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STRAFFORD — At the polls on Tuesday, Strafford voters chose Toni M. Pippy over John Freitag, 288-184, for a three-year term on the Selectboard.They also chose Andrew Duncklee for a two-year term on the board, with 188 votes, over Kelly Harman, with...

Contested races: John Freitag and Toni M. Pippy are facing off for a three-year seat on the Selectboard. Meanwhile, Andrew Duncklee, Kelly Harman and Andy Silovich are vying for a two-year seat on the Selectboard. Hannah Levinger is running unopposed...

STRAFFORD — Vermont State Police officially identified the victim of the fatal house fire in Strafford on Feb. 15 as Corinne Rainville, 77, of Strafford.The investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing, Vermont State Police said in a media...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

STRAFFORD — Neighbors, friends, coworkers and anonymous contributors rushed to help a Strafford resident hours after her home burned down early on Thursday morning in a house fire the claimed the life of the resident’s mother. It was the second time...

CHELSEA — A 37-year-old man who faces a first-degree arson charge alleging he torched the cabin where he lived on a remote Strafford road is competent to stand trial, a Vermont judge ruled on Wednesday.Edward (Eddie) Gallagher III expressed fear about...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ROYALTON — A group of women gathered at a table at the South Royalton Area Senior Citizens Center, waiting for lunch to be served.They talked about the weather — cold, but at least the snow was holding off — and exchanged news about the goings on in...

By FRANCES MIZE

SOUTH STRAFFORD — When Melvin Coburn takes Amtrak’s Vermonter train eight hours south to visit his son in New Jersey, he makes sure spend some time in Wegmans, a chain supermarket.“I say, ‘All you have to do, Craig, is take me down there in the...

CHELSEA — A Strafford man who punched a dog in the face and wielded a gun at people during an argument outside his home last September has pleaded guilty to a single count of criminal threatening while a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals against...

By FRANCES MIZE

THETFORD — As anglers cast about Upper Valley’s streams and rivers this spring, Thetford Academy seventh graders had some brook trout to unload last week.About 30 students gathered along the Ompompanoosuc River at the base of the Union Village Dam on...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

SOUTH STRAFFORD — The Vermont side of the Upper Valley may be getting a little greener as the state’s cannabis market begins to take shape.Two Upper Valley businesses are among those to have received some of the first licenses issued in the state’s...

By Mike Donoghue

Burlington — Two men have been jailed after federal authorities used a police sting operation to break up what law enforcement officials said was a guns-for-drugs operation in central Vermont.The case also involves the search for 17 firearms belonging...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Strafford — Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an article opposing the NewVistas proposal to build a planned settlement in Strafford, Tunbridge, Royalton and Sharon.But the somewhat lengthy discussion focused not on the merits of the...