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By CLARE SHANAHAN

BRIDGEWATER — After much discussion at Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters rejected a motion that would have eliminated the office of the town lister and moved to a professional assessing system.

WOODSTOCK — In a three-way race for two three-year terms representing Woodstock on the Mountain Views School Board, voters elected incumbent Matt Stout and Sarit Werner.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

BRIDGEWATER — One of the Upper Valley towns hit hardest by flooding in July 2023 was Bridgewater, which incurred extensive damage to homes, roads and bridges.

Articles of note: One article asks voters to authorize the Selectboard to refinance two existing loans totalling $3.5 million with an interest rate of 6.5% for a term not to exceed five years. The purpose is to seek a lower interest rate while the town awaits reimbursement for infrastructure damage caused by storms in July and December 2023.

WOODSTOCK — A 39-year-old Vermont woman pleaded guilty for her role in the assault and burglary of a 64-year-old Bridgewater man at his home on New Year’s Eve nearly three years ago.Tessa Hazen received a deferred 18-month sentence on a felony...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BRIDGEWATER — Furniture maker Charles Shackleton is crediting a fast response from Bridgewater and Woodstock firefighters along with a recently updated sprinkler system with dousing an “electrical fire” that broke out at the ShackletonThomas furniture...

BRIDGEWATER — Voters at Bridgewater’s Town Meeting on Tuesday approved all articles as warned.Of the town’s 702 registered voters, 134 checked in for the meeting, Town Clerk Nancy Robinson said in a Tuesday email.Among the articles voters approved...

Article of note: One article asks voters to approve tax exempt status for the Bridgewater Grange #284 for five years.Contested races: Voters will elect a Selectboard member to a three-year term from the floor.Budgets and spending articles: The...

Article of note: Voters will decide the fate of a $99 million bond to finance the construction of a new union middle/high school, athletic fields and related outbuildings, as well as the demolition of the old middle/high school.Contested races: School...

By MARION UMPLEBY

In Paulo Coehlo’s novel “The Alchemist,” the protagonist Santiago embarks on an arduous quest to find buried treasure that appeared to him in a dream only to discover that the bounty lay where his journey began.Comedian and native Vermonter Collen...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

BRIDGEWATER — There was a time when the effort to save the former Bridgewater Village School building and the effort to construct a new town fire station appeared to be at odds.Initially, Bridgewater voters decided at a Special Town Meeting in 2016 to...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Bridgewater — A 62-year-old Hartford man was killed on Tuesday when a tractor-trailer swerved to avoid another vehicle and slammed head-on into an Irving Oil truck he was driving on Route 4 in Bridgewater.A family member identified the driver as...