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By ALEX HANSON

HANOVER — Rain forced the Hanover High School commencement ceremony into the school gym.But that was OK; the Class of 2023 is used to making the best of it, Principal Julie Stevenson told the assembly after the 159 seniors, all in maroon caps and...

By KAELI BENNETT

THETFORD — Thetford Academy celebrated the accomplishments of 42 graduating seniors at the school’s 204th commencement Friday night. Thanks to Thetford Academy’s tradition of having solely student speakers, the audience heard from them directly about...

By RAY COUTURE

ORFORD — Ryleigh Butler, salutatorian of Rivendell Academy’s 2023 graduating class, stepped to the podium for her address to her fellow graduates Saturday morning inside the school gymnasium and told them they were cars.“You are a car and the road you...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Lebanon High School’s graduating seniors departed their commencement ceremony Thursday night to the recessional song “As It Was” by Harry Styles.Selected as the class song, “As It Was” is distinguished by a sharp contrast between its lyrics...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WOODSTOCK — Dressed in green robes inside Union Arena, 62 Woodstock Union High School seniors became graduates Friday night.In their remarks, the class’s co-salutatorians used natural themes to encourage their fellow graduates to be like trees and to...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Never forget the positive roles, both big and small, others play in life and put aside fears when new challenges come along were messages from the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Stevens High School graduating Class of 2023.The 153rd...

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...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WILDER — Kevin McGreal first enrolled in classes at Community College of Vermont’s Wilder campus in 2017, following Donald Trump’s election to the presidency.Trump’s election the previous year “was kind of a big deal for me,” McGreal, now 31, and...

By RAY COUTURE

RANDOLPH — The Class of 2023 graduated from Vermont Technical College Sunday afternoon in what was the school’s final commencement ceremony before the school rebrands as Vermont State University starting in July of this year.The graduation began at 3...

HANOVER — Filmmakers and 1997 Dartmouth College graduates Chris Miller and Phil Lord are to be the college’s commencement speakers this year, according to Dartmouth News.Together, the two have won an Academy Award and earned more than $3.3 billion at...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEW LONDON — Amid a health care work force shortage, Colby-Sawyer College broke ground last week on the planned 20,500-square-foot home for its School of Nursing & Health Sciences.The project is moving forward in spite of a steep escalation in costs...

HANOVER — Dartmouth College officials found a swastika etched into dirt on the side of the Green last month, according to an email the college’s provost sent to the community.The Department of Safety and Security found the symbol, which represents...

WINDSOR — The Mount Ascutney School Board on Friday selected a new board member to represent Windsor on the two-town board that also includes West Windsor.The board appointed Megan Reed, a 39-year-old Windsor resident, for a one-year term in the seat...

RANDOLPH — An LGBTQIA+ Health Summit, organized by Pride Center of Vermont, Out in the Open and Outright Vermont, is scheduled to take place at virtually and at Vermont Technical College on Saturday.The event, which is scheduled to run from 8 a.m....

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health is scheduled to host an online learning series focused on identifying and responding to youth in distress starting Tuesday, May 2. The five-session Project ECHO series runs every other Tuesday from 12 – 1 p.m. through June...

HANOVER — As of Tuesday, Dartmouth College no longer requires students and employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to have an approved exemption, according to a Tuesday update from the college’s provost and executive vice president.The college...

By FRANCES MIZE

NEWPORT — Testing required by a new state law has found multiple water fixtures at Newport Middle and High School, and Richards Elementary School, that must be replaced to abate lead contamination.With 16 drinking fountains and faucets closed across...

WINDSOR — The Mt. Ascutney School Board is collecting applications for a new board member to represent Windsor on the two-town board that also includes West Windsor.The search comes after former board member Amy McMullen stepped down following...

By ALEX HANSON

The Vermont Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by three families who argued that the state should pay for all students to attend the school of their choice, public or private.The court’s March 17 decision in Vitale v. Vermont affirms a...

By ALEX HANSON

CROYDON — Jody Underwood and Angi Beaulieu were allies on the Croydon School Board during a fierce battle over education policy that led to a major change in state law.That they are now opponents, with Beaulieu challenging Underwood, the current board...