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LEBANON — The School Board has recommended a $53.7 million operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that would likely result in a 2.35% tax rate increase.Residents will have the opportunity to learn more about the budget and present...

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WEST LEBANON — The biennial state budget is first thing on the minds of Upper Valley elected officials headed to Concord this legislative session, which begins Wednesday. So far, state agencies have submitted their budget requests totaling $16.9...

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LEBANON — The city is getting closer to drawing up regulations on where, when and how many food trucks can operate in the community.The Lebanon Food Truck Task Force, which was formed in July, is recommending changes to a city ordinance and zoning...

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CLAREMONT — Dartmouth Health has partnered with the Early Childhood Education Association to increase the Upper Valley’s child care workforce. A total of $400,000 of congressionally directed funding will go toward the project, which aims to replicate...

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SHARON — Kristin May Senger is doing her best to stock her shop in the former Tracy’s Midway Station with New England-made products.“It is really important to me to feature as many local people as I can, and there's just so many amazing makers around...

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LEBANON — Dartmouth Health and partners across the state are working to address New Hampshire’s shortage of behavioral health care workers — which is especially acute in rural areas — by increasing training opportunities for students.DH is using $1.29...

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WEST LEBANON — Two pneumonia-causing bacteria have been at especially high levels in Vermont and New Hampshire in recent weeks, leading to increased levels of illness.At Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 97 patients with pneumonia went to the...

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NEW LONDON — A town committee has identified a new location for a long-awaited new police station, but public support for the project may not be forthcoming amid concerns about costs and the need to prioritize other projects.The Police Facilities...

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THETFORD — The vibrant yellow and green front door on the otherwise quintessential New England white church in North Thetford is the first sign that the space is not exactly what it seems.The new paint job reflects a recent change of ownership of the...

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LEBANON — The City Council on Wednesday approved a final 2025 general fund budget of $44.3 million, which was nearly $1 million less than originally proposed.As a result, residents are expected to see a 7.8% increase in the municipal portion of the...

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LEBANON — For the first time, the volunteer-run Storrs Hill Ski Area will offer free skiing and riding all winter.Heading into its 102nd season, the seven-trail nonprofit ski area received a grant from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation to cover...

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FAIRLEE — Since he started going to Camp Billings in the 1990s, Sean Collins, now the summer camp’s director, has seen Lake Fairlee change in many ways.“I’m glad the bald eagles are taking over. There are loons every day,” Collins said. “But I’m also...

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LEBANON — The City Council gave preliminary approval to $1.14 million in budget cuts last week after residents attending an earlier meeting left no doubt that they want a smaller budget.The agreement on some cuts came following roughly three hours of...

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WOODSTOCK — Residents voted to approve $8.3 million in bonds to purchase water company property and fund capital improvement projects for the water system Tuesday, following months of town-wide discussion on the acquisition.In Tuesday’s vote,...

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Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center and Valley Regional Hospital will be led by Dr. Matthew Foster, Dartmouth Health announced in a Monday news release.Foster began his role as the first permanent CEO and president of both hospitals Monday.The new...

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LEBANON — Residents painted a grim picture of the future if the City Council approves a proposed 11.9% tax rate increase for 2025.Packed into the City Council Chambers and online for nearly four hours of discussion during a Wednesday night City...

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WOODSTOCK — Residents on Tuesday will vote on two bonds related to the town’s purchase of the privately-held water system that serves thousands of residents.Tuesday’s vote includes two ballot questions: One bond would fund the purchase of the 358-acre...

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LEBANON — A team of Dartmouth engineering students are helping bring public electric bicycle charging to Lebanon. Dartmouth seniors Avery Moorhead, Nathan McAllister, Gannon Forsberg and Grace Connolly paired up with Lebanon Energy and Facilities...

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NEWBURY, Vt. — A Puerto-Rico-based nonprofit is seeking town approval to turn 101 acres into an educational facility to promote sustainable land management and farming.The project would be an extension of Plenitud Puerto Rico’s nonprofit farm and...

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LEBANON — City taxpayers are facing an unusually high 11.9% municipal property tax rate increase next year, the first of what is expected to be multiple years of the double-digit increases, while lowering tax increases would require widespread cuts to...