Lynne A. Smith

White River Junction, VT – Lynne A. Smith, 69, died on Monday, April 13, 2026 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.

Lynne was born on June 9, 1956, in Patterson, NJ, to George and Ruth (Dittmare) Gielen. She grew up in Pittsford, VT, and graduated from Otter Valley High School in 1974. She later attended Green Mountain College. Aft...

Frances M. Holt

White River Jct., VT – Frances M. Holt, 79, died on Friday, April 10, 2026, in Lebanon, NH. She was born on May 22, 1946, in Concord, NH, to Harold and Dorothy (Edgerly) Holt.

Fran graduated from Laconia High School and later from Berkshire Christian College. She enlisted in the US Army and served for three years as an LNA at Brooks Army Medical ...

A controversial universal open enrollment bill moved one step closer to becoming law Monday after the Republican majority on a House education committee approved its passage.

The bill, SB 101, would allow students to enroll in any public school in the state with available space at no expense to their families.

Under current law, school districts can lim...

A man charged with shooting three Palestinian students more than two years ago is competent to stand trial, a Vermont judge ruled last week.

Jason Eaton, 50, is accused of shooting the Palestinian students as they walked on North Prospect Street in Burlington on the evening of Nov. 25, 2023, a month after the start of Israel’s war in Gaza. The three men, two of the...

CLAREMONT — After a nearly two-hour discussion, the Planning Board unanimously approved the site plan for a new 32,500-square-foot facility for West Central Behavioral Services on the site of the former Moose Lodge on Broad Street.

The new facility will house all facets of West Central’s services, including those for both adults and children, as well as the finance...