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By MARION UMPLEBY

The first time Vicki Ferentinos pictured herself telling jokes on stage, she didn’t get too far.“I remember saying to a boyfriend when I was 17, ‘I want to be a stand-up.’ And he said, ‘I’m funnier than you.’ Then I didn’t think about it...

WOODSTOCK — In ballot voting on Tuesday, Frank Horneck narrowly won a two-year term on the Woodstock Village Board of Trustees.Horneck, with 53 votes, bested Lisa Lawlor, who earned 49 votes.In an uncontested race, Jeffrey Kahn earned a three-year...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — The Mountain Views Supervisory Union hopes to put another school building bond proposal before voters within the next few months, following the defeat of a $99 million request on Town Meeting Day.The original bond was for the construction...

By JIM KENYON

WOODSTOCK — Al Pristaw was the ultimate doer.After Riverside Mobile Home Park was swamped by Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, Pristaw and another park resident, Nelson Gilman, pushed a wheelbarrow filled with donated orange juice, bread and eggs...

WOODSTOCK — In ballot voting Tuesday, voters supported a 1% local option sales tax with proceeds to be allocated toward infrastructure costs, by a vote of 997 to 308. In elections, Laura Powell won a one-year seat on the Selectboard with 761 votes to...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — A $99 million bond proposal for the construction of a new middle and high school building in Woodstock failed by 340 votes in Town Meeting Day balloting in the supervisory union’s seven towns.Voters rejected the school building bond...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters will raise and appropriate $3,000 for village beautification projects and seasonal decorations.Contested races: Frank Horneck and Lisa W. Lawlor are vying for a three-year trustee position.Budgets and...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CORNISH — The National Park Service is looking to train volunteers at the Upper Valley’s two national parks to identify an invasive insect that poses a risk to hemlock trees.Staff will lead workshops about the small aphid-like insect at 9 a.m. Friday,...

Article of note: Voters will decide the fate of a $99 million bond to finance the construction of a new union middle/high school, athletic fields and related outbuildings, as well as the demolition of the old middle/high school.Contested races: School...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters support a 1% local option sales tax with proceeds to be allocated toward infrastructure costs. Contested races: Laura Powell and Scott Smith are vying for a seat on the Selectboard.Budgets and other...

By FRANCES MIZE

WOODSTOCK — Pivotal municipal votes are on deck for Town Meeting Day and beyond in Woodstock, where pressing infrastructure needs could show up on special meeting ballots later this year as side-stepped deficiencies and deferred maintenance come home...

Woodstock Village Police Chief Joe Swanson, right, walks through Woodstock Union High School’s main entrance while monitoring the building after a death threat was made against a teacher by a student on Wednesday. The threat was reported to police by...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — Three longtime Upper Valley performers are teaming up to bring more play into the lives of the region’s older adults.Friends for decades, Marv Klassen-Landis, Ham Gillett and Michael Zerphy have been been mainstays in the region’s creative...

By FRANCES MIZE

WOODSTOCK — The Selectboard gave Municipal Manager Eric Duffy permission last week to dig further into the possibility of the town purchasing the Woodstock Aqueduct Co., the town water supplier that has been privately held since 1880.A working group...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — The town will conduct all of its Town Meeting business using Australian ballot voting this year.On Monday night, the Woodstock Selectboard voted to employ Act 1, a law that grants town governing bodies the “temporary authority” to change...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — The new school building project for Woodstock’s middle and high school now has a price tag of $99 million, according to an announcement last month by the Mountain Views Supervisory Union.That number is a significant increase from the $80...

WOODSTOCK — The Selectboard will discuss March’s Town Meeting formats during a special meeting on Monday at 6 p.m.The meeting will be held in person at Town Hall and can also be streamed via townofwoodstock.org/town-selectboard/. Currently, residents...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WOODSTOCK — The Thompson Senior Center launched a program around three years ago to pair homeowners with living space to rent with people willing to assist older adults with a variety of tasks in exchange for lower rents.The COVID-19 pandemic delayed...

BRIDGEWATER — A 28-year-old Bridgewater man suffered major injuries and is facing criminal charges after he allegedly crossed a double-yellow line and crashed head-on into an oncoming vehicle on Route 4 in Bridgewater earlier this month.Asa Amirkaiee...

WOODSTOCK — The Thompson Center in Woodstock is scheduled to hold a free walk-in vaccine clinic on Monday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.The clinic is the first The Thompson is holding after the National Council on Aging awarded it a grant for the...