Randolph Center — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is holding two town meetings in the Upper Valley this week to discuss Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, among other legislation.

Sanders is holding a town meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Springfield, Vt., at the Riverside Middle School Gymnasium.

And at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sanders will hold a similar meeting with the public at Vermont Technical College’s Judd Hall in Randolph Center.

Other stops this week by Sanders include a meet ing on Thursday with staff and administrators at the VA Medical Center in White River Junction and an economic development summit in Brattleboro, Vt.