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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Upper Valley residents are taking more advantage of the region’s public transportation options, which area organizations have expanded in recent weeks.On the second Saturday of Advance Transit’s weekend routes, a bus that went...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WINDSOR — The dining room at Bistro Midva was full of warm light and lively conversation on a September weeknight. At the small tile-topped bar, Kurt Dermody, a West Windsor resident and Ascutney Outdoors board member, and Ryan Palmer, the Windsor...

By ALEX HANSON

For a long time, Angie Follensbee-Hall carried in the back of her mind the idea of opening an art gallery with a studio attached.She saw it as a place where she could both make and show her art work, which consists of her own handmade paper combined...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

NEW LONDON — Windsor County Mentors is expanding to the Kearsarge region.The Windsor-based nonprofit organization is partnering with community groups and the Kearsarge Regional School District to start a mentoring program for students at elementary...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — In an effort to recruit more employees and provide job stability, Windsor, Weathersfield and Bellows Falls, Vt., have joined together to share planning and zoning officials.Town planner Halima Abuayyash became the trio’s first joint employee...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — The Selectboard has given its tentative support to a proposal that could see a new recreation area built on Depot Street.In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the four board members present granted Town Manager Tom Marsh the authority to enter a...

By KAELI BENNETT

WINDSOR — Opportunities to play are growing in Windsor for the two-legged and four-legged alike.The playground at the town’s fairgrounds, managed by the town Recreation Department, just got some upgrades to space and equipment. And the town’s dog park...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — The state is taking another crack at identifying a suitable redevelopment plan for the former state prison on County Road.The Mount Ascutney Regional Commission is asking firms to submit proposals for a master plan for the shuttered...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WINDSOR — In spite of Jill Lord’s retirement earlier this year following three decades at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, her influence on the Windsor community is ongoing.She retired from her position of director of community health at the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — When Roger Barraby joined the track and field team in high school, he knew he’d found his sport.“The one thing I’ve always loved about my sport is, you’re really competing against yourself and it really is all up to you,” said Barraby, who...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Free summer meals for children will be available in some parts of the Upper Valley this summer, but not all.The Orange East Supervisory Union, which includes Bradford, Vt.-area schools, will not be offering summer meals this...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WINDSOR — Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center’s CEO is leaving his post in August to take over the leadership of Cheshire Medical Center, another Dartmouth Health member, in Keene, N.H., according to a DH news release.Dr. Joseph Perras has held...

By JIM KENYON

After the Windsor Selectboard voted in October to block advocates for the LGBTQ+ community from planting a “Pride” tree on the town common, Amanda Jordan Smith could have given up the fight. Instead, she dug in. Jordan Smith, a former Selectboard...

By KAELI BENNETT

WINDSOR — Windsor High School’s community gathered in the school’s gymnasium during Friday’s sudden thunderstorm to celebrate its 155th commencement. Those gathered applauded the 54 graduates for their persistence through struggles, as well as their...