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By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

THETFORD — Selectboard member Li Shen was among those who voted for the town to accept the donation of the Timothy Frost Methodist Church in October 2018.

By BEN HOOKE

WINDSOR — There are so many championship banners draped on the wall of Windsor High’s gym that the excess ones have begun to spill off the wall and onto the mezzanine that surrounds the court.This year’s girls basketball team may well force them to...

By BEN HOOKE

RANDOLPH — Last year’s young Thetford Academy boys basketball team somewhat slipped under the radar en route to a state championship.Now, with another year of experience, the Panthers have a target clearly on their backs — but also the veteran resolve...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

High school indoor track in the Upper Valley has a number of top individual performers and strong overall teams that can compete at the state level. Among them are the Thetford boys, led by Uly Junker, and the Hartford boys, who bring back a lot of...

By LYLA METHENY

THETFORD — On Route 113, a short drive from the Interstate 91 North exit, lies the pride and joy of the late Elmer C. Brown.Over the years, the plant nursery and garden center that Brown started in 1967 has grown into an important part of the Upper...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

THETFORD — The vibrant yellow and green front door on the otherwise quintessential New England white church in North Thetford is the first sign that the space is not exactly what it seems.The new paint job reflects a recent change of ownership of the...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LYME — By 11:45 a.m. on Friday, about a dozen cars, one motorcycle and a bicyclist were lined up on both sides of the Lyme-Thetford bridge to cross as it opened at noon.About a dozen Thetford and Lyme residents were on hand to celebrate the reopening...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

THETFORD — The Selectboard approved a proposal to hire a part-time social services coordinator to help Thetford residents connect with resources.The plan calls for contracting with the Bugbee Senior Center in White River Junction, where Mona Elliott...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

Going into Saturday’s VPA Division III girls cross country state championship, Thetford Academy co-coach Joe Deffner said he thought a fourth-place finish would be a solid day for the Panthers.But as he watched the race unfold, Deffner began thinking...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH THETFORD — Town clerks in small towns are often in the best position to know who may be struggling a bit because they see just about all the residents for one reason or another.Emily Hood certainly knew who had fallen on hard times as Thetford’s...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NORTH SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Hartford High boys cross country team captured the Southern Vermont League B Division Championship on Friday, with the Hurricanes’ Bennett Moreno winning the 5K race at the North Springfield Dam in a time of 16 minutes, 43...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

THETFORD — Two long-term infrastructure projects in Orange and Grafton counties are set to wrap up next month, to the relief of area residents and business owners.After more than 18 months and $9.4 million in construction costs, the bridge over the...

By JOSEPH DEFFNER

THETFORD — Despite a terminal cancer diagnosis, Scott Chapman was determined to do what he loved doing — anything related to track and field.So when his former coaching colleague at Thetford Academy, Emily Silver, visited him in the ICU at Dartmouth...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

THETFORD — When it comes to top programs among Upper Valley sports teams, few schools can boast better success than Thetford Academy’s track and field, which this year won its fifth straight VPA Division III boys state championship and its 12th since...

By ALEX HANSON

THETFORD — At Smith College in the 1950s, Gillian Lewis majored in visual art and minored in theater. Those studies presaged the direction her life would take after she moved to Thetford in 1960.Art was major, at least at first, as she made woodcuts...

By HALEY CLOUGH

THETFORD — Upper Valley proponents of a national movement to keep kids from using cell phones while in school made their case during a community forum Tuesday at Thetford Academy.Panelists at the forum, hosted by the Vermont Phone-Free Schools...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

BURLINGTON — Rivendell Academy sophomore Sydney Schoenbeck was second among the girls and Thetford Academy junior Ulysses Junker-Boyce was second in the boys division at the Vermont High School Decathlon Championship held at Burlington High School on...