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By JOHN LIPPMAN

A package of proposed new laws from Gov. Phil Scott’s administration seeks to address the public’s concerns over crime by reining in some Democrat-led initiatives in recent years while at the same time recognizing that Vermonters would not accept a far-right lurch on law enforcement.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — The Selectboard is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Monday to discuss a proposed $39.1 million town budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CORNISH — At Saturday’s annual Town Meeting, residents rejected an effort to rescind a two-year-old decision to convert the former Cornish General Store into a new library.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — After more than two hours of debate, Rivendell voters approved a $15.8 million school budget, but defeated an article that would have moved future budget votes to an all-day Australian ballot format.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Residents voted to switch to an Australian ballot style of voting for Town Meeting during the annual floor meeting Saturday.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

CLAREMONT — One day last month, Louisa and Darren Grindle arrived at the Claremont quilt shop they had purchased more than a year before to find that a drain pipe had burst in the bathroom, causing water — as deep as five inches in some places — to pool on the floor.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Sam Gregory said he worried that the investigation into the death of his daughter, Sammantha Cruger, would stall out after Woodsville Police Det. Wayne Fortier, who had been investigating the case, died in 2021.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

CANAAN — At the polls on Tuesday, voters supported allowing the Selectboard to appoint the fire chief and firefighters, after recommendations from the chief. The article takes effect in one year.

By MARION UMPLEBY

LYME — In a unanimous voice vote at Tuesday’s Town Meeting, Lyme residents approved the town’s operating budget of roughly $3 million, which includes an additional $20,550 to pay for highway winter materials and ambulance services.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — A new K-8 charter school focusing on literacy education plans to open its doors in the Upper Valley in the fall of 2026.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — While a decision to close a bridge over a railroad spur in West Lebanon came suddenly this week, concerns about the integrity of the bridge along a critical artery for Upper Valley traffic date back decades.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — While grabbing lunch at Listen’s community dining hall in on Thursday, David Reffitt wiped tears from his eyes as he remembered his friend, Rick Riff.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In 2019, Kelsie Hogue put out a bubbly recording under her pop alter-ego Sir Babygirl, and seemed destined for stardom.

By ALEX HANSON

Voters in two White River Valley school districts went in opposite directions on improving their schools.

By ALEX HANSON

Voters in Strafford and Sharon opted to keep the status quo in how they make decisions at Town Meeting.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Three towns on the New Hampshire side of the Upper Valley are asking voters to reconsider how or when they hold votes on municipal issues this year.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

ROYALTON — Voters rejected a proposed plan to regulate development in flood-prone areas by a wide margin of 390-193 Tuesday. 

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Voters rejected a $3,500 appropriation for the Norwich Lions Club for fireworks for the Norwich Fair at the polls on Tuesday, possibly ending a long-standing summer tradition.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — In Australian ballot voting Tuesday, voters approved a new 1% sales tax to offset municipal taxes and settled two contested Selectboard races.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WINDSOR — Chief Jen Frank is trading maple trees for palm trees.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CHELSEA — A Bethel man who faced a felony manslaughter charge for allegedly not responding quickly enough to aid a friend who died from a drug overdose after collapsing in his apartment pleaded no contest to a reduced misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment and received a fully suspended jail sentence in Orange County court.