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Enterprising Vermont Farm Now Offering Pick-Your-Own Fall Foliage To Out-Of-State Leaf Peepers
Housing
“You Don’t Really Need A/C In Vermont” Says Broker Lowering It To 68
Entertainment
Every Babysitter In Upper Valley Booked For Shaggy Concert
Lebanon
Downtown Devitalization Efforts Help Transform Charming Coffeeshop Back Into Vacant Garage
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Direct Descendant Of The Biggest Asshole Aboard The Mayflower Opposed To Immigration
Genealogical records confirm the family has been unpleasant to new arrivals continuously since 1620.
Montessori Drivers' Ed School Encourages Students To Find Their Own Rules Of The Road; Four Dead
Instructors declined to intervene, citing the program’s commitment to self-directed learning.
"Live Free Or Die" State Can Not Figure Out How To Regulate Non-Deadly Drug
Lawmakers have spent eleven sessions studying a question every neighboring state has answered.
Dog Listserv'd For Being Dog
The animal has not responded to the thread, now in its fourth day and ninety-first message.
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Norwich
The person responsible for the King Arthur Café layout was sentenced to 15 years of waiting to go to prison.
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Town Council should do what works for me, not the decision they’ve made following careful analysis of the issue
While giving a cursory read of a recent article about an issue I sort of understand I was shocked that our volunteer civic leaders are prepared to vote in favor of a solution that doesn’t match my partially-informed knee-jerk reaction. Shame on them! As a life-long resident of this town, my half-baked opinion should matter more than those who have willingly invested their time analyzing this issue.
John Sanderson, Canaan
In Focus: The West Leb Bridge By The Old Sex Shop
New $21.1-Million West Leb Bridge By The Old Sex Shop Allows For Double-Decker Passenger Rail Service To Local Concrete Facility
Placeholder story. Officials say the second deck will carry passengers to the concrete plant at speeds approaching those of the sidewalk beside it.
City News
City That Depends Almost Entirely Upon Property Taxes To Fund City Budget Takes Weird Pride In Making It Hard To Grow Tax Base
A review of three decades of planning studies finds the City has consistently recommended growth to itself, then declined.
City Officials Successfully Defend City From Proposed Improvement
The proposal was withdrawn after its eleventh continuance, which officials characterized as a resolution.
City Determines How To Use Common Sense
A rediscovered pamphlet has thrown the Council into a two-hour debate over its own relevance.
Employee Who Gets Paid By Taxpayers Whether They Do Their Job Or Not Can’t Believe You’re Frustrated By The Actions They Took To Prevent Your Business From Succeeding
The department has asked for patience while it reviews the complaint it created.
City Rules City Rules Rule City
Officials confirmed the rules apply to everyone, then clarified which everyone.
Planning Department Chagrined To Admit They Designed $4 Million Roundabout Upside Down
Officials say the error was caught only after motorists began completing the circle in reverse.
News In Brief
Whataboutism Village Residential Development Opens After Eleven Years Of Community Input, Planning Approvals, And Administrative Delays
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City Amends Charter To Allow For It
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Police Blotter: Norwich
Editorial
Everything Is Going Great, And I’m Sure Everyone Is Trying Their Best
When I woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise, I had to close the shades as I’m very light-sensitive since being kicked in the head by a 17-hand thoroughbred chestnut horse.
Economy Columnist
I Pledge To Do Everything I Can To Address The Housing Crisis, Except Of Course Making It Easier To Build More Housing
As a regional employer I know that the housing shortage is the number one concern facing our employees and my company’s ability to hire and grow.