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Check out WOOL’s newest show, it’s “Off the Rails” with Samantha and Chris every other Sunday at 2:00 PM. They’ll play all those favorites you know and love.

Tune in to Gary Coger’s newest newest show Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM. “Coffee and Eggs” is an hour focusing on great singer-songwriter music.

Important Note: Starting on Monday, March 2, WOOL’s morning broadcast of Democracy Now! moved from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM and is now aired as a LIVE show.

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The Walpolean
thewalpolean.org

  • Updated Planning Board Agenda – 3/10/26
    Walpole Planning Board Agenda Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Town Hall 7 pm Roll Call: Appointment of alternates if needed. Call to order:  Minutes: Review minutes of the January 2026 meeting. Old Business: Public Hearing: No. 1  Subdivision: Elisse McGuirk 2000 Living Trust, 167 Valley Road,  Tax Map 13, …
  • Selectboard Meeting Agenda – 3/5/26
    TOWN OF WALPOLE SELECTBOARD MEETING AGENDA March 5, 2026 Starting at 6:30 PM in the Town Hall HOOPER TRUSTEES MEETING HOOPER TRUSTEES NON-PUBLIC BUSINESS: RSA 91-A:3 II (b) HOOPER TRUSTEES PUBLIC BUSINESS HOOPER TRUSTEES MINUTES Hooper Trustees Meeting – February 19, 2026 SELECTBOARD MEETING PAYROLL …
  • Obituary for Pam Bernard
    PAM BERNARD 1944-2026 Award-winning poet, author, and beloved Walpole writing teacher Pam Bernard died peacefully on February 22, 2026, at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  Born October 21, 1944, in Branford, Connecticut, Pam was the youngest of nine sib …
  • Hooper Institute Wish List
    Check out our Hooper Wishlist! Donations to our wishlist help stock our building and classroom with materials needed to run future programs including cooking classes, building rentals, camps, school programs, adult workshops, and more. The wishlist can also be found here on our website: https://www. …
  • Walpole Junior Players Presents James and the Giant Peach – 3/14 & 3/15/26


Vermont Journal / Shopper
vermontjournal.com

  • Ludlow Rotary Club holds winter celebration
    Ludlow Rotary members celebrate winter with sledding and a fire. Photo provided LUDLOW, Vt. – The Ludlow Rotary Club couldn’t have asked for better conditions as we gathered in Belmont for an old-fashioned winter celebration. The air was crisp, the snow was fast, and the company was even better. We …
  • Vermont Town Meeting 2026 results
    Town Meeting 2026 results. Photo by Arnaud Jaegers REGION – Below are the results of 2026 Town Meeting votes from throughout The Vermont Journal’s coverage area. This list will be updated as more results become available.   Andover Article 5, town budget, $1,333,006.76, with $1,160,455.12 to be rais …
  • Lunar New Year celebrated in Springfield
    Participants practice tai chi at the Springfield Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse. Photo provided SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – On Feb. 17, Springfield Tai Chi teachers Jo Bregnard, Karen Gautney, and Sue Rubel ushered in the Lunar New Year with about 30 tai chi participants at the Springfield Unitarian Uni …
  • CCCD local work group meeting
    REGION – The Cheshire County Conservation District (CCCD), Sullivan County Conservation District, and USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) will host the 2026 local work group meeting on Monday, March 16, from 5-6:30 p.m., at the County Farm Red Barn, 193 River Road, Westmoreland, N.H. L …
  • Londonderry Town Meeting 2026
    Londonderry, Vt. LONDONDERRY, Vt. – At the Londonderry Town Meeting, on Monday, March 2, Doug Friant was reappointed to the position of town moderator, and explained the rules of the meeting. State Rep. Chris Morrow then spoke on the legislature, stating that the three biggest topics are education, …


Valley News
vnews.com (Five-article monthly paywall)

