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The Fairlee Public Library and North Haverhill’s Patten Library have earned $2,500 rural library grants from the Children’s Literacy Foundation.The two libraries are among 12 smaller libraries throughout the Twin States that will get funding for new...

FAIRLEE — The Town of Fairlee is set to vote by Australian ballot next month on permitting retail cannabis and the adoption of amendments to its Unified Development Bylaws.The bylaw amendments include provisions that are friendlier to housing...

FAIRLEE — It took more than 10 fire departments to put out a house fire in Fairlee on Quinibeck Point on Wednesday due to the heat, location and time of day, according to Orford Fire Chief Terry Straight.“Due to the extreme heat we needed a lot of...

FAIRLEE — A Haverhill woman died following a single car crash on Route 5 in Fairlee on Wednesday night, according to a news release from Vermont State Police. Miriam Metz, 79, was driving a 2013 Audi A3 north on Route 5 in Fairlee at about 10:30 p.m....

FAIRLEE — Fairlee is on the hunt for a new town administrator.Tad Nunez, who has led the town for five years, is planning to retire on Aug. 17. Nunez, who spent close to 30 years as Hartford’s recreation director, informed the Selectboard of his...

FAIRLEE — Fairlee voters gathered in person for the first time since 2020 to approve all articles at Town Meeting on Tuesday.The lone amendment was the addition of $8,000 to the town’s operating budget for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display,...

FAIRLEE — Dartmouth Health cannot alone address the inequities that result in residents of Claremont having an average life expectancy 10 years shorter than residents of Hanover, officials said at a Monday event.Instead, they said they hope that a new...

BRADFORD, Vt. — Tri-Valley Transit, the public-transit provider for Vermont’s Addison, Orange and northern Windsor counties, wants to expand bus service in the Bradford area starting in October and is requesting public comment on its intended proposal...

BRADFORD, Vt. — Two Democrats are vying for the party’s nomination to replace Sarah Copeland Hanzas as the representative for the Orange-2 District in the Vermont House in the primary election on Aug. 9.Lance Mills, 65, of Fairlee, and Monique...

After their 17-year-old son died by suicide in 1968, longtime Fairlee residents John and Irma Lange found a way to honor his memory and give their adopted hometown a gift for posterity.In 1980, the couple handed 750 acres of forestland over to the...