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By MARION UMPLEBY

WEST LEBANON — Rite Aid pharmacies in Bethel, Randolph and Newport have joined the list of stores poised to shutter across the country following the company’s May 5 bankruptcy filing.

By PATRICK ADRIAN

SOUTH ROYALTON — Speakers talked about dancing, Vermont’s resilience and weather patterns to usher graduates of White River Valley High School into the next stage of their lives in a Saturday morning ceremony.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SOUTH ROYALTON — For the third time in seven months, Bethel and Royalton voters rejected a $3.8 million bond to renovate the White River Unified School District’s middle and high schools .

Judy Powell, left, helps her brother Joe Williams salvage windows to use for a chicken coop out of the Middle Branch Grange building in East Bethel last month before demolition of the fire-damaged building began the next day. The building was severely damaged in a January 2024 fire, and the organization plans to rebuild on the site.

A fence has been placed as a deterrent in front of a house owned by Keith Larmie in Bethel, seen on May 6, that collapsed in April. The building was struck by a tractor trailer in 2018 and has since been unoccupied. Bethel Town Manager Therese Kirby said Larmie has informed her that he has a contractor lined up to demolish the building but the removal will have to be coordinated with New England Central Railroad, which runs a short distance behind the house. “Every time I come to work, I’m like, was it removed,” said Kirby, who drives past the site on South Main Street on her way to the nearby town offices.

SOUTH ROYALTON — Voters will reconsider a $3.8 million bond for renovations to the White River Unified District’s Bethel and Royalton school campuses Tuesday, May 20.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BETHEL — A high-profile police operation that involved officers outfitted in tactical gear and gas masks deploying rocket-launched tear gas canisters and stun grenades has won praise from town officials and residents, who have complained about a rise in drug-related crime in the area.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton residents will vote for a third time on a bond to upgrade the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools during a Special Town Meeting on May 20.

Carol Sears, of Randolph, cleans brush and weeds out of garden at the Bethel Athletic Fields on Friday. Sears, who cares for the gardens at the nearby Bethel Elementary where she is a pre-kindergarten para-educator, was helping the maintenance staff prepare the garden for spring on the school’s in-service day.

BETHEL — A week after being elected, Eijah “Alvi” Reed resigned from the Selectboard.

By ALEX HANSON

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

BETHEL — In Tuesday’s floor meeting, voters added $3,000 to the proposed appropriation for the Bethel Food Shelf, bringing the total to $30,000.

By ALEX HANSON

SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton voters approved a $15.2 million budget for the White River Unified School District with a minimum of conversation about it at Monday night’s annual meeting.

Article of note: One Australian ballot article asks whether voters support a $3.8 million bond to support a $6.17 million school construction project.

Article of note: Voters will be asked to appropriate up to $193,500 for the White River Valley Ambulance, Inc. That’s up from the $155,000 voters approved for the ambulance service last year.

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

BETHEL — The Vermont State Police Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at about 6 a.m. at 62 Gage Road in in East Bethel on Thursday.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

EAST BETHEL — The Middle Branch Grange has always been part of Jillian Dean’s life.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

SOUTH ROYALTON — After more than three decades as an educator in the Upper Valley, the principal of White River Valley High School has announced plans to retire at the end of the current school year.Jeff Thomas, 59, sent his letter of resignation to...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BETHEL — Interim Fire Chief Geary Coogler, who “managed to pull off the miracle” of leading the department during a tumultuous period has resigned, along with Assistant Fire Chief Greg Timmins.The resignations went into effect Sunday. The Selectboard...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ROYALTON — Voters in Bethel and Royalton narrowly rejected a $3.8 million bond issue for improvements to the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools.The vote was 753 against to 743 in favor of the project, according to unofficial...