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A new kind of craft fair comes to Vermont this weekend
Are you already thinking about the 2027 concert season?
Vermont’s top-of-the-ticket races stole the headlines on election night, but voters also decided several important statewide races and ballot measures. Read the story on VTDigger here: The results from Vermont’s 2026 general election .
In 1753, a surveyor and his two helpers camped by a pond and heard strange sounds until nearly morning. His diary already used the word haunted for the place, so that night probably didn’t help anybody relax. I love that the eerie label showed up before any town was...
The Bolton Valley Access Road has a planned partial closure in place Friday, November 6.
How many helicopters are involved in the firefighting efforts?. GORHAM, New Hampshire (WGME) -- The Wild River Fire in New Hampshire has spread to approximately 1,000 acres. The wildfire is only 11% contained. The U.S. Forest Service says more than 50 personnel and two helicopters have been assigned to fight...
New Hampshire Democratic Senate candidate, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas speaks to supporters and media outside of the Webster Elementary School on Nov. 3, 2026 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images) On Tuesday night, two things happened at once, and the country will be tempted to remember only one of...
High-profile challenges for statewide office and national interest in the balance of congressional power helped lift Vermont voter participation to 61% in Tuesday’s midterm election, surpassing recent historical averages across the state.
Election Day has come and gone, so it’s time to turn your attention to registering your vote in favor of the Vermont arts and entertainment scene. Awkward political metaphors aside, the days after the march to the polls are busy, busy, busy in the creative world. That’s especially the case with music and theater, which dominate this list of things to do. Music ranges from folk singers and local rockers to string quartets and Prokofiev’s “Romeo & Juliet” for strings and percussion. Plays by Moliere and Rajiv Joseph lead the charge for Vermont theater companies. Now go out there and show your support! ‘Ballad of Maria Marten’ at St. Michael’s College 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5-Saturday, Nov. 7, the St. Michael’s College Performing Arts Program offers three nights of the Beth Flintoff play “ The Ballad of Maria Marten ,” which addresses domestic violence and will include representation in the theater lobby from STEPS to End Domestic Violence, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester. Free. smcvt.edu Make way for Moliere in Middlebury 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, an update of Moliere’s classic skewering of pomposity, “ Tartuffe ,” opens its run by the Middlebury Acting Company through Sunday, Nov.
A Curtis Fund scholarship closed Makayla Towne’s college funding gap and opened the door to more than a degree. Now a Clark University senior preparing for medical school, she plans to return to Vermont as a psychiatrist serving neurodivergent teens—and give back to the community that raised her. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont invested in her. Now she’s coming back. .
PLYMOUTH — Laconia Fire Chief Tim Joubert believes he works in the department of “human beings.”. It’s this thinking which landed him the 2026 Peter Harris Award, bestowed by Lakes Region Mental Health Center, during their annual meeting on Oct. 27. Each year, the award recognizes outstanding citizens for their contributions to furthering educational opportunities and conversations around supporting mental health.
A ballot measure meant to eliminate a defunct county-level position within the state’s judicial system just barely failed in Tuesday’s election, preliminary results show. According to the Associated Press, 64.7% of voters opted to abolish the register of probate, with 96% of votes counted. That’s just shy of the two-thirds majority needed. The New Hampshire […]
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte says the Trump administration will work to keep Medicare Advantage coverage in Coos and Carroll counties through 2027, a day after insurers said no plans would be offered in Coos County. Up to 27,000 Coos County seniors were at risk of losing coverage, and Medicare open enrollment closes Dec. 7. […] The post New Hampshire’s governor says federal officials will work to keep Medicare Advantage in Coos and Carroll counties through 2027 after insurers left Coos with no plans appeared first on The Money Overview .
CONCORD – The state has never had an all-Democratic Executive Council, but it appears from unofficial vote tallies that it will have one for the next two years after voters turned out and turned down re-election bids for four seats held by Republicans, Tuesday. “This election marks an extraordinary...
The amount of available office space in New Hampshire is shrinking and becoming more expensive to lease due to a lack of new construction and higher demand that is still trying to find its footing post-COVID. “With demand holding up and little new space coming online, the market could keep...
PORTLAND (WGME) -- A more than 800-acre wildfire is burning through New Hampshire's White Mountains. Only a small percentage of the fire is contained as crews in the air and on the ground race to put it out. One big challenge crews have faced is extremely dry conditions fueling the...
WEST LEBANON, N.H. (WCAX) - Following near-total Democratic victories across New Hampshire on Tuesday, re-elected Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte must now prepare to govern alongside an opposition-controlled Statehouse and an all-Democratic Executive Council. It was an historic election in the Granite State, from the race for the United States Senate...
The Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (UVLSRPC) received a $1.17 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a road safety plan that supports the 27 communities in the commission’s region. The five-year planning grant comes from the Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads...
For the New Hampshire Veterans Association, founded by Civil War veterans in 1875 and based at Weirs Beach in Laconia, 2026 is an important year. This year marks the launch of a $2 million campaign designed to restore and maintain the historic buildings on and adjacent to Lakeside Avenue, as well as to improve the infrastructure and campgrounds that welcome tents, trailers, and motor homes each summer.
CONCORD, NH (November 3, 2026): The Secretary of State has randomly selected a ballot counting device in each of the following towns and city wards for a post-election audit in accordance with RSA 660:35. Liberty Votes ImageCast Precinct 2 Ballot Counting Device. Hudson. Manchester Ward 7. Concord Ward 4. Laconia...
