Valley News
‘A once-in-a-generation opportunity’: Vt. housing infrastructure program kicks off this month
St. Albans, Vt., is utilizing the new state program CHIP to finance infrastructure upgrades on the former Saint Albans Messenger building site, in order to build apartments and commercial space.
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4mLocal priest and six others face court after Williston ICE protest
The Rev. Earl Kooperkamp, a 69-year-old Episcopal priest from Bradford, was one of seven clergy members arrested Friday morning after blocking the doors of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Williston. “We have a clergy group that’s been working on resistance to some of the tactics of ICE and mass deportations that are going […]
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4mOpinion: Like an acorn holds an oak
On the walk back down the driveway after getting the newspaper, I notice a soft, brown clump prominently visible on the gravel. Of course, I have to find out who made that scat. I turn to my official scat identification guide: Is the scat round? No. My medical training in differential diagnosis kicks into gear. Not […]
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10mNew accessible trails expand Upper Valley recreational opportunities
A partnership between the Randolph Recreation Department and the Upper Valley Trails Alliance recently completed a wheelchair-accessible trail at a town park to provide residents with disabilities greater independence and recreational opportunities.
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3mI-89 Exit 20 ramp closure pushed to next week
WEST LEBANON — The Interstate 89 Exit 20 southbound off-ramp will close later than expected as work continues on a multiyear bridge replacement project that has snarled traffic around the interchange. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation plans to close the ramp between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on either Wednesday, Sept. 9, or Thursday, Sept. 10, to pave it. The department had previously said the closure would happen the previous week. Weather permitting, the ramp will be closed for only one day and will reopen once paving is complete, department officials said. Traffic will be detoured south on I-89 to […]
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2mSchool bus crashes in Pomfret, no students on board
A school bus crashed in Pomfret on Thursday evening with no students on board, and the driver was released from the hospital after receiving medical attention.