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thewalpolean.org

• Selectboard Meeting Agenda – 5/7/26
  TOWN OF WALPOLE SELECTBOARD MEETING AGENDA May 7, 2026 Starting at 6:30 PM in the Town Hall PUBLIC HEARING USDA GRANT AGREEMENT and MOU re: WALPOLE FIRE STATION PROJECT SELECTBOARD MEETING BUILDING PERMIT 2014-10 RENEWAL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Accounts Payable Check Register in the total amount of $61,096 …
• Updated: Planning Board Meeting Agenda – 5/12/26
  Walpole Planning Board Agenda Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Town Hall 7 pm Roll Call: Appointment of alternates if needed. Call to order:  Minutes: Review minutes of the April 2026 meeting. New Business: SAU60 Change of Use. Building in North Walpole. Joey Carter. Preliminary meeting with Hubbard Farm for a …
• Planning Board Meeting Agenda – 5/12/26
  Walpole Planning Board Agenda Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Town Hall 7 pm Roll Call: Appointment of alternates if needed. Call to order:  Minutes: Review minutes of the April 2026 meeting. New Business: SAU60 Change of Use. Building in North Walpole. Joey Carter. Old Business: Public Hearing: Site Plan App …
• Great Decisions at the Library – 5/11/26
  “Great Decisions” next Monday Evening “The Future of Human Rights and International Law” On Monday, May 11, at 6:00 pm, “Great Decisions” in the Walpole Town Library will explore the status of human rights and international law in the United States. It may surprise you to learn how very few internat …
• Memorial Day Parade – 5/25/26
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vermontjournal.com

• Kiwanis Big Online Auction a success
  CLAREMONT, N.H. – The Kiwanis Club of Claremont held their annual Big Online Auction recently, a successful fundraiser and one of the biggest ways they make an impact to benefit and serve children in the greater Claremont community and Sullivan County. The bids and auction closed on April 18, and pr …
• “The Greatest Film Adaptations of All Time” at Springfield Library
  SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – On Tuesday, May 12, at 6 p.m., join author Marty Gitlin for his presentation “From Book to Screen: The Greatest Film Adaptations of All Time,” from “The Wizard of Oz,” to “Wicked,” and everything in between. Author and pop-culture historian Gitlin will show snippets of such classi …
• Londonderry discusses upcoming meetings
  Londonderry, Vt. LONDONDERRY, Vt. – At their May 4 meeting, the Londonderry Selectboard discussed their upcoming special town meeting, which will be held Monday, May 11, at 6 p.m., to vote on raising $81,000 in taxes to pay the salary and benefits for a full-time general office manager. The results …
• UVM capstone students study Bellows Falls southeast gateway
  Rockingham, Vt. BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – The Rockingham Selectboard held their regular meeting on Monday, May 5, in the lower theater of the Rockingham Town Hall. As interim Town Manager Alex Torpey prepares to leave his temporary role with the town, Development Director Gary Fox has agreed to fill in u …
• Tai chi at Westminster Institute
  WESTMINSTER, Vt. – Ever wondered if tai chi is for you? Beginner classes are opening up in Westminster, in May. Seize this opportunity and find out if Senior Safe Tai Chi is for you. Tai chi is all about mindful movement. Sometimes called “meditation in motion,” the moves are slow, with an eye to en …

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vnews.com (Five-article monthly paywall)

• Former Vermont police chief sues town, alleging racial discrimination
  Former Northfield, Vt., police chief Pierre Gomez, who resigned in October, has sued the town for alleged racial discrimination and tolerating an atmosphere of racial harassment. The complaint filed Tuesday in Washington County Superior Court alleges that town officials violated the state’s fair emp …
• NH medical marijuana program added 2,100 new patients last year
  More than 2,100 new patients signed up with New Hampshire’s Therapeutic Cannabis Program last year, bringing the total registry to nearly 17,000, according to new state data. That increase — about 14.5% from the year prior — is the largest since 2021. Likely driving the growth were changes to state …
• Lebanon residents demand solution to recurring sewage backups in homes
  WEST LEBANON — When Mack Avenue resident Georgia Tuttle returned home from a trip last year, she found her downstairs shower was nearly overflowing with raw sewage due to a backup while she was away. She spent days cleaning up the mess. “It was pretty upsetting,” Tuttle, a former Lebanon mayor, told …
• Newport voters to consider expanding downtown historic district
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• Royalton Farmers Market to operate weekly, thanks to $12K grant
  SOUTH ROYALTON — A nonprofit organization is bringing back the Royalton Farmers Market on a weekly basis. Building a Local Economy, known as BALE, has received a $12,000 grant from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation to put toward food access programs, Elena Greenlee, BALE’s executive director, sa …

