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NEWBURY, Vt. — Halls Lake is now the second Upper Valley lake to be recognized with a Gold Lake Wise Award, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday.

NEWBURY — Voters approved a $700,000 bond to build a new fire station by a very wide margin Tuesday.

Articles of note: An Australian ballot article asks whether voters support a $700,000 bond for the construction of the town fire station. The bond is expected to cover approximately half of the total cost of the project.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NEWBURY, Vt. — Voters will decide in March whether to approve a $700,000 bond to fund the construction of a new fire station at the same Chapel Road site as the current station.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEWBURY, Vt. — The town Development Review Board has approved the first phase of construction at a sustainable teaching farm proposed by a Puerto-Rico-based nonprofit.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEWBURY, Vt. — A Puerto-Rico-based nonprofit is seeking town approval to turn 101 acres into an educational facility to promote sustainable land management and farming.The project would be an extension of Plenitud Puerto Rico’s nonprofit farm and...

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

WEST NEWBURY, Vt. — The power was out at West Newbury Hall due to high winds on the night of the 63rd annual West Newbury turkey supper and bake sale last month, but the more than 70 volunteers organizing, cooking, serving and cleaning up afterward...

NEWBURY, Vt. — Route 5 in Newbury will close for 34 hours later this week as state transportation crews work to repair a failed culvert.Traffic will close just north of Longmoore Hill Road from 7 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31 until 5 p.m., on Friday, Nov....

NEWBURY, Vt. — A 22-year-old Newbury man died in a vehicle rollover crash on Wallace Hill Road over the weekend, Vermont State Police reported in a news release.Daniel Sweet, a 2020 graduate of Oxbow High School, was traveling north on Wallace Hill...

NEWBURY, Vt. — Residents will have a chance to weigh in on a proposal for a new fire station in Newbury Village during a meeting Wednesday night.The Selectboard meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the Newbury Village Fire Station, at 60 Chapel...

BRADFORD, Vt. — Voters Monday evening approved a $21 million budget for the Oxbow Unified Union School District, 110-58.The district includes Newbury, Vt. and Bradford elementary schools, Oxbow High School and the River Bend Technical...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

BRADFORD, Vt. — Voters will consider whether to approve a $21 million school budget for the Oxbow Unified Union School District on Monday, May 6. The budget marks a nearly 14% increase over last year’s $18.4 million operating budget for the district,...

By FRANCES MIZE

NEWBURY, Vt. — After being regaled with stories of its former owner, a Finnish farmer, and the old ski tow that once tugged residents up a slope on the land, voters at Town Meeting directed the Selectboard not to sell a 24-acre parcel of town property...

Articles of note: In separate articles, voters will be asked whether they authorize the Selectboard to sell 20 acres of town-owned land on Old Stagecoach Road and 24 acres of land on Halls Lake Road, also known as the Old Ski Tow property. Another...

WEST NEWBURY, Vt. — A fire that investigators believe began in a garage destroyed a home in West Newbury, Vt., on Saturday morning.Four area fire departments responded to a two-alarm fire of a manufactured home at 308 Critter Crossing, near Hall’s...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Six years after a Vermont worker was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was servicing storage tanks at a truck stop in Wells River, the driver of the vehicle apologized to the victim’s family for his actions, while family members rebuked him in...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST NEWBURY — Over his decades as a firefighter, Corinth Fire Chief Ed Pospisil has noticed a shift in how fast it takes for a fire to consume a structure.“Years ago, 10, 15 years ago — even further than that — you’d have enough time to get out....

NEWBURY, Vt. — A man was killed after he went back into a burning home early Friday morning. James Lacount, 77, of Newbury, was among the residents of a home at 2464 Bowen Road who initially escaped the fire. But he went back into the home to retrieve...

BRADFORD, Vt. — A small turnout of voters in the Oxbow Unified Union School District approved an $18.4 million budget for the coming year at Tuesday night’s annual meeting.The 75 or so voters from Bradford and Newbury, the district’s two towns, also...

By ALEX HANSON

BRADFORD, Vt. — So far, this has been a straightforward year for approval of Vermont school budgets.With the state education fund providing more per pupil funding, many districts have been able to increase spending without corresponding tax rate...

NEWBURY, Vt. — In ballot voting on Tuesday, voters resoundingly supported a petitioned article asking voters to direct the Selectboard to voice the town’s opposition to the state’s plan to site a juvenile detention facility at 487 Stevens Place in...