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Dartmouth administration faces fierce criticism over protest arrests
By FRANCES MIZE
HANOVER — Dartmouth President Sian Beilock and college administrators faced pointed criticism at a meeting with faculty on Monday regarding the arrest of 89 students, staff, faculty and community members by police in riot gear at a protest on the...
Lebanon School Board considers reconfigured resource officer role
By PATRICK ADRIAN
LEBANON — A new proposed partnership between the Lebanon School District and Police Department would provide a specially trained officer to the schools to assist in safety, educational programs and other support services — but eliminate the daily...
Charges dismissed against people accused of accosting woman at Hartford hotel
By JOHN LIPPMAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Criminal charges against two people who were accused of accosting and robbing a woman at a motel in Hartford last year have been dropped following the death of the alleged victim and a challenge by a defendant’s attorney that...
Hanover house added to New Hampshire Register of Historic Places
HANOVER — A 189-year-old home was added to the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places this week. Built circa 1835, the Rogers-Pressey House on Goose Pond Road was one of eight properties in the state to be named to New Hampshire Register of...
Application deadline for ‘Valley News’ board is May 15
WEST LEBANON — The May 15 deadline to apply to the Valley News Reader Advisory Board is approaching.To be eligible to apply for the board, community-minded readers must live, work or go to school in a town or city in the Valley News’ coverage area,...
Oxbow voters approve school budget
BRADFORD, Vt. — Voters Monday evening approved a $21 million budget for the Oxbow Unified Union School District, 110-58.The district includes Newbury, Vt. and Bradford elementary schools, Oxbow High School and the River Bend Technical...
As UVM starts disciplinary process for protesters, some state lawmakers call for amnesty
By COREY MCDONALD
BURLINGTON — University of Vermont is facing pushback from state lawmakers and city councilors as it initiates disciplinary proceedings against pro-Palestinian student protesters. Late last week, university police began ID’ing students at an...
After reaching agreement with Middlebury College, student protesters take down encampment
By SOPHIA KESHMIRI
Administrators at Middlebury College struck a deal Sunday with pro-Palestinian student protesters, who agreed in response to dismantle an encampment they established on the campus a week earlier. Like their counterparts at college encampments across...
UNH faculty and students call on university police chief to resign following his alleged assault on a student
By JEREMY MARGOLIS
Five days after police arrested 12 pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of New Hampshire, students and faculty called for the resignation of university Police Chief Paul Dean after they say he assaulted a student while responding to last...
Vermont man released after serving time for stealing from Chelsea auto repair shop
By JOHN LIPPMAN
MONTPELIER — A Vermont man at the center of complaints about crime and policing in Chelsea who had been held at gunpoint by a Chelsea business owner who accused him of stealing from his auto mechanic shop was released from prison over the...
Claremont mulls $19.6 million budget proposal
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — City Manager Yoshi Manale is proposing a $19.6 million operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.The proposal represents an increase of $100,000 or about a half of one percent over the current year. Costs for road maintenance...
Three vie for two Hanover Selectboard seats
By PATRICK ADRIAN
HANOVER — Three people are vying for two three-year terms on the Hanover Selectboard in Town Meeting voting next week.Voters will be asked to choose from a slate including Kari Asmus, Jarett Berke and incumbent Joanna Whitcomb, the acting Selectboard...
Exit 19 ramp to be closed for Route 4 paving in Lebanon
LEBANON — The ramps on and off I-89 northbound at Exit 19 will be closed all day on Monday, May 13 to allow for paving on Route 4, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation said in a press release.The interchanges between I-89 North and westbound...
Property tax exemptions on agenda for Corinth’s special Town Meeting
CORINTH — Corinth is scheduled to hold a special Town Meeting on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 p.m. to consider property tax exemptions for four properties in town. The four properties include East Corinth Fire Department: Cookville Station, which is assessed...
Structure fire at former Claremont incinerator deemed ‘suspicious’
CLAREMONT — A structure fire at a former trash-to-energy incinerator over the weekend is believed to be suspicious, according to city fire officials.Claremont firefighters responded on Sunday, just after midnight, to a “heavy fire” in the offices of...
NH troops from the border: ‘We have to adapt every night to every scenario’
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
New Hampshire National Guard Lt. Ryan Camp looked through the border fence separating Texas and Mexico, and made a mental note of the pickup truck crawling back and forth along the bank of the Rio Grande. He logged the man fishing and the person he...
Hartford Selectboard considers banner policy amid controversy over ‘Hometown Heroes’ project
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Hartford Selectboard’s crafting of a new regulatory policy for displaying banner on light posts is leaving a project aimed to honor military veterans in limbo. Selectboard members said at a meeting last week that their...
NH community health workers push for certification, Medicaid reimbursement
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH
Community health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of public health: doing outreach and education, connecting people with services and addressing barriers to getting care.A measure aiming to strengthen that workforce is up for a...
House passes bill to raise minimum marriage age to 18, sending it to governor
By ETHAN DEWITT
The New Hampshire House passed a bill Thursday raising the legal age of marriage to 18, sending the legislation to Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk after years of advocacy.Senate Bill 359, which passed 192-174, states that “no person below the age of 18 years...
NH Senate President Jeb Bradley to retire after a 32-year career in politics
By JOSH ROGERS
Sen. Jeb Bradley’s nearly 32-year political career has spanned the halls of Congress, the New Hampshire House chamber, and — for the past 15 years — the state Senate, which he has led since 2022.But at the end of Thursday’s legislative session, the...
