Upper Valley school projects face funding challenges amid rising expenses

The latest on Woodstock's legal woes

WOODSTOCK — As Vermont State Police investigate legal spending by municipal officials, separate litigation filed by married residents Joe Swanson and Nicholas Seldon continues. From July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 — the 2025 fiscal year — Woodstock spent $234,000 in legal fees — $180,000 by the town government and $27,500 by the village […]

For $50, seniors at a NH high school can get a parking spot and make it an artwork

Merrimack High School seniors successfully organized a fundraiser to design and paint personalized parking spots ahead of the upcoming school year.

Hartland woman's dog killed in sudden attack. She worries it'll happen again

HARTLAND — Daisy Murphy is scared to walk around her property without a shovel in hand. The problem is the neighbor’s dog, which recently killed Murphy’s toy Aussiedoodle, Phyllis, at her front doorstep. While the local animal control officer deemed the dog “vicious” and issued a ticket to the owner, Hartland Town Manager John Broker-Campbell […]

Ex-caregiver charged with sex abuse after taking patient to hotel

A 61-year-old former caregiver, Michael "Mickey" Sullivan, pleaded not guilty in Washington Superior Court to a misdemeanor charge of sexually abusing a vulnerable adult after allegedly taking a patient to a hotel instead of a drug treatment facility.

27 new apartments approved in Claremont; project hinges on financing

CLAREMONT — Three floors of a historic mill building at 21 Water St., most recently the home of Red River Computer, will be converted into 27 one- and two-bedroom affordable housing apartments. Last Monday, the Claremont Planning Board unanimously approved the project presented by Michael Biama of ReArch Construction, the project manager. The property is […]