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The Walpolean
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  • Walpole Community Garden Info Session at the Library – 3/26/26
  • Selectboard Meeting Agenda – 3/18/26
    TOWN OF WALPOLE SELECTBOARD MEETING AGENDA March 18, 2026 Starting at 6:30 PM in the Town Hall SELECTBOARD MEETING OPENING OF MEETING ELECTION OF CHAIR SELECTBOARD LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2026 PAYROLL Payroll Register totaling $2,522.00 dated 3/20/2026 and the 941 Payroll Tax Transfer of $624.20 Pay …
  • Library Trustees Meeting Minutes – 3/10/26
    Walpole Town Library Board of Trustees Meeting March 10, 2026 Present : Kathy Nerrie (Treasurer), Gail LaHaise, Bill Ranauro, Susan Johnson, Erin Bowen, Jean Kobeski (Recording Secretary), Jane Malmberg (Library Director) Absent:  Amy Howard (Chair), Jana Sellarole, Sarah Mann Susan called the meeti …
  • Planning Board Meeting Minutes – 3/10/26
    Walpole Planning Board March Minutes Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Town Hall 7 pm These minutes are unapproved and will be reviewed for corrections at the April 2026 meeting. Role Call:  Board present: Chair Jeff Miller, Vice-Chair Dennis Marcom, Jeff Harrington, Trevor MacLachlan, Joanna Andros, Select B …
  • Selectboard Meeting Minutes – 3/5/26
    Town of Walpole, New Hampshire Meeting of the Selectboard March 5, 2026 Selectboard Present: Steven Dalessio, Chair; Carolyn Vose and Cheryl Mayberry Staff Present: Sarah Downing, Manager of Administration, and Sue Bauer, Recording Secretary Guests Present: Sue Nadeau Call to Order: Mr. Dalessio cal …


Vermont Journal / Shopper
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  • Robert Merriam, 1935-2026 🇺🇸
    LUDLOW, Vt. – Robert “Bob” Merriam, 90, passed away peacefully at home on March 8, 2026, after a brief fight against cancer. He was born on July 12, 1935, the son of Harold and Earline Merriam, of Bridgewater, Vt. Following high school in Woodstock, Vt., Bob attended Wentworth Institute of Technolog …
  • Governor’s Institutes of Vermont summer programs
    Students at the 2025 Governor’s Institutes of Vermont’s Weather & Climate Science Institute prepare to launch a weather balloon. Photo provided by Governor’s Institute of Vermont REGION – Vermont high school students currently in grades 9-11 are invited to apply for immersive, career-focused summer …
  • New Saxtons River Fire Station receives federal funding
    The former Saxtons River Fire Station building. Photo by Joe Milliken BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – The new Rockingham Fire and Rescue Department was recently granted a $598,000 federal earmark to build a new fire station in Saxtons River, including expanded emergency services. U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, of Verm …
  • Warmth and fiber crafting at Rockingham Library
    BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – On Saturday, March 21, from 11am-1pm, please join the Rockingham Free Public Library for March-aritaville, a celebration of warmth and fiber crafting. It’s March outside, but in the library, we will warm up with cozy crafts and summery vibes. Join fiber enthusiasts who will teac …
  • Vermont poet laureate at Chester Town Hall
    CHESTER, Vt. – On Saturday, March 21, at 1 p.m., Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone returns to Chester Town Hall to present her “The State of Poetry” project, a traveling community-building initiative in which she will share poems written by past Vermont poet laureates that illuminate and speak to t …


Valley News
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  • William Warnken Jr.
    William Warnken, Jr. Newbury, NH – William P. Warnken, Jr. ( Coach Bill) died unexpectedly at his home on March 14th, 2026 at the age of 77. Bill was born on April 13th, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of William P. Senior, and Julia Elizabeth ( Van Allen ). Following a move to Long Island, Bill gradu …
  • Beverly Trask Ricker
    Beverly Trask Ricker White River Jct., VT – Beverly Trask Ricker, 97, passed away peacefully on March 17, 2026, at The Village at White River Junction, where she had resided for the past three years. Born Beverly Lois Trask on November 25, 1928, at home in East Brookfield, VT, she was the third chil …
  • Kevin O’Reilly
    Kevin O’Reilly Meriden, NH – Kevin O’Reilly, 78, of Meriden, New Hampshire, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2026. Kevin was born on June 2, 1947, in Brighton, Massachusetts, to Daniel and Mary O’Reilly. Raised in Arlington, Massachusetts with his brothers Daniel and Joseph (“Bud”), he attended Ar …
  • Herbert Cornell Jr.
    Herbert Cornell Jr. Enfield, NH – Herbert Daniel Cornell Jr., age 74, passed Saturday, March 14, 2026. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Arrangements have been entrusted to Ricker Funeral Home & Crematory. Click here to sign the guest book or honor their me …
  • Dartmouth’s Stavroff named top-10 finalist for player of year
    For the first time in nearly 20 years and only the second time in program history, Dartmouth College men’s hockey has had a team member named as a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, which is given annually to the top player in men’s college hockey.  Big Green sophomore Hayden Stavro …


