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By JIM KENYON

Last month, the state of Vermont finalized a $4.5 million out-of-court settlement with youths who alleged they were victims of “obscene abuse” while locked up at the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex.The money — after lawyers get their...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WINDSOR — The Windsor representative to the Mt. Ascutney School District Board who won a contested race on Town Meeting Day has retained her victory following a recount.The recount conducted Thursday in West Windsor by justices of the peace from the...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Windsor man and former owner of a well-known heating fuel distributor was sentenced to three years and three months in prison to 18 years after pleading guilty to brutally assaulting a person at his residence and business 16...

WINDSOR — In a close race to represent Windsor on the Mount Ascutney School District Board, Amy McMullen beat Kaitlyn Gould for a three-year seat, 252-234, in Tuesday’s ballot voting.Meanwhile, Nancy J. Pedrick won an uncontested seat to represent...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WEST WINDSOR — Ninety-six town voters restored tradition on Tuesday, gathering in Story Memorial Hall for the community’s first in-person Town Meeting since the start of the pandemic.Town Moderator Matt Birmingham, serving his 33rd year in the role,...

WINDSOR — In Town Meeting Day ballot voting, Windsor voters easily passed a municipal budget and $1 million to be financed over 20 years or less for upgrading and repairing municipal buildings.The budget is $6.05 million, of which $4.27 million is...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — Both candidates in the lone contested Selectboard race want more funding for amenities such as recreation and the arts, but only one of the candidates has been forced to fend off allegations of having participated in the Jan. 6, 2021,...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters will exempt the nonprofit Mt. Ascutney Outdoors from property taxes for five years.Contested races: Officers are elected from the floor.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget of $1.57...

Article of note: One article asks voters for $1 million to be financed over 20 years or less for upgrading and repairing municipal buildings.Contested races: Emma Caffrey and Tom Demasi are facing off for a two-year seat on the Selectboard.Budgets and...

Article of note: Voters will be asked to establish salaries for board members, including $1,250 per year for the chair and $1,000 per year for other members.Contested races: Kaitlyn Gould and Amy McMullen are facing off for a three-year seat...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — Hudson Ranney has a phrase he’s fond of is fond of for describing student involvement in school decisions: “A seat at the table.”It’s not enough, said the Windsor High School sophomore, for students to watch from the audience at board...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — For Anthony Rocchio, human encounters and connections were more than an opportunity to forge new friendships. They were a cause for celebration.Rocchio’s natural gift for engaging others and wanting to learn about them brought him his...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WINDSOR — The Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union Board voted unanimously on Monday night to offer the permanent position of superintendent to Christine Bourne, who currently is serving in the role on an interim basis, according to a post on the...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Searches are ongoing for new superintendents to lead the Lebanon School District, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union, Plainfield, Cornish and Grantham schools.Lebanon began interviewing candidates this week, Karen Woolsey, chairwoman of...

By LAURA KOES

WINDSOR — In recent weeks, three more Upper Valley cannabis dispensaries have opened their doors, bringing the region’s total to five.Two of the new shops are in Windsor: Just prior to the new year, on Dec. 21, Depot Shop on Depot Street opened its...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WINDSOR — Two years after a long and passionate town debate about Jacob Street, named for a man who owned an enslaved woman, Windsor residents working to strengthen social equity and inclusivity said the name remains a problematic message.In November...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WINDSOR — Upper Valley residents said they are puzzling over the outcome of a recent holiday gift drive, after learning that thousands of dollars in toys, clothing and other presents for children in need failed to reach their intended recipients.In a...

By RAY COUTURE

WINDSOR — In 2013, Kiel Alarcon was working as a communication assistant at Dartmouth College in Hanover and commuted to work daily by bicycle from his home in Windsor, which is more than 40 miles round-trip, as part of a national bicycling challenge....

For some families, Christmas is the big holiday. The tree, the presents, a big dinner, a church service, perhaps.But for Coco Fox, Halloween was it, the whole enchilada, if said enchilada was made of foam and fabric and proudly worn for...