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After More Than Six Decades, Beverage King Has New Owners
By John Lippman
West Lebanon — After 63 years, the Heath family’s rein at The Beverage King has drawn to a close.Husband and wife Rich and Sally Houle and Sally’s mother, Irene Heath, have sold their landmark West Lebanon beer, soda and tobacco store to brothers...
Lyme Psychologist Suspended Over Ethics
By Nora Doyle-Burr
Lyme — The New Hampshire Board of Psychologists has suspended the license of a psychologist from Lyme for 10 months in a case that involves ethical boundaries and a therapist trying to help a troubled teen with a difficult home life.The suspension of...
Springfield, Vt., Sees Flash Floods
Springfield, Vt. — Heavy storms wreaked havoc on Friday in Springfield, creating washouts, disrupting traffic, trapping vehicles and flooding the first floor of a housing complex, according to a news release from the Springfield Fire Department.Fire...
Third Dartmouth Professor Ousted in Sexual Misconduct Inquiry
By Nora Doyle-Burr
Hanover — A third Dartmouth professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences has left his job following an investigation into sexual misconduct.Professor William M. Kelley resigned “effective immediately,” in the face of a...
Bridge Chemicals Drip on River; Swimmers Complain Drops Cause Burns
By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling
Royalton Village — Town officials are scrambling to respond to complaints that a municipal bridge is dripping creosote into the White River, causing painful chemical burns to some people who recently were floating down the river in inner tubes.The...
Lebanon Man Pleads Guilty, to Serve at Least 25 Years in Arson That Destroyed First Baptist Church
By Jordan Cuddemi
North Haverhill — A 29-year-old Lebanon man will spend the next 25 years in prison for a series of crimes in the city, including setting the fire that destroyed First Baptist Church on School Street in December 2016 and then later stabbing a couple he...
Whistleblower Case Settled In Randolph
By Mike Donoghue
Burlington — Gifford Medical Center has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former employee who asserted that she was fired after reporting sexual harassment in the workplace and improper patient care at the Randolph hospital, according to...
Bradford Educator Gives Up Licenses
By Mike Donoghue
Bradford, Vt. — A former Orange County educator has voluntarily surrendered his licenses to work as a school superintendent and principal in Vermont.Keith A. Thompson is alleged to have engaged in inappropriate conduct with staff while employed as an...
Second Dartmouth Professor Ousted in Sexual Misconduct Inquiry
By Jordan Cuddemi
Hanover — A second Dartmouth College professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences has been ousted in the wake of a sexual misconduct inquiry.Paul Whalen resigned, effective immediately, following a recommendation by Dean of the...
Grantham Man Charged in Connection with Rape
Staff Report
North Haverhill — A 43-year-old Grantham man is facing several additional charges that allege he broke into a woman’s Upper Valley home in May and raped her.Michael Chamberlain recently was indicted by a Grafton County grand jury on two counts of...
Jubilant Hanover Grads March Into Futures
By Tom Blinkhorn
Hanover — Rousing applause and a scattering of misty eyes greeted 169 Hanover high graduating seniors on Friday night.Dressed in maroon caps and gowns, they strode slowly onto the turf athletic field behind the school, as the band, directed by Ian...
Final Graduating Class Leaves Whitcomb
By Nora Doyle-Burr
Bethel — Change, though difficult, is nothing new for students in Bethel, speakers at Friday night’s graduation at Whitcomb High School said.More than one noted that students in Bethel once attended classes in one-room school houses without heat or...
Vermont Castings Invests $10 Million in Improvements
By John Lippman
Randolph— Not long ago, there used to be a lot of soot inside the Vermont Castings foundry, where workers would come off shifts coated in black, looking like they had just emerged from a coal mine.But carbon particles don’t mix well with $450,000...
Two Charged in Drugs-for-Guns Case
By Mike Donoghue
Burlington — Two men have been jailed after federal authorities used a police sting operation to break up what law enforcement officials said was a guns-for-drugs operation in central Vermont.The case also involves the search for 17 firearms belonging...
Lebanon Police Caution Residents About Bears
By Jordan Cuddemi
West Lebanon — Lebanon police are urging the public to be cautious when walking near wooded areas in the city after several people have reported bear sightings over the past several weeks.Lebanon Police Chief Richard Mello also advised parents —...
A Man of Many Houses: Developer Mike Davidson Has Created a Real Estate Empire
By John Lippman
Lebanon — Mike Davidson’s career in real estate and development has had its ups and downs and twists and turns, but 2014 was the year that launched him in an entirely different direction.After spending many years focusing mostly on multi-unit...
Claremont Death Ruled a Homicide
By Jordan Cuddemi
Claremont — A Claremont man who was shot multiple times in a restaurant parking lot early on Sunday morning died from those wounds, according to the results an autopsy, which ruled Jesse Jarvis’ death a homicide.Jarvis, who had a lengthy criminal...
N.H. Attorney General: Jesse Jarvis, 36, Dead in Claremont Parking Lot After Suffering Multiple Gunshot Wounds
By Tim Camerato
Claremont — A former prison gang leader who was active in the white supremacist movement died shortly after midnight on Sunday in the parking lot of a Chinese restaurant after being shot multiple times, according to the New Hampshire Attorney...
N.H. to Pay $6.75 Million to Settle DCYF Abuse Case
By Lola Duffort
The state has agreed to pay $6.75 million to settle a suit brought by the grandparents of two young girls who were sexually abused by their parents while under the supervision of New Hampshire’s Division for Children, Youth and Families.The lawsuit...
Enfield Police Chief Stepping Down Over Alleged Assault of His Son
By Jordan Cuddemi
Enfield — Police Chief Richard Crate stepped down from his job on Friday and is leaving police work in New Hampshire as part of a settlement over allegations that he physically assaulted his minor son.The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said...
