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By JOHN P. GREGG

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Drive-in theaters were a major feature of American life in the second-half of the 20th century, and some remain in operation, including in Fairlee and Bethel.Their hold was so strong that nostalgia is helping to drive the effort...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Two days after Sean Taylor opened his new barbershop in Hanover, customer appointments for haircuts already were double-booked, thanks to a glitch in the online software program.Taylor has been a barber in the Upper Valley for only four years. But in...

By TIM CAMERATO

HARTFORD VILLAGE — Transportation officials say the VA Cutoff Bridge that connects routes 4 and 14 in Hartford Village could be closed for a year beginning in the summer of 2023 as crews replace the 96-year-old structure.Construction is expected to...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Emily Landecker’s name is not a familiar one in the Upper Valley, and the legacy established in her honor has been shrouded in secrecy.But the Emily Landecker Foundation has had a profound impact in the region as the source of funding for the Upper...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The smallest class in 50 years graduated from Hartford High School on Friday.The classmates from Hartford, Hartland, Cornish and Sharon came together in White River Junction four years ago and quickly bonded, Class President...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Windsor Superior Court judge on Wednesday sentenced Gregory Smith to 13 to 15 years in prison for the fatal shooting four years ago of a Springfield, Vt., father who was upset about suspected drug dealing in the...

By TIM CAMERATO and DANIELA VIDAL ALLEE

SOUTH ROYALTON — Flooding from heavy rain and snowmelt today closed several roads across the White River Valley, swamped downtown Quechee and sent the Connecticut River toward flood stage at West Lebanon.The parking lot between the Quechee Post Office...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 41-year-old Vermont man who is facing federal charges alleging he kidnapped a New Hampshire woman and her son outside of a Manchester mall in early January is now facing state charges that he raped the woman at a White River...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 38-year-old Vermont man serving 26 to 33 years in prison for unintentionally hitting and killing a state trooper from Bradford, Vt., during a high-speed chase on Interstate 91 in 2003 is seeking to have his sentence vacated or...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — A 28-year-old former Windsor resident is facing charges in Vermont and Massachusetts after police alleged he robbed the Mascoma Bank branch off Maple Street in White River Junction on Monday and headed to southern New England...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — Prosecutors have dismissed a sexual assault case against a former mental health and substance abuse counselor who had two offices in the Upper Valley, saying he is unfit to stand trial because he is cognitively impaired.A...

By John Lippman

Lebanon — Mike Davidson’s career in real estate and development has had its ups and downs and twists and turns, but 2014 was the year that launched him in an entirely different direction.After spending many years focusing mostly on multi-unit...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Quechee — Lake Pinneo, the manmade body of water owned by the Quechee Lakes Landowners Association, is not expected to open its beaches to the general public anytime soon.The continuing denial of public access — which dates to 2015 — could be all the...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Quechee — A 22-year-old Hartford man died by suicide over the weekend at Quechee Gorge, the first such incident there in more than a year, Hartford police confirmed on Monday.The suicide on Sunday occurred as state officials continue to brainstorm...

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Windsor — There were evacuations and closures in Upper Valley communities including Newport, Windsor and Cornish on Saturday in response to flooding associated with a January thaw that began with Friday night’s rainfall.Emergency dispatchers used...

By Nora Doyle-Burr

Wilder — A combination of medications including Tylenol and a muscle relaxant has enabled Shirley Griggs, an 89-year-old retired nurse educator, to manage her chronic back pain, which stems from a car accident more than two decades ago.Recently,...

ILLUSTRATION AND INTERVIEW BY SHAWN BRALEY

Wilder — Brian Barthelmes is big guy with a big beard and several outsized talents. The 34-year-old Wilder resident was a standout offensive lineman at the University of Virginia and spent a couple of seasons with the New England Patriots before...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — A jury on Wednesday night exonerated a former Windsor police detective on criminal charges related to a shooting during a 2014 sting operation in Windsor.The panel of nine women and three men deliberated for nearly six hours...

By David Corriveau

While hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 1948, Earl Shaffer followed a stretch of the old King’s Highway in North Pomfret, between a farmhouse and a barn, en route to the White River in West Hartford.Shaffer was the first person to...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — A 30-year-old New Hampshire man pleaded not guilty on Monday to nearly a dozen counts of voyeurism and a felony charge of lewd and lascivious conduct in connection with several alleged incidents at a Wilder home in April and...