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thewalpolean.org

• June 2026 Clarion Closing Date – 5/21/26
  Yes, time again and deadline is a week away for the June 2026 CLARION. I am getting started on this issue, and ready for your article submissions, and new advertisements. Closing date for the June issue is Thursday, May 21. – or earlier if you can. Submission guidelines, and contact email are on the …
• Walpole Schools Informational Session – 5/20/26
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• Reminder: Hooper Birthday Picnic – 5/16/26
  Celebrate the Past. Support the Future. Join us this Saturday, May 16th for a special birthday picnic honoring George Hooper and celebrating the Hooper Institute’s 100-year anniversary with a community picnic and fundraiser!  Don’t miss a fun day on the lawn featuring live music, games, beautiful pl …
• Selectboard Meeting Agenda – 5/14/26
  TOWN OF WALPOLE SELECTBOARD MEETING AGENDA May 14, 2026 Starting at 6:30 PM in the Town Hall SELECTBOARD MEETING PAYROLL Payroll Register totaling $50,416.27 dated 5/15/2026 and the 941 Payroll Tax Transfer of $10,704.63 SELECTBOARD MEETING MINUTES Public Hearing for USDA Grant for Walpole Fire Stat …
• Walpole Trail Committee Meeting Agenda – 5/13/26
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vermontjournal.com

• Saxtons River All-Village Yard Sale
  SAXTONS RIVER, Vt. – On Memorial Day weekend Saturday, May 23, the Saxtons River All-Village Yard Sale will be held throughout the Village of Saxtons River, Vt., from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, May 24, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sales and tables will be on Main Street and all around the vill …
• Family-run business celebrating 30 years named VNLA Retailer of the Year
  Martha and Curt Cowles with their VNLA Garden Center of the Year award. Photo provided LONDONDERRY, Vt. – Curt and Martha Cowles, owners of Glebe Mountain Gardens in Londonderry, shared recently that they were awarded the 2025 Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association’s (VNLA) Garden Center Retailer …
• Springfield sets June date for public hearing on land-use development ordinance
  Springfield, Vt. SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – At the Monday, May 11, regular meeting of the Springfield Selectboard, the discussion continued, as Town Manager Scott Pickup gave the latest update on several problematic properties and the ongoing effort to clean them up. Pickup reported that the town hired Crow …
• Black River Flood Resilience Plan update and survey
  QR code REGION – The towns of Plymouth, Ludlow, and Cavendish are developing a flood resilience plan for the Black River corridor. The plan will serve as a roadmap for identifying and implementing projects that reduce flood impacts and support long-term community resilience. Scan the QR code to shar …
• Eureka Schoolhouse opens for the summer season
  SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – The Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation, is pleased to announce the seasonal opening of the Eureka Schoolhouse and the Baltimore Covered Bridge. An opening celebration will be held on Saturday, May 16, from 2- …

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vnews.com (Five-article monthly paywall)

• Upper Valley residents help to keep experimental forest open
• Overdose deaths in Vermont drop by 25% in 2025
• Mascoma Bank plans to join with Maine-based institution
• Weathersfield to vote on reduced budgets at special town meeting
• Big Green softball seeks new leadership following Williams’ resignation

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reformer.com (Five-article monthly paywall)

• Westminster to host free fishing derby for kids
  WESTMINSTER — All youth ages 14 and under are invited to the 2026 Kids Fishing Derby this Saturday at Morse Brook. Hosted by the New Westminster Recreaction Club, this free event is part of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department’s Children’s Fishing Program, designed for a fun and successful fishing …
• The Mindful Minute by Jon Heydenreich: Lessons of time
  The former director of Mossad, the Israeli equivalent of the CIA, was interviewed and bemoaned the way in which Israel was treating the Palestinians. He noted that his mother was a survivor of the Holocaust and inferred the persecution of the Palestinians was a reminder of the persecution the Jews e …
• 'Soup & Stories' for farmers and farmworkers
  NEWFANE — Rural Vermont and the Vermont Workers’ Center will host a Soup & Stories gathering for farmers and farmworkers from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, at the Newfane Church Fellowship Hall, 11 Church St. This is an opportunity for farmers and farmworkers to come together over soup and …
• Emotional Freedom Technique lessons in Westminster
  WESTMINSTER WEST — The Living Earth Action Group will host a free 90-minute workshop on Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as Tapping, on Friday, May 22, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Westminster West Congregational Church, 44 Church St. Emotional Freedom Technique uses acupuncture meridian pathways a …
• Pride continues to fly in Bellows Falls
  BELLOWS FALLS — Throughout the month of June, Bellows Falls will once more become a destination for the LGBTQ+ community in New England and beyond. Echoing the days of the historic Andrews Inn, which was in business from 1973-1984 and located in the downtown Windham Hotel building, the gay community …

