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Hello, Upper Valley!

We’re running off the high from an exciting midterm election week with a renewed sense of energy towards our mission of nonprofit journalism, local democracy, and a creative community. We’re also preparing for the “JAMmys,” our year-end awards ceremony celebrating all the people who walk through our doors.

Whether you watch our gavel-to-gavel coverage of your town’s Selectboard meetings, take a media ed course, enroll your children in JAM Camp, thank you for supporting us. Read our full year-end letter here, and please consider donating to JAM’s year end campaign. 

– Ana (Communications Coordinator)

This week's Upper Valley features

At the 264th annual Hartland Town Meeting, the well-worn American tenets of democracy were renewed… by Hartford Elementary 8th graders recording the meeting with JAM staff, as part of “Media & Democracy,” a special project funded by the Vermont Community Foundation. 

With Hartland’s tradition of open debate and bringing legislators in, community members shared their thoughts and listened to updates from Montpelier from State Rep. John Bartholomew, and State Senators Joe Major and Becca White. 3/3/26 Produced by Hartford Elementary students and Chico Eastridge for JAM.

In honor of Veteran’s Day (11/11), JAM would like to share the late Dartmouth President Emeritus James Wright’s 2021 discussion on the shifting landscape of war. While the public has not always had a strong understanding of the experiences of veterans, this discussion aims to better comprehend the sacrifice of those who served. 11/11/21 Courtesy of the Dickey Center.

What exactly is the “Upper Valley?” Is it a region or more of a vibe? Hosts Jimmy Coleman (Upper Valley Welcome Wagon) and Miranda Dupre (BIPOC Home and Business Ownership Program) have created a new podcast discussing these questions and diving into our area’s unique characteristics, culture, and history.

Civic participation

Norwich Selectboard 10/28/26

In this combined special meeting and regular meeting, watch the Norwich Selectboard discuss an employee-related contract and the Finance Committee’s roles, responsibilities, and involvement in the upcoming fall budget. 

JAM provides gavel-to-gavel coverage of local government and school board meetings for our five coverage towns:

🟩 Hanover 🟦 Hartford 🟥 Hartland 🟪 Lebanon 🟨 Norwich

Creative community

Lampshade Poets' open mic... invites all poets to read an original piece or two aloud at JAM. Poets have the opportunity to be videoed for JAM’s cable and YouTube channels. Not sure you're ready to read? Join as supportive audience! Free and open to all.

Thu Nov 12 6-7:30PM @ JAM

Whether you're an introvert or a seasoned orator, tell your story... at Story JAM, a bi-monthly circle. All will be given a chance to share an unrehearsed, 5-minute story from your life. Moderators will make sure everyone can speak.

Thu Nov 19 6-7:30PM @ JAM

JAM Media Services

JAM provides diverse media services to the greater Upper Valley region of VT and NH and is often able to provide media coverage of community events for broadcast on JAM channels. JAM also provides professional for-hire media services for custom video and audio production needs. JAM broadcasts, streams, and archives local content on cable, and we support year-round live media coverage of public government and school board meetings as core to our public access service commitment. Learn more at uvjam.org.

JAM Media Services client spotlight: The City of Lebanon hired JAM to create a short video educating the community about the wastewater treatment process. JAM can deliver completed media files to clients for use on their own social media channels, websites or other platforms. JAM staff are available for consultations on your media services needs.  

Thank you!

JAM relies on diverse funding sources to sustain our nonprofit community media services. We wish to thank the Comcast and VTel cable subscribers, voters in our service area towns, the State of Vermont, individual donors, local business sponsors, and public and private foundations who make our work possible. JAM media education programs and events are made possible in part by grants from VT Humanities, VT Arts Council, NH Charitable Foundation, Couch Family Foundation, M&T Bank Foundation, Jane B. Cook 1992 Trust, Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Adimab, LLC Community Grant, and charitable contributions from community members like you.

Weekly Highlights - Nov 11, 2026

JAM – Junction Arts & Media

Contact us at info@uvjam.org