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reformer.com (Five-article monthly paywall)

• UCS partners with HCRS to strengthen services
  BENNINGTON — The United Counseling Service (UCS) Board of Directors announced a new partnership with Health Care & Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), the community mental health and developmental services agency serving Windham and Windsor counties, to provide leadership support and operational guidanc …
• The Mindful Minute: Jump
  I was due to open a summer place and told the date on which the owner would arrive. Only their plans changed. They would arrive today … and could I open and clean the place for them. Jump. I had the time and availability so I could do as they requested. I also needed the compensation. But it brings …
• Vermontitude Episode 142: Homesharing
  In this week’s Vermontitude video webcast, host Peter “Fish” Case chats with guests Marion Major and Kayla Bernier-Wright, outreach and homeshare specialist, respectively, for the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust. If you’re interested in learning more about homesharing you can call 802-863-5626 or go …
• Senior Lunch at the Grange in Dummerston
  DUMMERSTON — Evening Star Grange and Senior Solutions will serve their next Senior Lunch on Wednesday, May 13, at the Grange Hall, with take-outs available between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. and in-house meal served at noon. Reservations are highly suggested and can be made by calling the hall at 802-254 …
• The Mindful Minute by Jon Heydenreich: The moral covering
  I find it intriguing that when a country takes on some act of warfare or violence, typically, it cloaks its action with a moral veil, asserting the righteousness of its endeavors. We are “exporting democracy” to an oppressed people. Or, we are halting the development of weapons of mass destruction. …

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chestertelegraph.org

• Forum on education transformation bill set for May 11 at Springfield H.S.
  Community members are invited to attend an upcoming educational forum focused on Vermont’s current education transformation legislation, H 955. The event will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 11  at the Springfield High School Auditorium, 303 South St. in Springfield. The forum is desig …
• What to know about the GMUSD budget re-vote
  By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a  little less than a week, residents of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester will get a second chance to vote on the proposed budget of the Green Mountain Unified School District. The district runs two elementary schools and a single high/ …
• Repeals of Act 181 portions zip through Legislature
  The House Ways and Means Committee about to vote in favor of the repeals By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont Legislature sometimes gets the reputation for being ponderously slow but last week it showed it could move lightning fast when large numbers of people are up in ar …
• Sage Jewelry takes root in new Chester location
  Michele Colby at her new storefront shop with its two large display windows. Photo by Shawn Cunningham. By Cynthia Prairie ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Michele Colby has finally found the store front she has longer for. During the 16  intervening years, her children have grown and so has her busin …
• Andover Select Board agenda for May 11
  The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday May 11 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Weston-Andover Road 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of April 27th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 minutes per to …

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sevendaysvt.com

• The Café HOT. to Permanently Close as Owners Return to NYC
  After more than four and a half years of dishing up nationally acclaimed breakfast sandwiches, the owners of the Café HOT. in Burlington told Seven Days that they will close the popular 198 Main Street eatery within the next three months. Brothers Allan and Travis Walker-Hodkin made the decision to …
• Vermont Public Executive Hired as VTDigger CEO
  The Vermont Journalism Trust, the nonprofit parent company of online news site VTDigger, has hired a new CEO. Brendan Kinney, now the chief operating officer at Vermont Public, will assume the top role at the trust in mid-June, the organization announced on Wednesday. He’ll replace Sky Barsch, who h …
• Return of the King: Kyle Thomas — aka King Tuff — Is Back in Vermont
  The mug, half full of cold coffee, had been abandoned beside a stack of artwork and newsletters, forgotten in the rush of creation. An electric guitar rested on the couch, still plugged into effects pedals splayed out across the carpet, the instrument cables running across the floor like a nest of b …
• Bodycam From ICE Raid Shows Local Chief Caught in the Middle
  On March 11, federal immigration agents raided a South Burlington home surrounded by hundreds of protesters in a dramatic display of force that captured broad media attention.  In the weeks since, local and Vermont State Police have come under fire for their roles, facing accusations that they aided …
• A Creemee Stand Is Creating Traffic Problems in Jericho, Neighbors Say
  Every year as the weather warms, people craving creemees flock to Palmer Lane Maple at the corner of Route 15 and Old Pump Road in Jericho.  The ever-increasing popularity of the soft-serve stand brings a cascade of traffic each spring as pedestrians, cyclists and cars jockey for position. The busin …

