Norwich Farmers’ Market seeks approval for permanent location

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NORWICH — The Norwich Farmers’ Market is making progress on plans to establish a permanent home across Route 5 from its longtime location.

Out & About: Upper Valley communities celebrate 200th anniversary of Revolutionary War hero’s tour

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Two hundred years ago, hundreds of Upper Valley residents gathered in their communities to welcome a Revolutionary War hero with pomp and circumstance.

Sharon gardener practices ‘a labor of love’

By JENNIFER HAUCK

SHARON — When working in her blueberry patch last month, Nancy Karon drops leaves she had raked at her home in Sharon.

Data breach reported in firm handling Vermont Catholic abuse claims

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

The Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese is one of a dozen U.S. religious entities that have filed for bankruptcy whose digital information — potentially including confidential sex abuse claims — was exposed in a cyberattack.

To protect against ticks, NH scientists say we need to get better at tracking them

By JULIA VAZ

Warming temperatures caused by climate change have allowed for the expansion of tick habitats, with populations moving farther north. An increase in the number of days above freezing has also expanded their reproduction period.

Art Notes: Ireland inspires printmaking exhibition

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When I stepped into Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, an arts cooperative in the Tip Top Media Arts building, on Tuesday afternoon, it was clear that the work on display was not based on the Vermont landscape.

Enfield and Canaan United Methodist churches become one

By EMMIE FOSTER

ENFIELD — Canaan resident Kate Guthrie was re-baptized earlier this month in the former Enfield United Methodist Church on Route 4.

Centuries-old church takes Vermont town to court over property rights

By GRETA SOLSAA

In a small town in the southwestern corner of the state, the ownership rights to a historic church property are in dispute. 

White Cottage Snack Bar spawns food truck in Woodstock

By MARION UMPLEBY

WOODSTOCK — For almost four decades, Killington, Vt., resident John Hurley has been at the helm of West Woodstock’s casual eatery, the White Cottage Snack Bar.

Upper Valley pride events 2025

Claremont NH Pride: Monday, June 16 through Saturday, June 21. Festivities will be posted at greaterclaremontnh.org/PRIDE and Facebook: “Claremont NH PRIDE.”

Why did 11,650 amphibians cross the road? To get to the other side safely!

By DAVID BROOKS

Turtles aren’t the only species endangered by cars as spring arrives: Frogs and salamanders face automotive peril, as well.

Severe thunderstorms in Vermont expected to clear the smoky effects of Canadian wildfires

By IZZY WAGNER

Vermont’s skies were a little hazier Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning due to wildfire smoke from Canada, but incoming heavy storms are expected to clear the smoke by Friday.

Art Notes: Annual Pride of Woodstock weekend features comedy show

By MARION UMPLEBY

WOODSTOCK — Over the past few years, comedian Vicki Ferentinos has been busy getting in reps at stand-up venues in the Upper Valley and across Vermont.

Lebanon board to plant 200 trees as part of Green Streets Initiative

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

LEBANON — Tree Board member Charlie Depuy, right, and volunteer Jen Alloco tamp down the earth around a freshly-planted redbud tree at the edge of the School Street Cemetery in Lebanon last month.

Vermont stocks Ottauquechee River with yearling trout

By ALEX DRIEHAUS

WOODSTOCK — Cooper Brochu, fisheries specialist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Fisheries Division, stocked yearling rainbow trout in the Ottauquechee River last month.

Groups seek new wastewater treatment system at Mt. Sunapee Resort

By CLARE SHANAHAN

NEWBURY, N.H. — Conservation groups are urging the state to require Mount Sunapee Resort to replace an aging septic system as a condition of opening for the 2025-26 recreation season.

‘Zombie moose’: As climate change shortens winters, ticks ravage New Hampshire’s moose population

By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH

Every fall, winter ticks in New England sit on shrubs or other plants waiting for a large animal to pass by so they can latch on and begin sucking out blood. This has a huge impact on the area’s moose, wildlife biologists say.

Art Notes: Life’s irritations inspire playwright

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — If there are playwrights whose work springs from a sense of contentment with the world, Marisa Smith is not one of them.

Upper Valley Memorial Day ceremonies 2025

Springfield NH Memorial Day Remembrance: 10 a.m., Pleasant View Cemetery, 157 Cemetery Road. Includes remembrance service, color guard and music from the Kearsarge Regional Middle School Band. Refreshments follow at Springfield Meeting House. facebook.com/SpringfieldNhRecCommittee.