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By FRANCES MIZE

BETHEL — Bethel voters will be asked to approve a $2.5 million bond for upgrades to the municipal water system at this year’s Town Meeting.The need is wide-ranging, including improvements to aging water mains, replacement of the Gaiko Well House, and...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters wish to create a capital improvements and maintenance of facilities fund.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $12.97 million. If approved,...

Articles of note: In Australian ballot voting, voters will be asked whether they would like to allow retail sale of cannabis in town and whether to take out a $2.5 million bond to make capital improvements to the town’s water system. From the floor,...

By ALEX DRIEHAUS

Bethel’s inaugural Pride celebration was for the young people, and they turned up to Queer Prom with their personalities on full display — adorned with flower crowns, glitter and capes fashioned from pride flags. It can be difficult to find queer...

BETHEL — Investigators can’t pinpoint the exact cause of the fire that took the lives of a Bethel couple early Tuesday morning.But in a news release Wednesday, the state Department of Public Safety Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit said the fire...

BETHEL — White River Valley Middle School Principal Owen Bradley will take a medical leave beginning Nov. 28, according to messages he and Superintendent Jamie Kinnarney sent to the community this week.Bradley, who is seeking treatment for a lung...

By DAVID CORRIVEAU

Life is the flow of energy from the Earth through all things. It is the relationships between all things that keep the energy flowing.Like everything else, humans gather energy, then expend it, and eventually we return in totality to the source. Along...

WOODSTOCK — Three Democrats earned the party’s nomination to the three state Senate seats representing Windsor County in voting on Tuesday.State Rep. Becca White, of Hartford, was the top vote getter in the race, earning 11,249 votes, according to...

By ALEX HANSON

BETHEL — Though it has a global following at its highest levels, rallying has always been a bit of a niche sport.In a way, that’s part of its appeal. A driver and a co-driver hustle a small, often wildly overpowered car through the woods on gravel...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

A multi-day Pride celebration will take place in Bethel next Thursday to Sunday.The town joins Claremont, Windsor, White River Junction and Lebanon, which have all been the location of Pride celebrations. The number of events has grown since Rural...

By ALEX HANSON

ROYALTON — A metal building where residents of Bethel, Royalton and five other White River Valley towns dump their trash is in such desperate need of repair that it has been closed to the public.At the same time, the Bethel Selectboard has triggered a...

By TOM HALEY

BARRE — White River Valley’s Dominic Craven connected for four 3-point field goals in Wednesday’s Division IV semifinal at the Barre Auditorium, but it was his final one in the waning seconds that lifted the Wildcats to a 47-45 victory over Long...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

ROYALTON — A collaboration of 14 towns in the White River Valley has recently received a three-year, $300,000 grant to work toward increasing housing for entry-level workers and beginning entrepreneurs.The Working Communities Challenge grant through...

BETHEL — There were no contested races. David Eddy and Lindly Brainard were elected to the Selectboard.The budget and all spending articles were approved.

All articles on the ballot, including the annual school district budgets, passed.Voters in Bethel and Royalton approved a budget of $12.5 million to support the two towns’ schools. That budget is up about $430,000 from the prior year’s.— Claire Potter

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ROYALTON — The White River Unified District Board has hired a new principal for the White River Valley High School in Royalton, according to a Tuesday news release.Jeffrey Thomas, currently a Hartford High physical education teacher and coach,...

White River Unified School DistrictArticle of note: There are no articles of note outside the annual budget.Contested races: There are no contested races. Budgets and spending articles: Voters in Bethel and Royalton will be asked to approve a budget...