SO NICE TO SEE YOU, UPPER VALLEY!
Mostly sunny today, though there'll be clouds, high around 20 in the afternoon. It's going to be a bit gusty, so wind chills in the single digits. Wear that scarf proudly!Norwich luminary wins Hartford Selectboard seat. Dan Fraser, co-owner and moving force at Dan & Whit's, was elected to replace Rebecca White as she moves on to the state legislature. Fraser's lived in WRJ for decades. Oh, and the town budget passed. (VN, subscription required)Meanwhile, in Norwich itself, Roger Arnold unseats Linda Cook; John Langhus is re-elected. Voters also opted to reduce use of fossil fuels, but defeated money for trails for alternative commuting routes. Up in Thetford, Nick Clark won a seat on the SB; in Woodstock, incumbents John Doten and Jill Davies beat back SB challengers. (VN, you know the drill)Springfield votes down its school budget. It called for about 10 percent higher spending. And in nearby Weathersfield, voters axed the fire department budget.Elsewhere around Vermont: progressives shifted the balance on the Burlington city council, Morristown is now Morrisville, and plastic bags are getting banned.WRJ's Phnom Penh gets its moment in the sun. A long writeup in Seven Days offers the full history of Sarin Tin and Lay Yi's restaurant adventures, plus a contented review.Someone's been spoofing the Grafton County Sheriff's phone number to scam residents. They're purporting to be from the sheriff's office and claiming people missed jury duty and need to pay a penalty.Dartmouth offers its view of itself to the world. Preparing for reaccreditation, it's put out a 100-page "self-study" draft covering pretty much everything there is to cover--at least, from an institutional perch. If you want to know what the college cares about and how it operates, settle in by the fire...NH lawmakers go viral for wearing pearls. A long day of debate in the state House yesterday over a measure to prohibit firearms possession for people who pose a risk to themselves or others. What got national attention was a group of male legislators who appeared to be mocking activists from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.Vermont's been spending more on child care but spots for kids are declining. Norwichite and former Ed Secretary Rebecca Holcombe digs into why this might be happening. "We’ve invested substantial new resources in early care and learning, yet have fewer spots and pronounced childcare 'deserts.'IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GET YOURSELF SOME PLANS FOR TONIGHTMaybe you want to hear about how the opioid crisis is just the latest in a long line of pharmaceutical addictions. David Herzberg, a prof at SUNY-Buffalo who studies the history of prescription drug abuse in this country, will be this month's VT Humanities Council First Wednesday lecturer in Norwich.Or there's mezzo-soprano Sarah Nelson Craft and pianist Deirdre Brenner at the HOP. Both are 2001 Dartmouth alums who've gone on to international careers. They'll be performing art songs focused on forests and nature.Okay! Time to face the day! See you tomorrow.
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