LebFest returns to Colburn Park Saturday with new arts and climate features

Woodstock fills two Selectboard seats, sparking criticism

WOODSTOCK — The Selectboard has appointed two residents to fill vacant seats until the next election, after most of the original board resigned this year. Clay Reed and Ben Ford are the newest members and will serve until Town Meeting 2027, when the original terms end. With a full house at the Tuesday meeting, the […]

Vermont man sentenced to life in double murder

Theodore Bland, 31, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the 2023 murders of Jahim Solomon and Eric White in Vermont after reaching a plea agreement that avoided the death penalty.

'Real Vermonters Don't Milk Goats.' All-time bestselling humor title, set for fall comeback.

Vermont political science professor Frank Bryan and writer friend Bill Mares were bumping along a muddy back road four decades ago when they spotted a pristine log cabin with a two-vehicle carport. “Flatlander,” Bryan later recalled saying of a perceived out-of-state owner. “And what are we?” Mares replied. Mares was born in Missouri, raised in […]

As drought expands across central NH again this fall, in some places it never fully went away

New Hampshire faces a return of drought conditions across a central swath of the state this fall due to increasing climatic extremes and a lack of sufficient groundwater recharge from last winter's dry snow.

NH lawmakers decry tax on high-income earners, luxury goods

Newmarket Democratic Representative Ellen Read faced criticism from both Democratic and Republican legislative leaders following her proposal to implement a high-end income tax and a luxury goods sales tax in New Hampshire.