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By MARION UMPLEBY

Hartford High School senior Macy Bettwieser was one of the many students undergoing the grueling process of applying to college last fall. Since she was applying to musical theater programs, she had to submit recordings of show tunes and classical works.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Construction began last month on a $1.3 million project to add living and office space to Hartford Fire Department’s Station No. 2 in Quechee.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 54-year-old Hartford man whose home across the street from Hartford High School was the target of a police raid in 2023, pleaded guilty last week to a misdemeanor count of cocaine possession.

HARTFORD — The Historic Preservation Commission is seeking public input on what to do with a newly recovered railroad depot weather vane that will soon make its home in White River Junction after a more than 40-year absence.

HARTFORD — The Parks and Recreation Commission is seeking residents’ input on indoor recreation needs via an online survey that closes on January 11.“We have a lot of recreation programming and a lot of park facilities,” Parks and Recreation Director...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Since the start of the year, 137 first responders from Upper Valley communities have taken a new two-hour training program put together by the Special Needs Support Center.About two dozen of the Lebanon police department’s 35...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High senior Macy Bettwieser has made it to the final three in the Broadway World’s Next On Stage singing competition.On Friday, the four judges of the competition announced that Bettwieser is invited to travel to New...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HARTFORD — The town is recruiting for a new housing and development specialist in an effort to support residential growth and to reduce the workload of current employees.Recent updates to the housing and economic development chapters of the Town Plan...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Drivers in Hartford are adjusting to new traffic patterns following the completion this fall of a roadwork project that included lane reductions and the creation of new cycling lanes on Route 5, roughly from the Hartland town...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High senior Macy Bettwieser was voted into the top five of the Broadway World’s Next On Stage contest last week.But she needs more votes to win the annual competition.People can vote for Bettwieser online...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Listen will hold a sit-down Christmas Day dinner for the first time in five years.The newly named “Upper Valley Winter Holiday Dinner” will be held for the first time at Listen’s dining hall in White River Junction. The event is...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard will ask voters to approve a local option sales tax for the second time in two years at Town Meeting.The local sales tax would add a 1% tax on retail items — including cannabis — sold in the town’s five...

HARTFORD — A Hartford High School student who placed in the top 10 in a national singing competition needs more votes to make it to the next round.People can vote for Macy Bettwieser, who was one of more than 250 high school students around the...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

QUECHEE — For around a decade, Pat Tivnan has been volunteering at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science to help care for baby birds.During her four-hour shifts, she’d feed the tiniest patients at the Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation and...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Roughly 80 to 85% of calls to which Hartford police officers respond are not criminal in nature, Police Chief Greg Sheldon said recently.“They are quality of life issues,” involving mental health issues, housing, and other challenges, he...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board voted Wednesday to proceed with a search for a new superintendent with the goal of inking a contract by late March. The vote was 4-0 in favor of going forward. Board member Nancy Russell was absent.The search is being...

WEST LEBANON — Lane closures due to construction on the southbound Interstate 89 bridge connecting Lebanon and Hartford may cause delays next week.The right lane on I-89 in Lebanon and Hartford will be closed during daytime hours from Tuesday,...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In voting on Tuesday, Hartford approved a $4 million bond to stabilize retaining walls on Gates Street and Fairview Terrace in White River Junction.The article passed, 2,859-1,826.Once completed, the stabilization work is...