Brattleboro Reformer
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  • The Mindful Minute by Jon Heydenreich: Going somewhere?
    He took wine tasting classes in order to distinguish various flavors in wine. All of which is hieroglyphics to me. But he took a measure of pride being able to taste the oak or cherry or whatever he was tasting. He took Mozart classes. He spent months re-doing a room in his house as he styled himsel …
  • Workshop will teach about Vermont's legislative process
    BELLOWS FALLS — Immediately following the March 21 session of Legislators at the Rockingham Free Public Library, (from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. every third Saturday during the Legislative session) state Reps. Michelle Bos-Lun and Leslie Goldman for the Windham 3 district will be hosting an informational …
  • Vermontitude Episode 136: Portable Solar, with guest Stephen Dotson
    In this week’s Vermontitude video webcast, host Peter “Fish” Case chats with Stephen Dotson, sustainability coordinator for the town of Brattleboro, about new solar panels for any home or renter. Please fill out the survey: https://brattleboro.gov/portablesolar. Vermontitude is brought to you by Ver …
  • Boys & Girls Club gets top quality rating
    BRATTLEBORO — The Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro’s afterschool program at Retreat Farm has advanced to Level-5 in the state-wide STARS Program. STARS (STep Ahead Recognition System) is Vermont’s quality recognition and improvement system for child care, preschool, and afterschool programs. Partici …
  • Brattleboro Open Town Meeting will be April 11
    BRATTLEBORO — During Town Meeting Day on March 3, Brattleboro voters discontinued Representative Town Meeting. RTM, which had been originally scheduled for March 21, has been canceled, and Open Town Meeting will replace it on Saturday, April 11. At Open Town Meeting, all registered voters who are pr …


Chester Telegraph
chestertelegraph.org

  • First hearing in MacGinnis v Chester perplexes judge
    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC WOODSTOCK For most of the status conference in the lawsuit that Kirk and Michelle MacGinnis have brought against the Town of Chester, Superior Court Judge Kerry Ann McDonald-Cady struggled to understand what the plaintiffs wanted and whether the ty …
  • Chester’s Chase announces run for Democratic nomination for state Senate’s Windsor District
     Heather Chase, a business owner who has served on the Chester Select Board and in the Vermont House of Representatives, announces her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the Vermont Senate from the Windsor District on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Despite the cold temperatures and blowing sl …
  • Chester Select Board agenda for March 18
    The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 18 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and remotely via Zoom. Belwo is the board’s agenda: 1. Approval of Minutes of March 4, 2026 Select board Meeting 2. Citizen’s Comments 3. Old Business 4. Sharon Baker; Permission to …
  • Chester board adopts policy on public records requests
    By Shawn Cunningham © 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC Chester board discusses new policy on public record requests. Courtesy SAPA TV The first Select Board meeting after the town’s annual meeting is usually a light one and last Wednesday’s Chester Select Board confab was even lighter than its agenda p …
  • GMUSD Board agenda for March 19
    The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday March 17 at the Green Mountain High School Library, 716 Rt. 103 South and remotely via Zoom. Below is the board’s agenda: I. Call to Order 6 p.m. a. Roll Call – Confirming a Quorum II. Approval of Ag …


Seven Days
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Concord Monitor
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  • Greenlands Power Equipment in Concord closing after 89 years
    Greenlands Outdoor Power Equipment, which has been in Concord under the same name since 1937, is closing at the end of the month for reasons that will sound familiar to many small-business owners. “My wife and I want to go in a different direction,” said owner Joshua Stern, who bought Greenlands in …
  • Opinion: Trashing the playground
    A caveat to start. As I understand — and in my opinion — Casella Waste Systems plans to bring millions of tons of out-of-state trash to New Hampshire’s North Country, pursuing landfill operations in Dalton and Bethlehem, and a trash transfer station in Twin Mountain/Carroll. If these projects are pe …
  • Opinion: War is not a game
    The sun rose as usual on that 28th day of February, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. And like every morning, over 165 girls woke up and likely ate a breakfast of flatbread with butter, cheese, jam or honey. If it was chilly out, a bowl of lentil soup might have been in order. And a …
  • Marilyn Bowser Siff
    Marilyn Bowser Siff Concord, NH – Born October 17, 1923 Welcomed by Saint Peter through the pearly gates, March 16th, 2026 and reuniting with her husband of 75 years Robert Siff, whereupon she immediately got their clothes into the laundry, made them a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich and made the …
  • Joyce R. Jordan
    Joyce R. Jordan Venice, FL – Joyce R. (Lanzo) Jordan, of Venice, FL, and formerly of Concord and Canterbury, NH, passed away peacefully on March 5 after a period of declining health. She was born in Concord, NH, on September 10, 1944, the daughter of Alphonse and Hazel (Whitney) Lanzo. A 1963 Gradua …


WCAX
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VPR
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NHPR
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Vermont state government
VT Alert

  • Here's something in green that will help you and your family on St
    Here’s something in green that will help you and your family on St. Patrick’s Day, and every other day of the year. Register for VT-ALERT! www.vtalert.gov (Feed generated with FetchRSS) …
  • Here are the highest reported winds so far
    Here are the highest reported winds so far. Another couple rounds of strong winds will happen through tonight.(Feed generated with FetchRSS) …
  • We're hiring!
    We’re hiring! VEM Operations Specialist: support the VEM Watch Desk by monitoring developing incidents, maintaining statewide situational awareness, and helping deliver timely public alerts. https://careers.vermont.gov/job/Waterbury-VEM-Operations-Specialist-VT-05677/1373547500/ (Feed generated with …
  • Strong winds and rain today
    Strong winds and rain today. Patches of freezing east of the Green Mountains are also possible until 7 this morning. A cold front will usher in briefly heavy rain this afternoon into tonight. The front will be stronger across the St. Lawrence Valley with a rumble of thunder possible. The front preci …
  • Power outage safety:
    Power outage safety: https://vem.vermont.gov/preparedness/power-outages Strong winds are on the way. Secure or take in anything that could blow around and create a hazard. Charge your cell phones, have a flashlight handy (don’t waste your phone battery for light), and have a way to stay warm in case …


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