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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...
Enterprise: Wildlife nuisance professionals discuss business misconception
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CORNISH — Homeowners looking to evict an unwelcome animal intruder might find its more than they can handle on their own.That’s why it could be best to call a professional because removing nuisance wildlife requires a lot more expertise and experience...
Enterprise: Upper Valley pet sitters discuss business growth, needs
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CORNISH — Liz Gage liked the idea of starting a pet sitting service but never considered it a way to make a living — until she met someone who did.Gage, of Cornish, who was working in health care at the time, then began doing her own research to see...
Enterprise: Animal sanctuary owners discuss how raise funds to care for creatures
By PATRICK O’GRADY
TUNBRIDGE — Missy Gilbert’s idea for an animal sanctuary started with a wedding gift from her husband, Steven, of two goats needing a home. Gilbert, a vegetarian, said breeding them did not interest her.“So we decided to go the other way and began...
Rivendell voters reject school budget
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
ORFORD — Voters delivered a decisive defeat to Rivendell’s proposed $15.7 million school budget Saturday, rejecting it 240-143 in paper-ballot voting.The school district’s annual meeting on Saturday drew about 400 voters, representing about 14% of...
Lawmakers defeat a sixth gun safety bill, this one aimed at keeping guns out of schools
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Thursday morning, Moms Demand Action gathered their gun safety advocates in the New Hampshire State Library to encourage them to continue pressing lawmakers to support their legislative agenda and to run for office to replace those who don’t. “We’ve...
New EPA rule will require more of Vermont’s public drinking water systems to address PFAS
By EMMA COTTON
The federal Environmental Protection Agency issued a landmark rule on Wednesday that regulates the amount of PFAS, a harmful class of chemicals, in public drinking water for the first time. Exposure to PFAS, or per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, has...
New EPA PFAS rule goes further than New Hampshire’s standards, setting up new challenge
By LISA SORG and ETHAN DEWITT
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule adding new limits on PFAS chemicals in public water systems announced Wednesday would go further than New Hampshire’s own limits and could have major implications for homeowners and water utilities, state...
A Life: Priscilla Sears ‘was bold enough to be very demanding’
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HANOVER — Priscilla Sears noticed things. Whether it was unexpected natural beauty, a sublime musical performance or a quirky piece of jewelry, she was always ready to be astonished.And she noticed people, especially the ones who most needed...
Funding dispute in Haverhill and Woodsville draws comparisons to ‘the North and the South’
By FRANCES MIZE
HAVERHILL — At last month’s Town Meeting, Haverhill voters were asked to appropriate $5,000 to a nonprofit that gives backpacks filled with school supplies to New Hampshire children entering foster care.“This is my charity,” said then-Town Manager...
Kenyon: Dismas House celebrates 10 years of fresh starts in Hartford
By JIM KENYON
Over the last decade, more than 150 men have found their way to the two-story, early 1900s clapboard house with a wrap-around front porch in Hartford Village. Some stay only a few months. Others for a year or longer.But their reasons for wanting to...
Hanover Selectboard to finalize warrant for Town Meeting
By PATRICK ADRIAN
HANOVER — Voters will have an opportunity on Monday to discuss articles on the proposed town warrant, including new collective bargaining agreements for three employee unions, amendments to the town zoning ordinance and a petitioned resolution to...
Claremont residents call on City Council to remove ex-officer from appointed posts
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — City councilors are saying little about a scathing statement read by a local business owner at this week’s City Council meeting demanding the council remove their former colleague, Jon Stone, from two appointed positions he holds with the...
Another hiker rescued from Mount Cube
By JOHN LIPPMAN
ORFORD — For the fourth time since August, rescue teams were dispatched on Thursday to help evacuate an injured hiker off Mount Cube in Orford; this time, rescue efforts were slowed by having to trek through snow that remained on the mountain after...
Bakery outlet closes in Lebanon
CONCORD (AP) — The company that produces baked goods for brands including Arnold bread, Entenmann’s and others has closed 28 outlet stores in the Northeast — including one on Mechanic Street in Lebanon.Bimbo Bakeries USA said in a press release that...
Gas station owner pitches new car wash for Sykes Mountain Ave
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The owner of a gas station and convenience store at the intersection of Route 5 and Sykes Mountain Avenue is seeking to add a fully-automated car wash to his business — close to the site of an existing car wash.The Hartford...
Bethel officials under fire for their handling of firefighter’s comments
By JOHN LIPPMAN
BETHEL — Supporters of the town’s former fire chief harshly rebuked town leaders this week over their handling of a firefighter whose colleagues want to oust him from the fire department.One vocal supporter pointed at and denounced town officials to...
In reversal, Claremont City Council sends charter amendment to ballot
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — In a reversal of its decision last month, the City Council voted 8-0 to put a proposed amendment to the city charter on the November 2025 ballot.The amendment seeks to institute a citizen referendum process that would give residents the...
