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LEBANON — Sometimes when Sarah Schneider was working as a server at Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery in Hanover, she’d look across the room to her mother, Becky, who was doing the same.

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As Hartford school officials consider the drastic step of tearing down and rebuilding major portions of the town’s high school in order to address chemical contamination, other Upper Valley school districts have yet to find out if their buildings are plagued by now-banned toxic construction materials.

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HANOVER — David Millstone and Sheila Moran were looking for connections when the couple started attending Memory Cafe programs at the Howe Library in Hanover last August.

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — More than half of Hartford High School needs to be razed and rebuilt because of chemical contamination, and school officials are scrambling to find funding to begin addressing the problem.

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QUECHEE — A construction worker was injured after being trapped under a street sweeper on Quechee Main Street Friday evening as crews worked on a paving project.

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FAIRLEE — An Upper Valley congregation is inviting the public to join a worldwide meditation for peace Saturday, May 3.

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BRADFORD, Vt. — Residents of the two-town Oxbow Unified Union School District will vote on a $21.4 million budget during the annual School Meeting Wednesday evening.

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BRADFORD, Vt. — Alivia Patch’s favorite thing about the Bradford Teen Center, known as The Hub, is that she can be around people her own age in a fun and supportive place. “I get to hang out with my friends and cook,” Alivia, 13, said.

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Michael Redmond, who has served as executive director of the Upper Valley Haven for seven years, will step down from his role later this year.

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ROYALTON — Royalton Town Administrator Victoria Paquin will leave her role in May.

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SOUTH ROYALTON — Vermont Law and Graduate School President Rodney Smolla is stepping down from his leadership role later this year to return to writing and teaching.

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SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton residents will vote for a third time on a bond to upgrade the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools during a Special Town Meeting on May 20.

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Joan Ponzoni wasn’t feeling well when she arrived at the Bugbee Senior Center one day in January.

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Upper Valley librarians are concerned that the proposed elimination of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services and the financial support it provides will limit patrons’ access to ebooks, audiobooks, interlibrary loan and other services that the agency helps support.

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NORTH THETFORD — Jean Carlan, who chairs the Bradford (Vt.) Parks and Recreation Commission, has been involved in efforts to build a skate park in town.

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WEST LEBANON — Water quality improvement and flooding mitigation projects along the Connecticut River and its tributaries are on hold due to a federal funding freeze.

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Upper Valley school districts will no longer receive funding through two federal programs meant to help districts purchase food from area farmers. 

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ENFIELD — Residents voted to switch to an Australian ballot style of voting for Town Meeting during the annual floor meeting Saturday.

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CLAREMONT — One day last month, Louisa and Darren Grindle arrived at the Claremont quilt shop they had purchased more than a year before to find that a drain pipe had burst in the bathroom, causing water — as deep as five inches in some places — to pool on the floor.

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LEBANON — This year, the Upper Valley Music Center is celebrating 30 years of growth, from small beginnings to becoming the largest provider of music lessons in the region.

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ENFIELD — Three towns on the New Hampshire side of the Upper Valley are asking voters to reconsider how or when they hold votes on municipal issues this year.