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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — State officials have extended a ban on burning debris for Windsor County and three other counties in southern Vermont for another week.The burn ban will now end on Nov. 25 at 3 p.m. for Bennington, Rutland, Windham and Windsor...

By ALEX HANSON

Halloween is upon us, and in the Upper Valley that means that all eyes that aren’t watching over children in search of candy are on White River Junction.And for good reason. As Halloween enthusiasts have come to expect, this year’s Gory Daze events,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 42-year-old White River Junction man has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor after he was arrested in a raid by Hartford police at his apartment in White River Junction on Friday morning.Joseph “JoJo” Vaillancourt...

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...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Good Neighbor Health Clinic will offer a free drive-through and walk-up vaccination clinic on Saturday.The clinic will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 19 at 70 North Main Street in White River Junction.The event is open to...

By EMMA RO TH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Two formerly vacant restaurant spaces on South Main Street have come alive again.On a rainy Thursday afternoon, White River Junction resident Tracie Gunion enjoyed a bite to eat in a new cafe and bakery downtown.But instead of...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board is the subject of an allegation that it violated Vermont’s Open Meeting Law when it negotiated and formalized a severance agreement with then-Superintendent Tom DeBalsi outside of public view. DeBalsi, who left his position...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WILDER — Hartford’s planning and zoning boards recently greenlighted a plan by developers to convert a former nursing home into a residential building with 38 apartments.Ledgeworks, a Lebanon-based real estate firm, intends to create 22 studios and 16...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A nonprofit is petitioning the town of Hartford to install an outdoor vending machine that will offer the overdose-reversal medication naloxone and other health resources 24 hours a day.Good Neighbor Health Clinic — a White...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Organizers are seeking to reestablish the Upper Valley Kiwanis Club which closed in 2017.An organizational meeting for a the new club will be held on Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Hartford Parks and Recreation Center located at 171...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Six people are expected to move into a new home for the chronically homeless off of Route 5 in White River Junction by the end of the month.Their soon to be new home is a three-story, 18,000-square-foot building, with 18...

Fly fishing guide Colin MacMillan, right, of White River Junction, congratulates Arthur Leopold, of New York City, after catching a smallmouth bass in the White River in Hartford Village on Friday.Leopold spent Labor Day weekend with his family in...

ALEX CERVANTES

WINDSOR — Moments before kickoff, White River Valley girls soccer coach Kim Prestridge held up a large easel paper pad outlined with a list of goals for her team to accomplish Friday. Prestridge got the idea from her assistant coach, Omar...

By PATRICK ADRIAN, CHRISTINA DOLAN and ALEX HANSON

WEST LEBANON — As the new school year begins, Upper Valley school officials, like their counterparts around the country, are trying a variety of approaches to limit cellphone use during classes.The efforts come as public health experts warn about the...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — This past Town Meeting season was a particularly challenging one for public officials overseeing Vermont school budgets.Anxieties over rising costs, expiring pandemic-era federal aid and confusion over the state’s new funding...