Hanover residents oppose developer's plan for new apartment

‘Swatting’ incidents becoming more common for Vt. school districts, law enforcement officials

Seven Vermont schools received false bomb threats from an AI-generated voice, prompting evacuations and disruptions, but the threats were deemed unfounded by law enforcement officials.

Needle-exchange programs have new state reporting requirements under new NH law

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has signed a bill into law that requires organizations providing clean syringes to report the ratio of needles disposed at their sites to the number they hand out on a quarterly basis, and to have free disposal sites available to the public, in order to reduce the number of used needles discarded in public areas.

If YDC is sold, lawmakers want to send the money back to the State of NH — not victims

A bill headed to Gov. Kelly Ayotte would send money generated from the sale of the state's youth detention facility to the state general fund, while some lawmakers believe the money should go to the YDC Settlement Fund to pay out abuse claims from former residents.

Plainfield board urges cell tower developer to look at sites in Lebanon

The Plainfield Zoning Board has asked Atlantic Tower to consider alternative sites in neighboring Lebanon for a proposed 130-foot cell tower, as the current site violates town zoning ordinances and does not provide much service into Plainfield.

Nonprofit works to identify best views on the Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is documenting and assessing views along the 2,000-mile trail to create a public inventory to help guide hikers and track changes, using a National Park Service rubric to evaluate the views.