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WEST CANAAN — Voters will have a chance to weigh in on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s proposed $32 million operating budget during a deliberative session this Saturday.The proposed 2024-2025 budget is around 3.2% higher than the current...

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SHARON — The School Board has delayed a vote on a roughly $10 million proposed bond to renovate Sharon Elementary School until after March’s school meeting.The School Board opted to delay because it has concerns about the effect Act 127 — a law...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — On the wall of Gaal Crowl’s White River Junction art studio is a painting of Bugbee Senior Center director Mark Bradley.“It makes me smile every time I see it,” Crowl said in a phone interview. While the portrait has Bradley’s...

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HANOVER — Talking about space with community members — especially children — helps Dartmouth College astronomy graduate students Keighley Rockcliffe and Stephanie Podjed reconnect with the passion and curiosity that brought them to their chosen field....

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VERSHIRE — When Gregory Wilson joined Vershire Fire and Rescue a few years ago, he was struck by the number of calls related to mental health and substance misuse that the volunteer department received.Wilson, a pastoral psychotherapist, was also...

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WINDSOR — Windsor residents now have access to shopping in Claremont via public transit twice a month.MOOVer, a micro public transportation service operated by Southeast Vermont Transit, has added a route that will connect Windsor-area residents to...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — About a month ago, Upper Valley Co-op Produce Manager Robert Lucas started noticing something strange about the price of lettuce.Yes, inflation had been causing food prices to rise. But this was different.“This is...

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CANAAN — After graduating from Mascoma Valley Regional High School, Ryan Porter wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to do as a career.“I was kind of lost, to be honest with you, all through school,” Porter, the incoming chief of the Canaan Police...

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NEW LONDON — Twin Pines Housing has proposed to build 60 workforce housing apartments on County Road near New London Hospital.If approved, the project known as Long Meadow Commons would be the first for the nonprofit organization in New London and...

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HANOVER — Before enrolling at Dartmouth College, Rendi Rogers used her savings to move from Oklahoma to the Upper Valley.What awaited her in Hanover was a $35,000 annual stipend to teach and conduct research while taking courses toward her doctorate...

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There’s a thrill that comes from riding a bike.Maybe it’s how the wind hits your face or the way the landscape looks as you ride by. For many people, however, riding a bike isn’t accessible. That was on Amy Chan’s mind when she saw a TEDx Talk given...

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Tera Howard has her brother’s nickname tattooed on the inside of her right wrist — “Choch” in black script, surrounded by an infinity symbol, three birds and a heart. Its visibility is intentional. The Windsor resident wants to talk about her little...

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ENFIELD — Enfield and Grantham residents, many of whom live in Eastman, are organizing to stop a proposed gravel pit operation on Bog Road over concerns about its impact on the planned living community’s water supply.“It’s literally on top of the...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — If you stop by the tennis courts at Maxfield Sports Complex anytime from dawn to dusk, there’s a good chance you’ll hear it: the gentle thwack of a hollow ball hitting a paddle.It sounds a little higher-pitched than a tennis...

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ENFIELD — Citing the increasing role that public schools are forced to play in providing social services with few resources to do so, Enfield Village School principal Harrison Little announced this month he will leave the elementary school at the end...

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HANOVER — After 25 years, the annual Occom Pond Party has been canceled indefinitely due to unreliable weather conditions.The event, which includes ice skating, ice sculptures, a snow castle, sleigh rides and cold weather-based activities, is hosted...

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Open mic nights have long held a role in performance life in the Upper Valley. At these events, musicians, poets and comics have a chance to share new material in a supportive setting. They play an especially crucial role for those just starting out...

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SOUTH ROYALTON — A Vermont Law School student was killed Tuesday morning after the SUV he was driving was struck by an Amtrak train south of South Royalton village.Thomas Fennell had driven across the tracks at the rail crossing near South Windsor...

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From 1938 to the early 1950s, the Valley Street Dam was the place in be in Springfield, Vt., in the summer.Constructed specifically to create a swimming hole, the dam was where families went to be together and where teenagers would hang out, where a...

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LEBANON — As the Twin States’ senior citizen population continues to grow, experts on aging are focused on changing the negative perceptions many people have about aging and the ageist language that can result from those beliefs.Kelly Laflamme, of the...