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chestertelegraph.org

• Windsor man sentenced to 4+ years as felon with firearms
  A 31-year-old Windsor County man has been sentenced to 53 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms. On Friday, May 8,  Kyle Pickett, 31, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss in Burlington. According …
• Chester board hears that audits will show no deficits, reservoir dam recommendations
  By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC At last Wednesday’s meeting, the Chester Select Board got a bit of good news when Town Manager Julie Hance announced that there was no negative fund balance or deficit for 2024 or 2025. Ron Smith speaking to the Select Board in 2017. Telegraph file …
• GM budget passes by wide margin; Cavendish Elementary principal resigns
  Chester Town Manager Julie Hance pours out the ballots to check that their number matches the number of voters who took ballots. Spoiler alert, it did.   ****Article updated at 5 p.m. Wednesday with quote from Superintendent Layne Millington.**** By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC A …
• Part 2: Our first days on the Sahara Desert
  In Part 2 of this four-part series from gardening writer Henry Homeyer’s memoir-in-progress, he tells about traveling across the Sahara in 1972, using public transportation — cargo vehicles — and by hitchhiking.  Homeyer, of New Hampshire, ended up living in Africa for 10 years, three years as a Pea …
• 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 …

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sevendaysvt.com

• News Quiz: An independent report says UVM Health must do what over the next three years?
  The post News Quiz: An independent report says UVM Health must do what over the next three years? appeared first on Seven Days. …
• In the Vermont House, a Bid to Weaken Conservation Goals Falls Short
  Republicans in the House of Representatives this week tried but failed to water down conservation efforts with a bill that would have broadened the definition of what is considered conserved land in Vermont. The bill, H.70, would have allowed the 19,000 farm and forestry properties that enjoy tax br …
• Stuck in Vermont: Visit ‘Cardtopia,’ an Interactive Cardboard Castle at Highland Center for the Arts
  In mid-March, the magical world of “Cardtopia” opened at Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. The quirky wizard’s castle has tunnels, secret rooms, creatures, a garden and a laboratory — all constructed from cardboard. The immersive exhibition, on view through the end of July, is a collaborat …
• Obituary: Nancy W. Zoller, 1952-2026
  Nancy Zoller Credit: Courtesy On May 7, 2026, at 10:25 a.m., Nancy W. Zoller, 73, of Williston, Vt., died. She left behind a husband, Larry, 76; two children, Sarah (45) and Daniel (42); and two grandchildren, Aurora (15) and Madeleine (11). Others who mourn her loss include her older sister, Caroly …
• Burlington Mayor Says She’s Closed Budget Gap With No Layoffs
  Burlington has a plan to make up an $11 million budget gap without any layoffs. Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak on Wednesday presented a spending plan for next fiscal year that would allow the city to close a multimillion-dollar gap without impacting what she called “core services.” Her plan would save $ …

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concordmonitor.com (Five-article monthly paywall)

• JetBlue to end service at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
• Senate votes to allow faculty, but not students, to carry guns on college campuses
• NH House stalls bill requiring private insurers to cover children’s mental health services
• Annual bike swap returns to S&W Sports for 17th year
• AG: Police officers justified in Londonderry suicide-by-cop shooting

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wcax.com

• Summerlike heat on the way for Vermont and North Country despite the coolest start to May in years
  Temperatures jump straight to the upper 80s or even low 90s by early next week! The cool, rainy pattern breaks just in time for the weekend.
• J.Crew factory store opens in Williston
  Clothing brand J.Crew debuts a factory store in Williston on Thursday.
• 92-year-old Super Senior keeps Stowe dairy store tradition alive
  On busy Route 100 in Stowe, Allene Small’s shop with the skiing cow sign has been a fixture for 85 years, where the regulars are more than just customers.
• Campaign Countdown: Constantino seeks to shake up NY-21 congressional race
  Constantino says he’s a loyal Trump supporter who wants to help advance the president’s agenda.
• Vermont man at center of gun trafficking network to Canada
  The feds say five people have already pleaded guilty, and eight more indicted in the smuggling operation through the Akwesasne Reservation.

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vpr.net

• One Vermont school's plan to survive? A bachelor's in emergency services
  Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt., is offering deep tuition discounts and launching a new program in emergency services to train EMTs and firefighters.
• Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak presents her plan for a balanced budget
  The plan includes a voluntary furlough program and eliminating or not hiring for 27 open positions.
• As Howard Center’s Jarrett House prepares to close, advocates worry about what comes next
  Lindsey St. Amour, the executive director of Disability Rights Vermont, said the program represents a “critical rung on the ladder” in the state’s system of child mental health care.
• Beta CEO Kyle Clark earned over $15M last year
  The aviation startup’s initial public offering led to a big payday for its top executives, according to financial disclosures.
• Proposed constitutional amendment headed to voters in November
  House lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee “equal treatment under the law” for nine protected classes, including race, sex, disability, gender identity and sexual orientation.

