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• Conservation Commission Meeting Minutes – 12/1/25
  Town of Walpole Conservation Commission December 1, 2025 (Note: These are unapproved Minutes. Corrections will be found in the Minutes of the January 5, 2026 Conservation Commission meeting.) Members Present: Nicole Adams, Wendy Grossman, Paul Happ, France Menk, Peter Palmiotto (Cochair & Presiding) …
• Walpole Police Building Fundraiser
  Still time to purchase your raffle tickets benefiting the Walpole Police Building Fundraiser. Date for the drawing of “Westminster St” print is December 18th.  Drawing held at the Town Hall at 4:00p.m.  Raffle tickets available at:  Mascoma Bank In the Company of Flowers Drewsville Store Aubuchon Ha …
• Reminder: Drewsville Tree Lighting – 12/7/25
  

  The annual Drewsville Tree Lighting, which was postponed from last weekend, will be held this Sunday, December 7th, at 4:30 pm on the Drewsville Common. We will have horse and wagon rides, as well as cookies and cocoa. And, of course, Santa!

• Selectboard Meeting Minutes – 11/26/25
  Town of Walpole, New Hampshire Meeting of the Selectboard November 26, 2025 Selectboard Present: Steven Dalessio, Chair; Carolyn Vose and Cheryl Mayberry Staff Present: Sarah Downing, Manager of Administration, and Sue Bauer, Recording Secretary Guests Present: Justin Cassarino, Principal of Walpole …
• Hooper Institute Seeks Recording Secretary
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• Christmas food festival at Springfield Congregational Church
  SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – You are invited to a Christmas food festival, on Saturday, Dec. 20, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 77 Main Street in Springfield, Vt. The festival will feature local vendors with their award-winning specialties for sale. Food has been prepared and packa …
• Okemo Valley Holiday Train celebrates generosity
  Santa makes the rounds aboard the Okemo Valley Holiday Train. Photo provided CHESTER, Vt. – The Okemo Valley Holiday Train is once again bringing joy, connection, and holiday magic to the community in the Okemo Valley and beyond, on Saturday, Dec. 20, and Sunday, Dec. 21. Special thanks to the dedic …
• “The Continuing Adventures of King Wenceslas” at Next Stage
  The Continuing Adventures of King Wenceslas at Next Stage. Photo provided PUTNEY, Vt. – Next Stage Arts proudly presents the return of Vermont Suitcase Company with “The Continuing Adventures of King Wenceslas and His Page Edith” on Friday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.), at Next Stage …
• Down To The Roots lights up Ludlow, hosts food and toy drives
  CHESTER, Vt. – Meredith Milliken, Andrea “Andi” Goldman, and Scott Blair, co-owners of Down To The Roots (DTTR) dispensary in Chester, have made serving their community as much of a priority as their commitment to operating a high-quality retail cannabis establishment. Since DTTR first opened in Sep …
• Ludlow American Legion donates to Black River Senior Center
  Left to right: John Taylor Jr., Sons commander; Jean Strong, Auxiliary member; Frank Provance, Black River Valley Senior Center Board member; and Ned Bowen, Post 36 commander. Photo provided LUDLOW, Vt. – The Ballard Hobart Post 36 American Legion Family recently presented checks in support of the B …

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• Ronald H. I. Follensbee
  Ronald H. I. Follensbee White River Jct., VT – Ronald H. I. Follensbee, age 91, passed Thursday, October 30, 2025. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 4–6pm at the Knight Funeral Home in White River Jct. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, December 19 at 10 …
• NH man arrested months after he told police he paid for sex at Concord spa
  A Penacook, N.H., man who told police he had been purchasing sexual services at a Concord spa was arrested four months after the business was shut down for suspected human trafficking and prostitution. Brian Soule, 66, admitted during a July 30 police interview that he had been a regular customer at …
• Theater Review: Shaker Bridge play shows power of human warmth in tough times
  There’s an Old World quality to how the epistolary romance begins between the title characters of “Dear Jack, Dear Louise,” a 2019 play by Ken Ludwig now in production at Shaker Bridge Theatre. “Old World” not only because the two young people corresponding with each other lean back toward the 19th …
• Theater Review: Northern Stage offers enchanting production of ‘Peter and Wendy’
  In preparing to see Northern Stage’s production of “Peter and Wendy” last Friday, I wondered how the play would fare at holding the attention of both children and adults. The story, which we’ve come to know as “Peter Pan,” is traditionally billed as one for kids. But I needn’t have worried. Director …
• Enfield resident donates books and puzzle to neighborhood library
  ENFIELD — Francine Lozeau, of Enfield, adds books and a puzzle to a Little Free Library at Lakeside Park in Enfield on Friday, Dec. 5. “I have way too many books,” said Lozeau, an Enfield Public Library and a clerk at the Lebanon Library. Her former Enfield Village School student Tallis Diehn built …