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concordmonitor.com (Five-article monthly paywall)

• Abuse fund wouldn’t get detention center sale proceeds under bill passed in House
  House Republicans voted Thursday to allocate proceeds from the anticipated sale of the state’s youth detention center to its general fund rather than to the fund created to resolve over 1,000 cases of abuse that allegedly occurred there. The Claims Administration and Settlement fund, established by …
• Allenstown dump reopens for trash, but without renewed funding, services may not last
  Pauline Griffis packed her trunk full of neatly folded cardboard and a few donation bags before heading to the Allenstown Transfer Station on Tuesday morning. She had heard the dump returned to normal operations last week and was eager to get rid of the recycling she’d been collecting. But, as Griff …
• A murder-suicide pact, blood splatter patterns and a revisited autopsy: Solving the Carrie Hicks cold case
  Carrie Hicks wrote in her journal about wanting to die. The 25-year-old was in a”real bad depression” and had been struggling with her mental health. She had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and manic depression, and in her entries, she fixated on a gun as a means of ending her pain. Hicks was d …
• Impaired New Jersey man arrested following multiple crashes on Spaulding Turnpike
  A Concord woman was among those involved in a crash Wednesday night after a New Jersey man drove on the Spaulding Turnpike while impaired, setting off a series of collisions that closed the highway for four hours. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., Corissa Babineau, 21, of Concord, was driving her 2007 Chevr …
• Spat between contractor, unsatisfied customer leads to arrest and lawsuit against the town of Canterbury
  The town of Canterbury continues to be embroiled in a slow-moving lawsuit that stemmed from a dispute between a contractor and his unsatisfied customer and boiled over into a sequence of inflammatory texts, an arrest for harassment and the homeowner’s pursuit of restitution. In the fall of 2024, Jes …

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wcax.com

• Circle K Fuel Day draws drivers to Rutland for discounted gas
  Circle K’s Fuel Day gas deal drew drivers looking for a deal to Rutland.
• Richmond Super Senior refurbishes, donates drums to schools and churches
  Two years ago, 72-year-old Walter Hausermann and his wife decided to start The Beat Goes on VT, a nonprofit that refurbishes drum sets and gives them away.
• Suspect indicted in New Hampshire border agent shooting
  A grand jury has indicted a New Hampshire resident accused of shooting at a border agent in Pittsburg.
• 24-hour emergency pet clinic opens in South Burlington
  A new 24-hour emergency pet clinic is now open in South Burlington.
• Shaheen tours Upper Valley affordable housing complex, touts federal legislation
  Combating the high cost of housing was the focus of New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen during a visit to the Upper Valley on Wednesday.

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vpr.net

• Overdose deaths fell in Vermont for the third year in a row
  Overdose deaths in Vermont plummeted by 25% in 2025 compared to the year prior, according to preliminary data state health officials released Thursday.
• Vermont’s state fish is 'thriving' despite national population decline
  As the weather gets warmer, Vermont’s brook trout are staying cool.
• Capitol Recap: Vermont House votes to partially repeal Act 181
  Lawmakers learned that the conservation measures they enacted in Act 181 “were alienating rural landowners and were not the right tool for the job,” said Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury.
• Scott vetoes Legislature's attempt to reduce road salt pollution
  Republican Gov. Phil Scott says a bill that sought to curb chloride pollution in Vermont waterways poses legal risks for towns and contractors that have a duty to keep roads safe.
• From final frost to forsythia, it's Vermont Edition's spring gardening show
  All Things Gardening host Charlie Nardozzi answers your spring gardening questions.

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nhpr.org

• Documentary explores the largely erased history of Dartmouth’s 'forgotten founder'
  Mohegan scholar and minister Samson Occom raised the money that helped establish Dartmouth College in 1769. The money was supposed to help build a school for Native American students, but it was instead redirected to Dartmouth.
• Here’s how NH drivers are dealing with high gas prices – and their trickle down effects
  Service organizations, public transit groups and every day drivers in New Hampshire are finding ways to cope with cost of gasoline and preparing for prices to keep rising.
• Live Free and Lead: Lawmaker wants to give students ‘a voice’ in policies that affect them
  As a 20-year-old House member wraps up his first term – and his second year of college – he’s inviting New Hampshire high schoolers to spend part of their summer with lawmakers and state officials with one goal in mind: inspire them into public service.
• Cold case unit closes 2007 Acworth murder case
  A new autopsy, authorities say, conclusively shows that Wayne Ring killed Carrie Hicks inside his rural home, before turning the gun on himself.
• NHPR partners with The Music Hall for second annual Seacoast LitFest
  The Seacoast LitFest returns to Portsmouth Thursday, June 11 through Sunday, June 14, 2026.

