
Woodstock demotes police chief to patrol officer
WOODSTOCK — Police Chief Joe Swanson has be demoted to patrol officer after a ruling by the Woodstock Village Trustees.

Vermont regulators approve Woodstock water system purchase
WOODSTOCK — The Vermont Public Utility Commission has approved the municipal purchase of the town’s water system, Municipal Manager Eric Duffy announced Wednesday.
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Cross Vermont Trail expands into nearby communities with connector to Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
Two trails run east-west across Vermont: the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, which runs from Swanton, Vt., to St. Johnsbury, Vt., entirely on a former rail bed, and the perhaps lesser-known, Cross Vermont Trail, which runs from Burlington through Montpelier to Wells River with just under half of the trail on off-road walking and biking paths.



Opinion

Editorial: New Hampshire budget shortfall is a crisis of Republican design
Who says manufacturing is dead in the United States? The budget crisis that Republican lawmakers in Concord are now purporting to solve through draconian reductions in state spending is at least partially, and perhaps mainly, the result of unwise and unwarranted tax cuts they enacted over the past decade. If that’s not manufacturing a crisis, what is?





Your Daily Puzzles

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.

Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.

Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.

Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Photos

A little off the top
Joel Luis and Danny Sanchez of Olsen Roofing remove shingles on a large barn last week in Orford. Built in the 1800s, the barn is getting a new roof to help preserve the building.




Arts & Life

Art Notes: Two Upper Valley events to feature video game soundtracks
Video game soundtracks, by their nature, exist in the background. Their job is to give texture to the action and to lull players into the world of the game, without posing a distraction.




Obituaries

Norwich, VT - Stuart Thompson Close, 65, died Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center following a twelve-year battle with a brain tumor. Born January 30, 1960, in Hanover, NH, Stuart, better known as Stu or S... remainder of obit for Stuart Thompson Close

Webster, NH - Philip Carlisle Laro, age 84, passed Saturday, January 18, 2025. A private graveside service will take place in the Union Village Cemetery in Norwich, VT. A gathering at the family home in Webster, NH will be announced... remainder of obit for Philip Carlisle Laro

High Point, NC - Alison Dyan Ricker (Spooner) passed away unexpectedly at home April 15th, 2025 She was born on July 18th, 1970 in Berlin, Vermont to Mervin & Beverly Spooner of Marshfield, Vermont Alison grew up in Marshfield and ... remainder of obit for Alison Dyan Ricker

Meredith, NH - Kristin Kent, 75, died on Thursday, March 20, 2025, peacefully at home in Meredith, NH. Kristin was born March 24, 1949, in Hanover, NH, to Dr. Samuel C. and Joanna M. Doyle. Kristin grew up on Huntington Hill, spending ... remainder of obit for Kristin Kent