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• Vermontitude Episode 129: Making it happen, with guest Kate Trzaskos
  In this week’s Vermontitude video webcast, host Peter “Fish” Case chats with Kate Trzaskos, executive director of the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. The DBA is looking for your support! Supporting the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance strengthens local businesses, energizes community events, enhances do …
• The Mindful Minute by Jon Heydenreich: Those Pills
  I was worried when I was sent home after hip surgery. I was given all these instructions, notably, about pain meds. Prescriptions to be filled. And this was for weeks and weeks. The same thing following these stitches on my lip, tooth removal… and then again when I had the remaining tooth pulled o …
• Writer workshop at the Moore Free Library
  NEWFANE — The ninth annual Writing to the Light Writing Circle led by writer and educator Deborah Lee Luskin will take place in person on Sunday, Jan. 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Moore Free Library, 23 West Street. No registration required. At this annual fundraiser for the Moore Free Library, writer …
• BEEC presents Little Explorers, Forest of Light
  BRATTLEBORO — The Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center at 1221 Bonnyvale Road has some upcoming events for nature enthusiasts. Little Explorers: Dec. 12, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at BEEC. This nature playgroup meets on Fridays for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. The program is free, but don …
• Senior lunch in Dummerston postponed due to weather
  DUMMERSTON — The Senior Lunch at the Evening Star Grange in Dummerston scheduled for Dec. 10 is being postponed until next Wednesday, Dec. 17, due to the snow forecast for this Wednesday. If you have/had a reservation and can still come next week, you don’t need to do anything. If you cannot make it …

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• Chester Festival, long held on the Green, to move to Legion field
  By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Approximately three dozen people gathered at Chester’s American Legion on Tuesday evening for a long awaited information session about moving the 2026 Chester Festival on the Green off the Green and surrounding town properties and onto a field next …
• Santa lights up the Chester Green
  By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Candy canes and Christmas wishes with Santa Carolers, bundled up against the chill, gathered around a blazing firepit on the Chester Green last Saturday afternoon singing songs of Christmas while across Main Street, Laurie and Samantha Vertefeuille …
• Chester Board hears local option tax concerns, picks new moderator
  By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC For several meetings, the Chester Select Board has discussed putting on the Town Meeting Day ballot a 1 percent local option sales tax on rooms and meals, which would include short-term rentals and alcohol served at restaurants. The tax, which woul …
• State offering low-interest loans to loggers to purchase low-impact equipment
  The Vermont Economic Development Authority and Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation are announcing a new initiative that will save Vermont loggers money by allowing them to obtain a loan with an interest rate of 2.5% to 3% when they buy qualifying low-impact logging equipment, which i …
• League of Women Voters lecture series on voting rights continues Dec. 10
  The League of Women Voters of Vermont, in partnership with Kellogg-Hubbard Library, presents the second in its 2025-2026 lecture series on Voting Rights and Access to the Ballot at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Professor Alec Ewald, who teaches constitutional law and U.S. politics at the Department …

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• Former Winooski High Girls Soccer Coach Charged With Lewd Conduct Involving an Athlete
  Police arrested a prominent attorney and former assistant coach of the Winooski High School girls soccer team Wednesday on suspicion of lewd conduct involving a student athlete. Kane H. Smart, 44, was arrested by state police Wednesday and arraigned in Rutland Superior Court. He was charged with one …
• New UVM President Tromp Gets High Grades — for Listening
  Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. For years, editors of the Vermont Cynic had limited access to the president of the University of Vermont. Suresh Garimella, who held the job from 2019 to 2024, treated the student paper as a nuisance best ignored, …
• Amid an Immigration Crackdown, 23 New Vermonters Become Citizens
  Alma Chase (left) is congratulated by Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas. Credit: Kevin McCallum © Seven Days At midmorning on December 3, a usually somber and decorous federal courtroom in downtown Burlington buzzed with celebratory energy. People packed the gallery’s wooden benches, …
• Bradford Music Promoter’s Camper Van Biz Was a Fraud, Feds Say
  Todd Ameden and his wife were in vacation mode. It was 2023, and the Manchester couple were camping at Ricker Pond State Park in Groton, enjoying the outdoors while their thoughts drifted to the future. Retirement was still several years away for Ameden, then in his late fifties, but he could hardly …
• Teens in Southwest Vermont Are Building an Airplane
  In a Bennington workshop, a handful of high school students are engaged in an unconventional afterschool activity: building a small airplane. Their mentor is Jim Sharkey, a recently retired aerospace engineer who launched Bennington STEMworks, a new nonprofit aimed at sparking young people’s interes …