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VT Alert

• A widespread rain develops this morning and tapers of by sunset this evening
  A widespread rain develops this morning and tapers of by sunset this evening. Rainfall amounts between 0.50″ and 1.25″ can be expected with highs only in the 40s and 50s. No river or flash flooding is expected.(Feed generated with FetchRSS) …
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• [WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2026]
  [WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2026] HIGH fire danger today (Feed generated with FetchRSS) …
• A Red Flag Warning has been issued until 7 PM Today for critical fire weather conditions with relative humidities as low as 20 t…
  A Red Flag Warning has been issued until 7 PM Today for critical fire weather conditions with relative humidities as low as 20 to 25%, and gusts up to 30 MPH. A Special Weather statement has also been issued for areas not in the watch area for near critical fire weather conditions until 7 PM. If any …

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VTDigger

• What’s AI’s place in mental health care? Vermont lawmakers say it should be limited.
  Therapist Norma Kawatta, seen on screen, talks to Paris Carroll, VP of mental health clinical services for Hazel Health, as the pair demonstrate how the company’s telehealth therapy service works for Miami-Dade County public school students, on World Mental Health Day, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at Mia …
• VELCO project will strengthen power flow between Vermont and New York
  An electric substation at Sand Bar State Park. Photo courtesy of VELCO Zachary Moss is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. MILTON — Five years ago, an almost 500-ton truck clogged both lanes on Interstate 89. A …
• When veterans fear asking for help, everyone loses
  This commentary is by Rich LaMonica, who is a retired U.S. Army veteran, leadership advocate and founder of the podcast “The MisFitNation.” America has spent years urging veterans in crisis to reach out for help. We tell them mental health matters. We tell them they are not alone. We tell them to ca …
• Vermont House votes to partially repeal Act 181
  Several hundred demonstrators gather to protest Act 181 at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. The law seeks to modernize Act 250, the land use law. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership be …
• Vermont’s loggers are struggling. A sales tax exemption could help.
  This commentary is by Dana Doran, who is the executive director of Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast. It has been said that silence can be a loud cry for help, and for Vermont’s logging and forest trucking industry, the silence right now is deafening. This industry asks for relativel …

The Commons

• At Vermont Independent Media, we believe local news is a public good, not a commercial product
  At Vermont Independent Media, we believe local news is a public good, not a commercial product. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we don’t have corporate owners – we have you. Your support is the backbone of our local democracy, allowing us to maintain a fiercely independent press for all of Southern Vermon …
• Eclectic Alaskan finger-style guitarist Kray Van Kirk appears at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., Sunday, May 17, in a 3 p.m
  Eclectic Alaskan finger-style guitarist Kray Van Kirk appears at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., Sunday, May 17, in a 3 p.m. matinee. Read more of this story here: https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/864/864stage33_fealy (Feed generated with FetchRSS) …
• Next Stage Arts presents two film screenings curated by local filmmaker Alan Dater, offering audiences a chance to experience ic…
  Next Stage Arts presents two film screenings curated by local filmmaker Alan Dater, offering audiences a chance to experience iconic moments in American music history on the big screen. Both events will include in-person introductions and post-screening discussions with Dater. On Saturday, May 9, at …
• Roots musicians Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore are bringing their blend of country, blues, folk and “guitar-bashing rock and…
  Roots musicians Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore are bringing their blend of country, blues, folk and “guitar-bashing rock and roll” to the Bellows Falls Opera House Saturday, May 9. Read more of this story here: https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/864/864alvin_gilmore (Feed generated with FetchRSS) …
• The Sarasa Ensemble takes a closer look at the extended Bach family and its many musical talents in a performance at the Brattle…
  The Sarasa Ensemble takes a closer look at the extended Bach family and its many musical talents in a performance at the Brattleboro Music Center (BMC), 72 Blanche Moyse Way, titled “All in the Family,” Friday, May 8, at 7 p.m. Read more of this story here: https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/864/864B …