News Archives - Page 1100 of 2820 - Valley News

Out & About: Windsor County Mentoring expands

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterMarch 14, 2022

Members of the Canvassing Board, Judge Betsy Benson, left, and Judge Deborah Carpenter-Toye look over a ballot during hand counting at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, Fla., on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Republican lawmakers in at least six states have introduced legislation that would require all ballots to be counted by hand instead of electronic tabulators, and similar proposals are being floated in some county and local governments. (Mike...

Town-City-Government

Some in GOP want ballots to be counted by hand, not machines

by Holly Ramer Associated Press, and Christina A. Cassidy Associated PressMarch 14, 2022

Town-City-Government

Vermont qualified immunity bill advances

by Sarah Mearhoff VTDiggerMarch 14, 2022

Jim Kenyon. Copyright (c) Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Jim Kenyon: Hanover teen’s bagel-making business is spreading good schmear

by Jim Kenyon Valley News ColumnistMarch 13, 2022

Liz Sauchelli. Copyright (c) Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

News

Out & About: Two years later, one pandemic takeaway: Time is of the essence

by Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WriterMarch 13, 2022

Clockwise from top, paraeducator Candace King helps Laci Hahn, 10, while Blake Minckler, 9, Zayla Bushway, 9, AshLee Moyer, 10, and Kensley Ayotte, 9, work independently on a computer game that teaches them about the branches of government in Eliza Brodeur-Fossa’s fourth grade classroom at Richards School in Newport, N.H., on Friday, March 11, 2022. About half of students and staff were still wearing masks when the school’s mask mandate initially ended, but fewer have opted to continue wearing them over the following weeks acting principal Patrice Glancey said. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

News

As pandemic hits 2-year anniversary, masks are dropping, but feelings are mixed

by Nora Doyle-Burr Valley News Staff WriterMarch 13, 2022

Snow covers Mount Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 as seen from Bartlett, N.H. The owner of a railway that runs up Mount Washington is proposing accommodations and a restaurant near the summit of New Hampshire's highest peak. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Owner of Cog Railway proposes lodging on Mount Washington

by Michael Casey Associated PressMarch 12, 2022

FILE - Daniel DiDonato, a deliveryman for Heatable, brings heating oil to a home in Lewiston, Maine, in this Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, photo. Heating oil has topped $5 per gallon, an all-time high for New England. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Heating oil spike marks costly end to winter in New England

by David Sharp Associated PressMarch 12, 2022

Barbara and Jim Harding exit Town Meeting into the beginnings of a snow storm in Croydon, N.H., on Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Town-City-Government

Town Meeting 2022: Croydon upholds tradition of debate over budget line items

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterMarch 12, 2022

Wanda Daniels, right, escorts Terry McNamara, who was reluctant to be the center of attention, to receive the community service award at the front of the Plainfield Elementary gym during Town Meeting in Meriden, N.H., on Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Town-City-Government

Town Meeting 2022: Plainfield approves power coalition plan, budget

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterMarch 12, 2022