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"Knowing that we were going to have this protest and them showing that they are listening to us was really impactful."

Jackie Frazier was a student in the first kindergarten class at Roxbury Village School in the early 1980s. She left Vermont to attend college, then...

There's a place on the internet where lost roosters are found and unlikely friendships form over a shared love of vintage clothing patterns. Neighbors debate...

There's more than one way to do Town Meeting Day now, thanks to pandemic-era changes. A number of municipalities, including Dorset and Norwich, like deciding...

The decisive vote was a victory for advocates of small elementary schools. But, amid declining enrollment and rising costs, it raises questions about both districts’ futures.

Caleb Kenna Lincoln Community School Anna Smith grew up in Lincoln, in a house just a stones throw from the New Haven River and half a mile from the elementary school. Ever since she left, shes been trying to figure out how to get back. For now, her job as an elementary school health teacher keeps her in another town in Addison County, Leicester. S...

• Addison Central School District is continuing with its plans to consolidate and cut staffing and teachers as well. All told, if district plans to merge, shutter schools and consolidate go into effect, the county could see a significant loss in the number of school district employees over the next four to five years — well over 200. Such drastic cuts could save some money in the long run for school districts, though the loss of 200-plus teachers, school aids, principals and others will als...