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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Aiming to strengthen local say in how federal money is funneled into environmental projects, the White River Conservation District is seeking a new board member. Conservation districts are local subdivisions of state government...

VERSHIRE — Community members have launched a crowdfunding campaign in an effort to raise $60,000 to build a timber frame pavilion behind the Vershire Town Center building, according to a news release from the Vermont Department of Housing and...

Censorship begins at homeI do not support censorship and believe that individuals should choose what they or their young children read or hear. I taught elementary school for 34 years. Over the years, several parents objected to my reading of The...

Legislators might reconsider how second-home owners pay property taxes. In more than a third of towns, they pay a lower rate than primary residents.

Cofounder of AllTogetherNow! kept music and meditation at the core of her life

She moved to Vermont to continue her education, which had at its core a lifetime practice of meditation.

SOUTH ROYALTON — When one opportunity burns down, another rises in its place — or at least that was the case for Dan Sherburne and his crew at Carlita’s Cantina, the new Mexican restaurant on Chelsea Street that opened for business last week.On May...

CHELSEA — Orange County Sheriff Bill Bohnyak, trailing in his bid for re-election as county sheriff by less than 1%, is petitioning the court for a recount of the recent election results.Bohnyak lost by just 100 votes to his challenger, part-time...

Orange County Sheriff Bill Bohnyak, trailing in his bid for reelection as county sheriff by less than 1%, is petitioning the court for a recount of the recent election results.

HARTFORD — Several WindowDressers volunteer events will take place across the Upper Valley this month.The Maine-based organization, which builds insulating window inserts, has had a presence in the area for a few years. But not its low-cost,...