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Bottom Line: As wedding bells ring again post-pandemic, so do vendors’ cash registers Modified: 4/24/2021 9:48:15 PM The wedding business is back on again. After cancellations and postponements arising from more than a year of pandemic-related quarantines, social distancing and face masks, Upper Valley businesses tied to the wedding industry say inquiries are rolling in about availability. “Numbers-wise we are back up to almost where we were in 2019,” said Brandon Blood, owner of Blood’s Catering & Party Rentals in White River Junction. “We’re booked solid for seven out of 10 we...

Reply WCSU Theatre Arts announces Spring Virtual Production Series DANBURY, CT — The Western Connecticut State UniversityDepartment of Theatre Arts announces its Spring Virtual Production Series. The series comprises four unique productions that will be broadcast twice over two weekends spanning Thursday, April 29, through Sunday, May 9. A ticket to each performance date will allow the purchaser to access the show over the course of 24 hours that day. Tickets are available at wcsuvpac.eventbrite.com. "The WCSU Theatre Arts faculty is very proud of what we've been able to accomplish this yea...

Windsor County leads state in opioid overdose deaths Modified: 1/3/2021 11:07:40 AM WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As the COVID-19 pandemic took lives and diminished livelihoods in the Upper Valley, the opioid epidemic that has afflicted the Twin States for several years raged on in 2020, seemingly fueled by some of the efforts required to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. Windsor County logged 21 opioid overdose deaths from January through October of 2020, the most of any county in Vermont. The town of Hartford alone saw six in that time period and another four since then, Police Chief...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A nationwide mail slowdown reported by The Washington Post has been felt in the Upper Valley.White River Junction resident Fred Lerner said he and other neighbors on Worcester Avenue didn’t receive mail for four days last week,...

Postal delays felt in Upper Valley Staff Report Modified: 12/22/2020 9:23:36 PM WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A nationwide mail slowdown reported by The Washington Post has been felt in the Upper Valley. White River Junction resident Fred Lerner said he and other neighbors on Worcester Avenue didn’t receive mail for four days last week, from Tuesday until Saturday. “The mail delivery has become quite irregular,” Lerner said in an interview Monday, adding that he has called the post office several times and rarely gets through to anyone. During one call, an employee said the office was sho...