4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (479+ words) Vermont Air National Guard members returned home Sunday after a roughly eight-month deployment. Guard members from Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing were deployed this winter on back-to-back missions to the Caribbean and the Middle East, though details of their exact role in…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (846+ words) Education funding, property taxes and a deep unease over national politics dominated conversations outside polling places from Lebanon to Newport as Upper Valley voters headed to the polls Tuesday for New Hampshire’s primary elections. Lois Rowland, 82, of Etna, summed up…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (826+ words) The number of Canadian tourists crossing into Vermont appears to have increased this summer, compared to last year, but not enough to have Upper Valley businesses breathing a sigh of relief. “We’re still hearing that visitorship from Canada is way,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (822+ words) While a new school year can bring excitement, it can also bring a wave of anxiety and stress as students return to the classroom. Here are some expert tips to make the transition easier. Horacho Koyame, a licensed therapist in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (936+ words) The town of Bow, N.H., could be the next stop for tech giants scouring the country for sprawling open land to fuel artificial intelligence’s rising demand for computing power. Granite Shore Power, owners of the closed Merrimack Station in Bow, has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (524+ words) A major overhaul of Vermont’s motel voucher program for people experiencing homelessness is now underway. Vermonters who have no place to sleep will now be required to call the state during normal business hours, and they’ll face more questions about…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (741+ words) WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — “Who has the duck?” asked one student. Seconds later, a response: “I have it.” “Who has it now,” came another voice from the classroom at Hartford Area Career and Technology Center in White River Junction in June. Then…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (582+ words) BRADFORD, Vt. — Vermont’s main program for rehabbing apartments and funding small-scale housing developments is sticking around. The first iteration of the Vermont Housing Improvement Program launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, when state leaders funneled federal cash into boosting Vermont’s housing…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (336+ words) Easterseals NH, which provides services for individuals with disabilities statewide, said in a statement Thursday that it will continue operations of adult day programs in Manchester and Rochester, N.H., as well as certain in-home services in Strafford and Hillsborough counties, following…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (969+ words) BRADFORD — A 31-year-old woman took a plea deal to spend 30 days in jail and five years of probation for the aggravated domestic assault of her baby that critically injured him in 2024. Two years ago, Vermont State Police arrested Taylor Grenier…...