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WEST LEBANON — On Thursday, the first of a seasonal series of monthly chick delivery days at West Lebanon Feed & Supply, a cacophony of chirps greeted customers as they stopped in to pick up their orders.

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SUNAPEE — The town has appointed a new fire chief, the Fire Department announced on social media Sunday evening.

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GRAFTON — Two Upper Valley homes were destroyed by recent fires, leaving three people injured, including one with severe burns.

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QUECHEE — Construction resumed on the Quechee Gorge bridge project earlier this month, and is again expected to continue through October.

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SUNAPEE — After voters rejected a proposed town budget earlier this month, officials are scrambling to make the nearly $800,000 in cuts required to operate under a default budget.

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ENFIELD — Whaleback Mountain is seeking community support to help repair a mechanical failure that halted its chairlift service late last month and could threaten its ability to operate next season.

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ORFORD — After more than two hours of debate, Rivendell voters approved a $15.8 million school budget, but defeated an article that would have moved future budget votes to an all-day Australian ballot format.

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HARTFORD — With the search for a new school superintendent narrowed to two finalists, the public will have a chance to meet the candidates at meetings next week.

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ORFORD — Orange East Superintendent Randall Gawel will depart to take the helm of the Rivendell Interstate School District beginning July 1.

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LEBANON — A new K-8 charter school focusing on literacy education plans to open its doors in the Upper Valley in the fall of 2026.

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HARTFORD — In Australian ballot voting Tuesday, voters approved a new 1% sales tax to offset municipal taxes and settled two contested Selectboard races.

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ROYALTON — By the slimmest of margins, voters defeated a proposed 1% local option tax on meals, lodging and alcohol.

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HAVERHILL — Voters will consider a petitioned article requiring the school district to cap its budget at the state per-pupil spending average, which could result in millions of dollars in spending cuts if it passes.

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HARTFORD — Voters will elect candidates to four Selectboard seats at this year’s Town Meeting, with three of those contested.

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NEWBURY, Vt. — Voters will decide in March whether to approve a $700,000 bond to fund the construction of a new fire station at the same Chapel Road site as the current station.

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HARTFORD — Facing rising costs of operation that are driving up property tax rates, two Upper Valley towns are asking voters to approve a 1% local options tax to augment municipal revenues.

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HARTFORD — The school district faces extensive and costly remediation of several areas of the high school and career and technical center due to elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs, according to recently completed environmental testing.

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HANOVER — Dartmouth College’s ski team has dominated the East Coast racing circuit this season as the Big Green prepares to host the NCAA ski championships next month.

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HARTFORD — The town has tapped a veteran officer from within its own ranks to serve as its new police chief.

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HARTFORD — A committee tasked with honoring veterans and first responders is reconsidering its vetting process after its selection of a veteran who was later convicted of embezzlement came under scrutiny during a Selectboard meeting last week.

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HARTFORD — The police chief and Selectboard this week grappled with how to uphold a 2020 town ordinance offering protections to Hartford’s immigrant communities, while also complying with state statutes and federal law.