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HARTFORD — The search for a new superintendent is underway despite lingering questions about the School Board’s decision to conduct the search a full year before the current superintendent’s contract ends, incurring the expense of an additional...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
CANAAN — Following the sudden departure of the town’s fire chief last month, the Selectboard faces a gap in emergency services leadership and pushback from some residents who think the board should have refused to accept the chief’s resignation.A...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
WEST LEBANON — A two-alarm fire damaged the second story of a condominium unit at 23 Pleasant St. on Friday afternoon.Hank Clarke was bringing his recycling outside when he noticed smoke coming from a neighbor’s roof at the Village Green...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
LEBANON — The sudden departure of Colleen McIntyre earlier this week has left the district in search of a new middle school principal.McIntyre, whose last day at the school was Monday, “has taken personal leave for the rest of the academic year and...
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ORFORD — Unexpected competition for the role of fire chief last March has divided some residents into opposing factions, reduced the ranks of the Fire Department and left the town of 1,200 without a Planning Board.Orford’s voters in 2014 authorized...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
GRANTHAM — A 28-year-old Grantham man has a long recovery ahead after suffering severe burns in a house fire last week.Zachary Beaulieu remains in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was taken following the Jan. 15 fire and has...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
Cornish and Plainfield voters will decide on Town Meeting Day whether their school boards should consider forming a cooperative school district and merging their middle schools.The two districts have collaborated in recent years in an effort to...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
LEBANON — In welcome news to some non-resident patrons of Lebanon’s landfill, unused punch cards may be returned for a refund at several area locations.Beginning Jan. 1, the use of pre-paid punch cards for bagged trash became restricted to Lebanon...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
GRANTHAM — Firefighters battled a blaze Monday night that injured two people, one critically, and gutted a home.Grantham Fire Department’s engine arrived at 505 Route 10 South, a mostly-wooded area across from a public park and about two miles from...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
SOUTH ROYALTON — Mia Schultz, who relocated to Bennington, Vt., from Southern California in 2016, describes herself as a “former insurance claims adjuster turned activist.”“Vermont is like no other place I’ve ever been to before,” Schultz, who is...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
LEBANON— Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center resumed masking requirements for its staff on Monday in response to increasing rates of respiratory illnesses.Staff are now required to wear masks when entering patient rooms and treatment areas, Cassidy...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HANOVER — A crowd of more than 400 gathered in Hanover High School’s auditorium to honor two women Afghan judges who have found refuge in the Twin States after escaping with their families following the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HANOVER — Against the backdrop of ongoing violence in Gaza, the Upper Valley Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah this week with joyful gatherings tinged with somber reflection. Celebrations around the region have included a public menorah lighting on...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
THETFORD — Heinz and Inge Trebitz were named “Citizens of the Year” at last year’s Town Meeting for their longstanding service to Thetford, but they were ineligible to vote at the meeting.Selectboard member Steven Tofel is among those who would like...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
BETHEL — When Lindley Brainard and three other partners purchased Bethel’s Arnold Block building in 2018, they knew it was a “really strange business model,” said Brainard, who is also a member of the Bethel Selectboard. Their vision was to create a...
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