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• Opinion: Remove the deadline on innocence
  As a state senator, I know the value of liberty and justice to the people of New Hampshire. Today, both are put at risk by an issue we have yet to confront — one that strikes at the foundational principles of this state. Right now, in New Hampshire, individuals convicted of a crime are permitted jus …
• Lisa Lee Bartz
  Lisa Lee Bartz Salisbury, NH – Lisa passed away peacefully at her home in Salisbury surrounded by family and friends, on December 8, 2025 at the age of 48. Lisa was born in Concord, NH on May 31, 1977 to Susan Lucier (predeceased) and Lee Colby. Lisa worked for 16 years in the law field, most recent …
• ‘I’m just devastated’: Boscawen family loses home in town’s third fire in 10 days
  A fire destroyed a two-story home on Boscawen’s North Water Street Wednesday afternoon. The homeowners and their grandson were inside when the fire started and got out safely, according to Sean Watson, 45, who lived in the house with his family. Watson had left the house he shared with his parents a …
• City leaders celebrate start of Beaver Meadow clubhouse construction
  With crowdfunding towards a new clubhouse meeting its first milestone and a new snow gun on its way, a small crowd bubbled with optimism at the new Beaver Meadow Golf Course clubhouse groundbreaking Wednesday. Cheryl Roy and Donna Reeder have been golfing at the city-owned course for years. Roy reti …
• Penacook Elementary Principal Jenn Moore selected as SAU’s next assistant superintendent
  Jenn Moore, Penacook Elementary School’s principal of nine years, will transition next school year to serve as the assistant superintendent of the Merrimack Valley and Andover school districts. Moore has spent nearly her entire career in Merrimack Valley schools, starting as a special education teac …

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• St. Albans Creamery, city officials search for source of community stink
  Some people in the city of St. Albans say a mysterious smell has been creeping into their homes for most of this year.
• This Day in History: December 11, 1990
  A big fire in Burlington on this day in history.
• Lawmakers in Washington prepare to vote on dueling health care bills
  The Senate is expected to vote tomorrow on the future of health care costs.
• Freezing temps may have killed a homeless Barre man, officials say
  It appears the bitterly cold temperatures Monday night into Tuesday morning may have killed a homeless man in Barre.
• Federal funds coming to Vermont for July 2023 flood recovery
  Tens of millions in flood funding is on its way to Vermont.

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• Vermont directs flood recovery funds to housing on higher ground
  Vermont has in recent years lost hundreds of homes to flood damage and subsequent property buyouts.
• Man pleads guilty to 1986 killing of Manchester's Sarah Hunter
  Sarah Hunter, 32, was found dead in Pawlet nearly 40 years ago. The case went unresolved until David Morrison confessed to the crime last summer.
• More employees unionize at Porter Medical Center
  About 80 health professionals at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury will form a union with AFT-Vermont after voting 53-12 in favor of unionization Tuesday.
• Winter book recommendations from Vermont Edition
  A crack team of super readers from across the state recommend books to read and gift this season.
• Details remain scant as Vermont Air National Guard prepares for new federal mission
  The guard is expected to be deployed later this month but said it cannot disclose where it’s being deployed or for what purpose.

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• 10 Things to Do in NH this Weekend: Holiday haunts, Harleys, 'Bookmas' and Chanukah celebrations
  The Granite State is brimming with cheer, carols, and cookies, so we’re gifting you a few extra event ideas this week.
• NH housing market remained tight in November, with slight improvements in supply
  A New Hampshire Realtors report found the median sale price for a single-family home jumped 5% compared to the same time last year.
• Asistencia en español para seguros médicos. Nuevo fondo para preservar edificios históricos en NH.
  LCHIP, el programa de preservación del estado, dijo que varios proyectos este año abordaron temas como vivienda asequible y calidad del agua.
• Young artists light up NHPR with winter magic and radio memories
  For the third year in a row, NHPR invited young creators from across the Granite State to share their imaginations with us through the NHPR Young Artist Project.
• Holidays By Request 2025: Join NHPR for a live holiday celebration!
  To wrap up 2025 on a festive note, NHPR hosts Rick Ganley and Joe Boehnlein are bringing you two full hours of under-appreciated holiday tunes—all requested by listeners like you.

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