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Jonathan Gleason, 55, photographed at his home in Ludlow, Vt., on Monday, July 15, 2024, is a candidate in the Windsor Senate District Republican Primary. Formerly a painting contractor in Wayland, Mass., Gleason moved to Vermont full-time four years ago and now works year round as a ski instructor, house keeper and at the ropes course for Okemo resort. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected].

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — This past Town Meeting season was a particularly challenging one for public officials overseeing Vermont school budgets.Anxieties over rising costs, expiring pandemic-era federal aid and confusion over the state’s new funding...

Steve Aikenhead, left, gets an enthusiastic greeting from Windsor County Senators Becca White, D-Hartford, second left, and Alison Clarkson, D-Woodstock, second right, and candidate for state representative Mark Yuengling, D-Weathersfield, right, as he arrives to vote and volunteer at the Weathersfield, Vt., polls on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected]. Valley News Photographs — James M. Patterson

New Hampshire State Police wearing riot gear gather before crossing Dartmouth College Green to remove protesters who set up tents to protest of the Israel-Hamas War in Hanover, N.H., on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected]. valley news file — James M. Patterson

Hanover director of public works Pete Kulbacki, center, Selectboard chair Carey Callaghan, second from right, and interim town manager Robert Houseman, right, take feedback from members of the public regarding the arrest of protesters on the Dartmouth College Green on May 1, during a listening session held by the Hanover Selectboard at the Howe Library in Hanover, N.H., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. The session was organized after residents expressed a desire for accountability and information during Town Meeting in May, which Selectboard members said was not the correct venue for that discussion. (Valley News - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected]. valley news photographs — Alex Driehaus

HAVERHILL — An incumbent and two challengers are seeking the Republican Party’s nomination in the Grafton 5 district to fill two seats in the New Hampshire House.

WEST LEBANON — As the new school year begins, Upper Valley school officials, like their counterparts around the country, are trying a variety of approaches to limit cellphone use during classes.The efforts come as public health experts warn about the...

A rendering of the former Brookside nursing home property in Wilder, Vt., that will be converted into a multi-family residential building with 38 apartments. (Courtesy Studio Nexus) Courtesy Studio Nexus

N.H. Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut Andrew Sylvia/Manchester InkLink, file

The online course chosen for use in NH high schools consists of 15 educational videos, averaging five minutes apiece.