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nhpr.org

• NH Senate backs allowing college faculty, but not students, to carry guns
  Senate Republicans vote to allow students to posses ‘defensive weapons’ and call for further study of ‘campus carry’ issues.
• NHPR evening newscast for Thursday, May 14, 2026
• Something Wild: Help rescue raptors from rodenticides
  Efforts to control rodents are unintentionally killing the animals we want and need in our ecosystem, the ones who are providing natural pest control.
• Derry murder is the latest fallout from NH's ties to global gift card scam
  New Hampshire appears to be the epicenter of a global criminal operation involving stolen gift cards, rented warehouses, and millions of dollars’ worth of Apple products, authorities say. A murder in Derry is among the fallout.
• Federal officials announce crackdown on firearm trafficking from NH to Canada
  The U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire has charged 13 people who allegedly smuggled dozens of guns through tribal lands in New York into Canada.

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VT Alert

• Don't forget those raincoats today!
  Don’t forget those raincoats today! Another rainy and cool day is expected and the next round of rain continues to spread into the region this morning. High temperatures will generally warm into the 50s and low 60s today. Rainy conditions will continue through the week, with drier weather on tap for …
• 📝 Obtain a Burn Permit – Contact your Town Forest Fire Warden to obtain a permit for open debris burning 📝
  📝 Obtain a Burn Permit – Contact your Town Forest Fire Warden to obtain a permit for open debris burning 📝 https://fpr.vermont.gov/…/wildland-fire/forest-fire-warden 📝 Obtain a Burn Permit – Contact your Town Forest Fire Warden to obtain a permit for open debris burning 📝 https://fpr.vermont.gov/f …
• 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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VTDigger

• Senate lawmakers reconsider ending Vermont’s school PCB testing program
  A sign in front of Burlington High School when it was closed due to elevated levels of PCB’s in October 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Buying time  House lawmakers began this legislative session intent on ending a controversial (and expensive) testing program for polychlorinated biphenyl …
• More than $20 million of delayed FEMA funds allocated to Montpelier and VTrans
  Mike Carey stacks sandbags on State Street in Montpelier in July 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Federal Emergency Management Agency is set to release more than $20 million in funding to support the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the City of Montpelier to repair damage from seve …
• Four arrested at protest against ICE at Williston facility
  Vermont state police carry Peter Booth out of the White Cap Business Park building as they arrest him during a protest against ICE operations there on May 14, 2026. Photo by Emma Green/VTDigger WILLISTON –– Four people were arrested Thursday at a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem …
• Vermont’s future depends on restoring legal immigration
  This commentary is by Gabe Lajeunesse, who serves on state and national boards focused on expanding economic development and protecting displaced populations. When VTDigger reported that international migration to Chittenden County fell by half last year, it was more than a demographic footnote. It …
• Brattleboro hospital and its support staff avert strike by signing first contract
  The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital campus on Belmont Avenue. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and a union representing its 280 support staffers have signed their first contract, avoiding a threatened walkout amid a projected $14.5 million annual budget shortfall. The two …

The Commons

• Cellist, vocalist, and composer Queralt Giralt Soler presents her trio at Next Stage Arts on Friday, May 15, for an evening of i…
  Cellist, vocalist, and composer Queralt Giralt Soler presents her trio at Next Stage Arts on Friday, May 15, for an evening of intimate, genre-blending music that bridges classical training, jazz improvisation, and Catalan folk traditions. Read more of this story here: https://www.commonsnews.org/is …
• The Brattleboro Concert Choir performs Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem
  The Brattleboro Concert Choir performs Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem. There will be two concerts: Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 17, at 4 p.m., at Persons Auditorium on Potash Hill in Marlboro. Read more of this story here: https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/865/865concert_choir (Feed g …
• N.H.-Actors Theatre Playhouse (ATP) announces its 2026 season, bringing an array of stories to the stage, with 10-minute plays, …
  N.H.-Actors Theatre Playhouse (ATP) announces its 2026 season, bringing an array of stories to the stage, with 10-minute plays, a 20th-century masterwork, a heartbreaking docudrama, an intimate examination of teaching and parenting, and a variety show from yesteryear. Read more of this story here: h …
• Arts Council of Windham County (ACWC) announces the grantees for the 2026 Brattleboro Town Arts Fund (TAF) program
  Arts Council of Windham County (ACWC) announces the grantees for the 2026 Brattleboro Town Arts Fund (TAF) program. Sixteen community-centered creative projects were selected from a competitive pool of proposals in the program’s sixth year. Read more of this story here: https://www.commonsnews.org/i …
• Under the Maple (Brattleboro House Concerts) presents Joe Jencks Friday, May 15, at 7 p.m
  Under the Maple (Brattleboro House Concerts) presents Joe Jencks Friday, May 15, at 7 p.m. Read more of this story here: https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/865/865Joe_Jencks (Feed generated with FetchRSS) …