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Woodstock girls soccer gets season started on right foot with Rivendell victory

WOODSTOCK — Led by senior Amelia Hurd, the Woodstock High girls soccer team unleashed an offensive barrage on Rivendell Academy on Friday, claiming an 11-1 win in the teams’ season opener. Hurd notched a hat trick and added an assist during what at times felt like an offensive clinic marked by surgical passing from the […]

A popular Vermont housing rehab program puts down roots

Vermont lawmakers established permanent base funding for the Vermont Housing Improvement Program, ensuring the long-term availability of grants and loans used to rehabilitate apartments and develop small-scale housing.

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 […]