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Chelsea Green to be sold to international publishing behemoth
By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO
One of Vermont’s best-known independent publishers is expected to be sold to an international publishing consortium. Rizzoli International, a New York City subsidiary of the Italian publishing giant Mondadori Group, announced Monday that it had agreed...
James Parker granted parole for his role in Dartmouth professors’ stabbing deaths
By KATHY McCORMACK
CONCORD — A man who has served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas was granted parole Thursday.James...
Rivendell to hold ballot vote on reduced budget in May
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
ORFORD — A revote on a 2024-25 budget for the Rivendell Interstate School District will take place on Saturday, May 18.The Rivendell School Board set the date for in-person Australian ballot voting during a meeting Tuesday night, after residents from...
Through new school partnerships, CRREL seeks to educate young scientists
By NICOLA SMITH
LYME — On a raw, not-quite-spring New England afternoon, four seventh and eighth graders in the New Hampshire Academy of Science’s (NHAS) after-school program clustered around a computer, choosing images of orchids for a poster they’re designing to...
With less than three months left, NH casino hasn’t found a buyer
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
At the start of the year, Concord Casino was ordered to close its doors and sell the business within six months, but, so far, no buyers have stepped forward to acquire the establishment.“There’s been no change in the status of the Concord facility,”...
Parker up for parole more than 2 decades after Dartmouth professor stabbing deaths
By KATHY McCORMACK
CONCORD — A man who has served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas is getting his first chance at...
A former NH youth detention center resident testifies about ‘hit squad’ attack
By HOLLY RAMER
BRENTWOOD, N.H. — A former resident of New Hampshire’s youth detention center testified Tuesday that his house leader and another staffer restrained him in a stairwell while two other workers sexually assaulted him.The four members of what he and...
Lebanon landfill project to convert gas to electricity is delayed and over budget
By FRANCES MIZE
LEBANON — With scheduling delays and increased construction prices hindering the city’s effort to convert landfill gas into electricity, public works officials say it’s going to take some more cash to finish the project.The department will be making...
Businesses in Charlestown and Springfield, Vt., seek alternative to bridge closure
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CHARLESTOWN — At a meeting Tuesday morning, Charlestown and Springfield, Vt., business owners and public officials said the planned 34-week closure to repair the Cheshire Bridge linking the two communities will “kill” the area economy.About 50 people...
Strafford voters approve school budget
STRAFFORD — Voters approved all warned articles and elected two School Board members in uncontested races in ballot voting on Tuesday.In a vote of 182-113, voters approved a $4.1 million school budget, which is expected to result in education spending...
Rivendell voters elect School Board members
ORFORD — In addition to rejecting the proposed school budget by a floor vote on Saturday, residents in the four-town Rivendell Interstate School District elected school board members and officers. In Australian balloting, Orford’s Charles Newton...
First Branch voters approve school budget
TUNBRIDGE — Voters in the two-town First Branch Unified School District approved an operating budget of $8.4 million at a floor meeting on Monday night.In a paper ballot vote, 84 voted for the budget and 62 voted no.The budget is up from last year’s...
Hartford voters approve school budget and building repair bond
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTFORD — Voters approved the school district’s $51 million budget, as well as a $21 million bond for facilities repairs in Australian ballot voting Monday.The budget passed 728-622, or about 54% to 46%.The bond passed more narrowly, 712-634, or...
Bridge in Royalton to remain closed through April
ROYALTON — The Royalton Hill Bridge, also known as the Foxstand Bridge, will remain closed at least through April as state officials determine next steps, according to the town administrator.The bridge, which spans the White River between Royalton...
City plans to widen and replace bridge on Trues Brook Road
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WEST LEBANON — A plan to widen a 2,000-foot corridor of Trues Brook Road — including a particularly narrow bridge — has received mixed reviews from affected neighbors. While supporters of the $4 million project said it will improve safety, others said...
Starbucks store planned for Route 120 at Centerra
By JOHN LIPPMAN
LEBANON — Starbucks hopes soon to be serving from triple grande locations in Lebanon and Hanover.The ubiquitous national coffee chain is working to open its third location in the Upper Valley, this time on Route 120. Construction is expected to get...
Canaan Elementary School has new principal
CANAAN — A longtime New Jersey-based elementary educator has been appointed as Canaan Elementary School’s new principal. Jody Viereck is currently an adjunct professor and clinical practice supervisor at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., according...
Enterprise column: Dartmouth Hitchcock’s pet therapy, canine greeter programs try to take stress out of hospital stays
By TRACY HUTCHINS
Walk through the main atrium of Dartmouth -Hitchcock Medical Center on a Friday afternoon and you may meet one of Dartmouth Hitchcock’s best-loved therapists doing his rounds. His name is Kooper, an 8-year-old golden retriever wh,o with his owner and...
Enterprise column: Considering ‘active transportation’
By REBECCA BAILEY
A “time-space machine” — that’s how Sharon’s Ryan Haac playfully refers to his car.Particularly when he takes the interstate, the experience is one of disconnecting from one place and, in an astonishingly short time, popping out in another, with an...
Enterprise: Business and nonprofit announcements
New businesses Avery Osgood has opened the Sundaez Ice Cream Bar at 50 West Pleasant St. in Claremont. Osgood is also one of the operators of The Cruisin’ Cow, a family-owned ice cream truck. More information: sundaezicecreambar.com.Trivium Life...
