m. on Friday, about a dozen cars, one motorcycle and a bicyclist were lined up on both sides of the Lyme-Thetford bridge to cross as it opened at noon.About a dozen Thetford and Lyme residents were on hand to celebrate the reopening...

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WEST NEWBURY, Vt. — The power was out at West Newbury Hall due to high winds on the night of the 63rd annual West Newbury turkey supper and bake sale last month, but the more than 70 volunteers organizing, cooking, serving and cleaning up afterward...

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NORWICH — In September, Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak spent two days driving to all 14 counties returning more than $150,000 to businesses, nonprofits and service providers.The September deliveries returned just a portion of the $130 million in...

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NORWICH — The town’s Board of Listers is attempting to solve a boundary dispute with the town of Sharon that has raised concerns for at least 20 years, but not everyone agrees that it’s a problem worth fixing.Nearly the entire length of the border...

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HANOVER — Dartmouth College is seeking the Hanover Planning Board’s approval of a $3.6 million renovation to the Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse “to address existing equity issues” between the men’s and women’s locker rooms.On Tuesday, the board is...

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NORWICH — A Selectboard decision last month to continue to allow the town manager to work remotely two days a week has left some residents questioning the board’s move.The board voted 3-2 on Oct. 23 to amend Town Manager Brennan Duffy’s contract...

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HANOVER — Dartmouth College faculty voted in favor of a proposal to create a new school of Arts & Sciences in a meeting Wednesday.“I’m very happy,” said Provost David Kotz, co-leader of the Future of Arts and Sciences project, after the proposal...

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LEBANON — A grassroots community group is working to create a 3-mile, vehicle-free path connecting West Lebanon and Hanover.The West Lebanon and Hanover Greenway Community Group, or WaHG, presented the project to the Lebanon Planning Board on Monday...

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BARNARD — After several brush fires across Vermont, including ones in the Upper Valley, that destroyed dozens of acres over the weekend, the state’s Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation issued a ban on debris burning on Monday.In Barnard,...

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WEST LEBANON — Housing, or the lack thereof, is a top issue for Upper Valley candidates from both parties vying for seats in New Hampshire state government.While Democrats and Republicans agree there is a housing crisis, their proposed solutions to...

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LEBANON — Vital Communities is launching a project to help members of minority communities become home and business owners in the Upper Valley.A breakfast to kick off the Upper Valley BIPOC Home and Business Ownership Project will be held on Friday at...