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HANOVER — A nearly decade-long effort by a Greensboro Road couple to block the construction of a church next to their home continues, following a ruling last month that allows their legal challenge to the constitutionality of a land use law to continue.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — After weeks of debate, a divided Selectboard approved a general fund budget proposal of $6.7 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — During a recent Upper Valley stop, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., described the scene in Washington as “chaotic” since the Trump administration took over two weeks ago.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — The future of so-called “sanctuary” policies in Upper Valley municipalities is uncertain amid a flurry of policy changes, recent executive orders and proposed state immigration laws.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — In March, voters in Norwich and Hanover will weigh in on school budgets and decide whether to appropriate funds for a new middle school athletics program.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The issue of medical debt is personal to Hartford native state Sen. Becca White, D-Windsor.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia state representative, activist and author, offered suggestions about how to navigate Donald Trump’s second term as president to a crowd of Dartmouth community members at the Hanover Inn on Wednesday evening.

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GEORGES MILLS — Nearly 20 people were displaced after an apartment building on Prospect Hill Road went up in flames last January. Now the property owner is poised to rebuild.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WOODSTOCK — Some of Twin Pines Housing projects include dozens of affordable apartments, but another model seeks to make single-family homes affordable, one house at a time.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — Motorists stopped their cars on Mechanic Street Friday morning to investigate the damage an overnight fire caused to the popular Dairy Twirl ice cream shop.

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THETFORD — Selectboard member Li Shen was among those who voted for the town to accept the donation of the Timothy Frost Methodist Church in October 2018.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WEST LEBANON — The theme of the Vermont Legislature’s 2025 session, which begins Wednesday, Jan. 8, could be change.Republicans now hold more Senate and House seats than they have in two decades, upsetting the Democratic supermajority. Legislators on...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Eighteen chronically homeless community members have found a home on Hartford Avenue.The 18 one-bedroom apartments, which first opened this fall and were developed by the White River Junction-based nonprofit Twin Pines, are now...

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HARTFORD — The town is recruiting for a new housing and development specialist in an effort to support residential growth and to reduce the workload of current employees.Recent updates to the housing and economic development chapters of the Town Plan...

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HANOVER — Susan Cohen first moved to Mitchell Lane in Hanover in 1975 with her three children, having never previously owned a car or a house.“She just picked us up out of some sense that it would be better for us out of Manhattan and in Hanover,”...

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HANOVER — Dartmouth College Child Care Center employees voted to unionize this week, a little more than a week after the college announced it had dropped plans to pursue partnering with a for-profit child care provider to operate the center.On...

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CLAREMONT — One resident of Marion Phillips apartments suffered non-life threatening injuries in a Wednesday evening fire at the 96-unit affordable housing complex.Golden Cross Ambulance transported the injured resident of the apartments located at...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — After more than three decades as an educator in the Upper Valley, the principal of White River Valley High School has announced plans to retire at the end of the current school year.Jeff Thomas, 59, sent his letter of resignation to...

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HANOVER — Two recent additions to the downtown dining scene bring fresh flavors and old favorites.A building located at 15 Lebanon St. in Hanover is now home to Little Havana, a Cuban restaurant, while a previous tenant of the space has opened a tapas...

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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...