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Hartford High student makes top five in singing competition, seeks votes to win
12-16-2024 4:09 PM

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High senior Macy Bettwieser was voted into the top five of the Broadway World’s Next On Stage contest last week.But she needs more votes to win the annual competition.People can vote for Bettwieser online...


Out & About: In-person dining returns for free annual holiday meal
12-14-2024 3:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Listen will hold a sit-down Christmas Day dinner for the first time in five years.The newly named “Upper Valley Winter Holiday Dinner” will be held for the first time at Listen’s dining hall in White River Junction. The event is...


Hartford reconsiders local option sales tax
12-12-2024 6:01 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard will ask voters to approve a local option sales tax for the second time in two years at Town Meeting.The local sales tax would add a 1% tax on retail items — including cannabis — sold in the town’s five...


Hartford High student needs votes for singing competition
12-10-2024 3:30 PM

HARTFORD — A Hartford High School student who placed in the top 10 in a national singing competition needs more votes to make it to the next round.People can vote for Macy Bettwieser, who was one of more than 250 high school students around the...


VINS sets records for number of birds in its care
11-29-2024 5:00 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

QUECHEE — For around a decade, Pat Tivnan has been volunteering at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science to help care for baby birds.During her four-hour shifts, she’d feed the tiniest patients at the Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation and...


Hartford police aim to use data to inform work
11-27-2024 4:01 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Roughly 80 to 85% of calls to which Hartford police officers respond are not criminal in nature, Police Chief Greg Sheldon said recently.“They are quality of life issues,” involving mental health issues, housing, and other challenges, he...


Hartford School Board proceeds with superintendent search
11-14-2024 7:30 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board voted Wednesday to proceed with a search for a new superintendent with the goal of inking a contract by late March. The vote was 4-0 in favor of going forward. Board member Nancy Russell was absent.The search is being...


Lane reductions planned for I-89 bridge project
11-11-2024 2:30 PM

WEST LEBANON — Lane closures due to construction on the southbound Interstate 89 bridge connecting Lebanon and Hartford may cause delays next week.The right lane on I-89 in Lebanon and Hartford will be closed during daytime hours from Tuesday,...


Logging on
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Hartford voters approve road stabilization project
11-06-2024 8:56 AM

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In voting on Tuesday, Hartford approved a $4 million bond to stabilize retaining walls on Gates Street and Fairview Terrace in White River Junction.The article passed, 2,859-1,826.Once completed, the stabilization work is...


Hartford Selectboard member resigns
10-31-2024 4:13 PM

HARTFORD — Sue Buckholz has resigned her position on the Selectboard. Her departure was announced at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting by Selectboard Chairman Mike Hoyt. Hoyt did not offer an explanation for the resignation but thanked Buckholz for...


New VA Cutoff Bridge in Hartford opens to traffic
10-25-2024 5:00 PM

HARTFORD — The new bridge #7, also known as the VA Cutoff bridge, is now open to all traffic, the Vermont Agency of Transportation announced Friday. The bridge, which spans the White River, closed on Oct. 14 so that crews could connect two of its...


Hartford clerical workers seek vote to unionize
10-22-2024 6:30 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — More than a dozen of the town’s clerical workers are seeking a vote on whether to join a union.The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 93 has submitted a petition to the state Labor Relations Board...


Out & About: Story Jam brings people together
10-18-2024 6:00 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Kate Barber was attending last month’s Story Jam: Bi-monthly Storytelling Circle when she spotted a face she hadn’t seen in 27 years.Norwich resident Irit Librot was familiar to Barber, the community outreach coordinator at JAM,...


Hartford voters to decide $4 million bond for retaining wall
10-15-2024 8:31 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — A section of Gates Street might be reopened to vehicle traffic after years of closure should voters approve a $4 million highway improvement bond to stabilize retaining walls in the area.The project, which involves parts of Fairview Terrace...


Enterprise: Upper Valley caterers prep for holiday season
10-13-2024 11:01 AM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

While the holidays can bring about more hectic schedules for employers, it is mostly business as usual for area caterers — with some minor differences from other times of the year.Rather than a drastic slowdown or increase in business, caterers said...


Hartford School Board denies violating open meeting law
10-10-2024 8:00 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board this week acknowledged a “procedural glitch” in the non-public session of a June meeting, but denied that it violated the Vermont  Open Meeting Law when it negotiated and signed a severance agreement with the district’s...


Dothan Brook students back in classrooms after mold remediation work
10-08-2024 5:31 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WILDER — Dothan Brook School’s kindergarten and first-grade classrooms are back in operation this week after a month-long process to clean up mold discovered in parts of the building.Meanwhile, the district is still sorting out how to pay for the cost...


Parking meters coming to downtown White River Junction
10-04-2024 5:01 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For the first time since the spring of 1975, parking meters are set to cast shadows over downtown streets after the Hartford Selectboard voted to bring them back, albeit in a more modern form.In a unanimous vote Tuesday night,...


VA Cutoff Road bridge to close for two weeks
10-01-2024 8:01 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Beginning Monday, Oct. 14, the VA Cutoff Road bridge over the White River will close for two weeks while crews connect two sections of the span. Traffic will be detoured to the Route 4/Route 5 bridge during the closure.The newly constructed...

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