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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

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.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST WINDSOR — Residents overwhelmingly voted to uphold the town’s short-term rental ordinance during Town Meeting.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

PLAINFIELD — Voters will be asked to approve a $500,000 bond to help fund the renovation of the middle school wing at Plainfield Elementary School during the annual School Meeting.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — After the City of Lebanon stopped providing community nursing services to residents in Enfield and Grantham last month, officials in the two towns are evaluating their options to continue the program.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

PIERMONT — Two Upper Valley towns will consider upgrades to their town office buildings during Town Meeting this year.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

STRAFFORD — Justin Morrill Homestead will be closed this summer as the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation undertakes a much-needed water management and drainage project in Strafford.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — When Theresa Taylor closed the Windsor Diner in mid-January, she knew that the diner’s basement kitchen needed a new concrete floor and a furnace.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEATHERSFIELD — Birds were at the forefront of the minds of Marianne and Michael Walsh when they purchased 102 acres of forest land on East Camp Hill Road from their neighbor a few years ago.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD CENTER — The first time a customer came into Proctor’s General Store, proprietor James “Jimmy” Proctor would learn their name. The second time, he’d call them by it.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — When Julia Boger-Hawkins began managing Dartmouth Cancer Center’s Healing Harvest Food Pantry last July, it averaged four orders per day. Now that’s up to 20.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Plans for a brewery in the former laundromat in downtown Enfield are back on tap after the business owners purchased the building, which the previous owner put up for sale due to his frustrations with the town’s planning and zoning process.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — As director of the Windsor Public Library, Barbara Ball is always looking for ways to build a stronger community.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST WINDSOR — Shortly after the West Windsor Selectboard approved a new short-term rental ordinance in September, Anne Yates got to work collecting signatures to repeal it.