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Senate’s education funding bill makes dent in tax increase but kicks the can on big change
By ETHAN WEINSTEIN
The Senate’s version of the annual education funding bill, passed Wednesday night, would make a dent in Vermonters’ looming property tax increases but stopped short of changing the system. By and large, the bill punts tough questions about how to...
Single-family home price in NH hits record high — yet again
By PAUL BRIAND
One month after reaching an historic median price of $500,000 for a single-family home in New Hampshire, the price jumped to a record high yet again — to $515,000 in April.The factors that contribute to these rising prices — high demand and lack of...
Vermont opioid deaths decline for the first time since 2019, according to preliminary data
By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO
Opioid deaths among Vermonters appear to have dipped in 2023, according to new data from the state Department of Health, following three consecutive years of record-breaking fatalities. According to the report, which was released Wednesday, 231 state...
Homeless Upper Valley couple faces ‘a very tough situation’
By FRANCES MIZE
SHARON — With homelessness at record levels in Vermont, an Upper Valley couple’s precarious living situation toppled last month following a trespassing order from the state and complaints from nearby residents.In late March, the couple hired a tow...
Kenyon: Constitutional rights should trump Dartmouth’s private interests
By JIM KENYON
Andrew Tefft wasn’t inside a tent on the Dartmouth College Green. He hadn’t locked arms with protesters who had formed a circle around the short-lived encampment. The 45-year-old Hanover native didn’t have a pro-Palestinian sign.Still within 30...
Upper Valley students urge schools to allow debate on Israel-Hamas war
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTFORD — A group of Hartford High School students think the adults around them are keeping mum on contentious topics such as the Israeli attack on Gaza for fear of getting in trouble, and it’s dampening their educational experience.At Wednesday...
Crane crash on Interstate 89
Workers cut away the boom of a crane that fell across the southbound lanes of Interstate 89 while placing Jersey barriers in Royalton on Friday. A tractor trailer struck the boom just after it fell and both the crane operator and truck driver were...
Lebanon School Board approves new community resource officer agreement
LEBANON — The School Board, by a unanimous vote, approved a new agreement on Wednesday for the services of a community resource officer — a specially trained member of law enforcement who assists the schools with safety, educational programs and other...
Claremont woman pleads guilty to hindering investigation into attempted robbery, shooting
By JOHN LIPPMAN
NEWPORT — A 21-year-old Claremont woman who cleaned blood stains from a vehicle used to transport a man who was shot and gravely wounded when he attempted to barge into a downtown apartment, has pleaded guilty to obstructing police in their...
Plan on track to ship Upper Valley mail to Connecticut for sorting
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The U.S. Postal Service will proceed with a plan to move mail sorting operations for Upper Valley communities from White River Junction to Connecticut, according to a USPS facilities study released this week.The plan is...
West Lebanon crash
Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 12A and Airport Road in West Lebanon on Thursday. Only minor injuries were reported and no one was transported to the hospital following the crash, which...
Four vying for one seat on Newport Selectboard
By PATRICK O’GRADY
NEWPORT — In the only contested race on the annual Town Meeting ballot, two former Selectboard members and the owner of a local business are challenging the incumbent for a three-year term on the Selectboard in Tuesday’s election.Also on the ballot is...
Corinth voters approve property tax exemptions
CORINTH — Voters approved property tax exemptions for four properties in town at a special Town Meeting on Tuesday, according to the town clerk.The four properties include:■East Corinth Fire Department: Cookville Station, which is assessed for...
New Hampshire man sentenced to minimum 56 years on murder, other charges in young daughter’s death
By KATHY McCORMACK
CONCORD — A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving her corpse around for months before disposing of it was sentenced Thursday to a minimum of 56 years in prison on murder and other changes.That sentence will be added...
Over Easy: On bread, buttered popcorn and big sandwiches
DAN MACKIE
Spring is all a-bloom here in the Upper Valley, and we gallop from too cold to too hot too fast. It is a meteorological microwave.It sends me scurrying to find my summer shorts, which reveal my legs as shiny white as an airport beacon. They are...
Prosecutor won’t pursue charges against Dartmouth student journalists
HANOVER — The State of New Hampshire is declining to press charges against two student journalists arrested for being on the Dartmouth Green during a pro-Palestinian protest last week, according to The Dartmouth student newspaper.Mariana Pastore, the...
Trucker acquitted in deadly crash asks for license back, but state says he contributed to accident
By KATHY McCORMACK
CONCORD — A commercial truck driver who was acquitted of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire testified at a hearing Wednesday on his request to reinstate his suspended license, while a lawyer for the state said he still played a...
Judge won’t reconvene jury after disputed verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
By HOLLY RAMER
CONCORD — The judge who oversaw a landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center won’t reconvene the jury but says he will consider other options to address the disputed $38 million verdict.David Meehan, who alleged he was...
Former DHMC patient gets deferred sentence for assaulting guards
By JOHN LIPPMAN
NORTH HAVERHILL — A 29-year-old former Dartmouth College student who assaulted two security guards at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center where he had been admitted for psychiatric care will avoid jail time, providing he continues to get mental health...
Students take down pro-Palestinian encampment at UVM
By PETER D’AURIA
A tent encampment at the University of Vermont is coming down, organizers announced Wednesday, after pro-Palestinian student protesters spent 10 nights occupying a campus quad. Protest organizers said that students had made the “strategic decision” to...