  • Letter: Vote no on Article 8
    Vote no on Article 8 We are writing to the residents of Claremont who will be going to the voting booth on Tuesday, March 10. It is important for you all to recognize that the budget cap written into warrant Article 8 on he ballot in Claremont was written by Free Staters who want to decimate our pub …
  • Results: Lyme voters pass $9.86M school budget
    LYME — Voters approved, 99 to 69, a proposed school budget of $9.86 million at the annual school district meeting on Thursday evening. The new budget represents a roughly $450,000 increase from last year’s budget. Roughly 11%, or 168, of registered voters were present at Thursday’s meeting. Voters a …
  • Letter: Thetford invests in belonging
    Thetford invests in belonging On behalf of the Special Needs Support Center (SNSC), I want to sincerely thank the town of Thetford for approving a $2,000 appropriation on Feb. 28. We are grateful to the Selectboard and to Thetford residents for investing in supports that help ensure people with disa …
  • Windsor High one win away from Division III state championship repeat
    BARRE, Vt. — The Windsor High girls’ basketball team is one win away from repeating as Division III state champions after routing Oxbow High, 69-44, in a semifinal matchup on Thursday night at Barre Auditorium.  When the teams played in last season’s state championship game, it decided by three poin …
  • A Solitary Walker: The Karma Cup — a little good, a little bad
    Every year, on one weekend in February, the Hulbert Center on Lake Morey is taken over by Village Harmony—a beloved Vermont institution—and around 90 people who have come to dance and sing traditional songs. From Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Chicago, these farmers, teachers, m …


Brattleboro Reformer
reformer.com (Five-article monthly paywall)

  • Lucky Bingo at the Winston Prouty Center
    BRATTLEBORO — The Winston Prouty Center invites the community to the third annual Bingo Night fundraiser on Wednesday, March 18. The event will take place in Thomas Hall at 209 Austine Drive. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6 p.m. This year’s theme is Lucky Bingo: anyone who wears green …
  • Miller Farm to host birding workshop March 17
    VERNON — The Cheshire County Conservation District (CCCD) in partnership with the Monadnock Nature and Bird Club, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District (Windham NRCD), Monadnock Outdoors, and Southeastern Vermont Audubon Society ar …
  • Traffic lights at Main/Canal/Vernon streets in Brattleboro will remain flashing
    BRATTLEBORO — The traffic lights on lower Main Street at the intersections with Canal Street and Vernon Street are not cycling properly. The Brattleboro Public Works Department says repairs are anticipated to be made on Monday, March 9. Until the repairs are made, the lights will remain on flash. “W …
  • Registration for Brattleboro summer camp opens March 16
    BRATTLEBORO — Registration for summer camps and programs offered by the Brattleboro Recreation and Parks Department will begin both online and in person on Monday, March 16. Individuals can register online at https://vtbrattleboroweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/ or in person Monday through Friday from …
  • Protest and resist at Jamaica's community sing-along
    JAMAICA — Voices will rise in harmony on Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m. as community members gather at the historic Jamaica Town Hall for Jamaica Sings: Songs for Protest and Resistance, described as a spirited community sing-a-long sponsored by Jamaica for Democracy, a non-partisan community group comm …


Chester Telegraph
chestertelegraph.org

  • Whisper, internet campaigns fail as Jonynas, Roper, Fierman, Bailey win their Chester races
    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC With an unusually large number of contested races and two instances of controversial election shenanigans, Chester’s results for Select Board and school board campaigns have been highly anticipated. In the end, Democrats had a blowout night with al …
  • Chester Select Board agenda for March 4
    The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 4, 2026 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. Below is its agenda 1. Reorganization of the Board 2. Approval of Minutes of February 18, 2026 Select board Meeting and February 18, 2026 Special Select board Mee …
  • Election results for Andover and Weston
    ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC At Andover’s Monday night Town Meeting, voters elected incumbent Melissa Gates Perry to another three-year term and incumbents Susan Leader and Chris Walker to one-year terms on the five member board. Voters also gave Jeanette Hazeltine another municipal hat-trick elec …
  • Chester votes down 1% Local Option Tax; Frank Kelley steps up as Town Moderator
    After a ballot vote was called for Article 7 — the 1 percent Local Option Tax — voters line up to have their names checked off and to receive their ballot. All photos by Shawn Cunningham. By Cynthia Prairie and Shawn Cunningham ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC The proposed 1 percent Local Option Tax o …
  • Bailey drops out of school board race amid ‘worry for my wife’s safety’
    By Cynthia Prairie © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Jesse Bailey has decided to drop out of the race for the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District. His decision comes after two days of facing outrage, criticism, but also support, when a right-wing troll from Brattleboro found, repackage …


