Hanover

Hanover Approves All-Day Kindergarten for Fall 2014

Friday, May 17, 2013

Hanover — The Hanover School Board has approved full-day kindergarten for fall 2014. In the meantime, the district will develop a Ray School renovation proposal that could include an additional kindergarten classroom. The board’s unanimous decision this week came after a study committee recommended the full-day kindergarten program to the board in January. Expanded kindergarten has been under consideration for several years, and in August, the committee comprised of teachers, …

Dartmouth Freshman Charged With Rape

Friday, May 17, 2013

Hanover — A Dartmouth College freshman has been accused of raping a female student inside her dorm room earlier this month, Hanover police said. Parker C. Gilbert, 20, has been charged with four counts of aggravated felony sex assault, police said. He appeared in Lebanon Circuit Court yesterday, police said, where a judge …

Martha Solow raises her hand to ask a question about the use of reserve funds before voting during Town Meeting in the Hanover High School gym last night. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Hanover Approves Tax Rise

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Hanover — The town’s municipal budget passed last night, but only after two attempts to decrease spending by about $145,000 were turned back. Ultimately, the $22.2 million budget passed as originally proposed by the Selectboard. In a rare move, the Hanover Finance Committee, an advisory board, came out against the budget, which left …

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Family members talk with a Cabot Funeral Home employee at the scene of an accident that killed Norma Sawyer, of Bridgewater, in Woodstock yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Another Route 4 Tragedy: Bridgewater Woman, 84, Is Fourth to Die on Road Since March

Volunteer Wendy WIndsor, of Hartford, talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee ,of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks at the Cinderella Project shop in the Raq-On Dance Studio on the Lebanon Mall Wednesday. The Upper Valley Cinderella Project is an all-volunteer effort providing a choice of about 250 donated prom dresses to girls attending the spring dances throughout the Upper Valley. The shop is open Wednesdays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 - 2 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Preparing for Prom

Oxbow Union High girls lacrosse captain Dilan Clements leads her team in a cheer at the close of practice in Bradford, Vt., yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Oxbow Scoring Aces Get Help From Their Friends

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In Plainfield, Unease Over Easement: Landowner, Town and Hikers Clash Over Trail Access

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Training for ‘Search Season’

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Hanover — