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Uncertainty surrounds PCB contamination in Vermont schools
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As Hartford school officials consider the drastic step of tearing down and rebuilding major portions of the town’s high school in order to address chemical contamination, other Upper Valley school districts have yet to find out if their buildings are plagued by now-banned toxic construction materials.

Harassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, Dartmouth professor fights back with kindness
Sachi Schmidt-Hori has never played Assassin’s Creed Shadows, but facing an onslaught of online harassment from its fans, she quickly developed her own gameplay style: confronting hate with kindness.
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Sports

Local Roundup: Hartford and Hanover girls lacrosse teams win
Hartford 13, Brattleboro 4




Opinion

Editorial: Vermont judge defends free speech
U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III of Vermont has performed a public service as well as his judicial duty by clarifying the nature of the Trump administration’s lawless campaign of abduction, detention and deportation of international students studying at American universities.





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A growing fundraiser
Ledyard Charter School botany students, from left, Kiley Harvey, 18, Sabrina Lopez, 17, and RyaPospychala, 16, right, search for an information sheet on Morning Glories to give Timber Holmes, of Grantham, left, who bought starts of the flowers at their Mother's Day plant sale in Lebanon. The sale includes annual starts planted by the students and house plants they propagated. Proceeds from the sale, which continues through Friday, benefits the school as it prepares to install a lift between the first and second floors of its building.




Arts & Life

Upper Valley Super Compost Project teaches schools how to manage waste
SHARON — Every day after lunch, fifth graders at Sharon Elementary School take turns bringing cafeteria food scraps out to the school’s compost “palace.”


Obituaries

Brownsville, VT - David Michael DiFrancesco, 65, passed away on May 5, 2025, in Rutland, Vermont, with loved ones by his side, after a recent period of seizures and declining health. Born on February 7, 1960, in Portsmouth, New Hampshi... remainder of obit for David Michael DiFrancesco

White River Junction, VT - Marilyn M. Gates, age 93, passed Saturday, March 29, 2025. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 am on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in White River Junction, followed by a burial at Mt... remainder of obit for Marilyn M. Gates

Ascutney, VT - Arlene Chamberlain, age 88, passed Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Calling hours will be held from 2-4pm on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the Knight Funeral Home in Windsor, VT. Knight Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrang... remainder of obit for Arlene Chamberlain

Rotonda, FL - Judith Desmarais Wilson, 86, of Rotonda, FL, formerly of Lebanon and Enfield, NH, passed away peacefully at home with her family on April 13, 2025. Born in 1938 in Concord, NH, Judy was guided in her Catholic faith and New... remainder of obit for Judith Desmarais Wilson