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Vermont officials are seeking the public’s help in tracking a new beech tree disease that’s spreading throughout the state.Beech Leaf Disease was first detected last October in Vernon and Dummerston, said Josh Halman, forest health program manager...

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FAIRLEE — Residents will have an opportunity to learn more about a proposal for a 19-unit affordable housing project planned for downtown during a public hearing Monday night.Fairlee resident Jonah Richard, who has revitalized several properties in...

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WOODSTOCK VILLAGE — Woodstock Village will enforce a new short-term rental ordinance that was upheld by voters during a Special Town Meeting last week.The Village Board of Trustees and the Woodstock Selectboard approved identical short-term rental...

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BRADFORD, Vt. — For the second time in less than a year, an act of vandalism has caused significant damage to athletic fields at Oxbow High School, and this time it could disrupt the upcoming fall sports season.The fields will be unusable until at...

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PIKE — Haverhill Town Clerk Carole Brooks-Broer was about to leave her office early Wednesday evening when she realized she forgot her umbrella.When Brooks-Broer had checked the weather forecast earlier that day, she wasn’t too worried about the...

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WOODSTOCK — Voters delivered a split decision on a short-term rental ordinance during two Special Town Meetings on Tuesday.Village residents voted to uphold a new ordinance that, in part, would cap the number of short-term rentals, while town...

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WEST LEBANON — Balvin Bowen and Carline Roberge never intended to open a restaurant — let alone two — but customers who love the couple’s Jamaican and Haitian food had other thoughts.The couple, who live in West Lebanon, got their start almost 15...

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ENFIELD — The Planning Board unanimously approved a proposal for a downtown microbrewery.The approval means that Hoptimystic Brewing, owned by Dan and Kelly Thomas, can operate in the former laundromat building located at 59 Main St. in Enfield, owned...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Special Needs Support Center is looking for volunteers to advocate for children with special needs who attend schools in the Upper Valley.Special Education Advocacy volunteers help parents understand and navigate IEP/504...

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HANOVER — The Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously denied the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society’s request to convert its Lyme Road market into a commercial kitchen space to make prepared foods for its other locations.The Board denied the variance...

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WOODSTOCK — Voters in both the town and village will consider whether to overturn new identical ordinances governing short-term rentals in each jurisdiction during two separate Special Town Meetings next week.A “no” vote upholds the ordinances that...

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LEBANON — Upper Valley emergency service agencies, health care providers and businesses felt the impact of a global internet outage that started early Friday morning.Around 9 a.m., Dartmouth Health reported that its “locations are experiencing a...

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ENFIELD VILLAGE — A new microbrewery could be coming to downtown Enfield within the next year.The Planning Board will hear a proposal for converting a building that previously housed a laundromat on Main Street into a microbrewery at its Wednesday...

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LEBANON — A paving project on Miracle Mile will have to be restarted after a contractor applied the wrong asphalt on the roadway.City officials called for using “virgin asphalt” to pave the roughly 1¼-mile stretch of Route 4.“The products applied had...

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NORWICH — In 1993, then-principal Susan Finer interviewed a recent college graduate for a job teaching home economics at Hanover’s Richmond Middle School.That recent graduate, Anissa Morrison, of Tunbridge, got the job, which was her first teaching...

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LEBANON — The Lebanon Public Library provides myriad services for Upper Valley residents from craft groups to concerts to free internet access.This summer, they’re adding another function: a site for caregivers to pick up five days’ worth of breakfast...

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CORNISH — Upper Valley lawmakers and police officers hope two new laws will help protect New Hampshire’s covered bridges from oversized vehicles.HB 1457-FN will increase the fines for motorists who damage covered bridges to $1,000 for a first offense;...

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FAIRLEE — In the months since construction on Interstate 91 has diverted traffic to Route 5 in downtown Fairlee, Jan Neil has noticed new faces at her business, Jan’s Fairlee Diner.“We’ve had several customers coming in, saying they’ve passed through,...

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NORWICH — A few years ago, Norwich Historical Society Director Sarah Rooker searched a 1909 Norwich history book for the word “she.” Rooker’s electronic search brought back three results from the roughly 300-page volume that has since been digitized:...

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FAIRLEE — When Smith Reed and his wife, Ginny, were looking for a lake to live on around 15 years ago, Lake Morey stood out. “We wanted to find a lake that had clear water,” Reed said. “The water quality has been excellent.” In recent years, however,...