Seven Days
sevendaysvt.com

  • VTDigger Editor-in-Chief to Step Down
    Updated at 4:27 p.m. Less than a year after taking the helm as editor-in-chief of online statewide news site VTDigger, Geeta Anand is stepping down. Anand’s last day will be June 30, according to an announcement published by Digger on Friday. She joined the online news outlet last July. She plans to …
  • News Quiz: How many school budgets did not pass on Town Meeting Day this year?
    The post News Quiz: How many school budgets did not pass on Town Meeting Day this year? appeared first on Seven Days. …
  • Obituary: Gordon R. Wilkins, 1941-2026
    Gordon Wilkins Credit: Courtesy Gordon R. “Gordie” Wilkins, 84, of Burlington, Vt., passed away peacefully on February 21, 2026. We imagine he navigated the back roads home in his old Volvo station wagon with a gas-station coffee in the cupholder and a University of Vermont hockey game on the radio. …
  • Obituary: William (Bill) Arthur Mraz, 1936-2026
    William “Bill” Mraz Credit: Courtesy William (Bill) Arthur Mraz passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 25, 2026, just a few weeks shy of his 90th birthday. He was born in Middlebury on March 17, 1936 — St. Patrick’s Day. Despite not having a speck of Irish in him, h …
  • Obituary: Timothy H. Bouvier, 1955-2026
    Timothy Bouvier Credit: Courtesy Timothy H. Bouvier, age 70, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Sun City, Fla., on Thursday, January 15, after a battle with ALS. He was born on June 29, 1955, in Burlington, Vt., to Harold and Virginia Bouvier (Penders). He attended Burlington schools …


Concord Monitor
concordmonitor.com (Five-article monthly paywall)


WCAX
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VPR
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NHPR
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Vermont state government
VT Alert


VTDigger

  • Doris Tennant: Who decides when we go to war?
    Dear Editor,Trump has unleashed the dogs of war, and the Vermont National Guard has been deployed to the Middle East under federal rules, with F-35 fighters from Vermont having been positioned for attack and now likely in play.   The Defend the Guard Act, introduced in the Vermont House by Rep. Troy …
  • Peter Rinaldi: Vermont’s transfer tax drove us away
    Dear Editor, Although we are Florida residents, my wife and I love Vermont and spend six months a year here, enjoying the scenery and skiing. When we bought our condo in Moretown in January 2023, we paid 1.25 % transfer tax on the property, plus a small clean water surcharge. Because of my recent di …
  • VTDigger announces newsroom leadership changes
    VTDigger Editor-in-Chief Geeta Anand speaks during a conversation with David Goodman at the Manchester Community Library in Manchester on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger VTDigger announced today that Editor-in-Chief Geeta Anand will step down on June 30, 2026, as she retu …
  • Vermont targeted in federal investigation of Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse 
    Jill Mazza Olson, deputy director for health care reform at the Vermont Agency of Human Services, speaks before the Senate Health and Welfare Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated March 6 at 4:05 p.m. Vermont is the target o …
  • From cookies to community: one impact investor’s story
    VCLF Impact Investor Nicki Steel in her garden in southern Vermont. It was a warm summer day in cherry growing country of rural Michigan when Nicki Steel’s dad pulled the car over to the side of the road. She watched as he got out to help a family of migrant workers whose vehicle had stalled. When h …

The Commons

The Commons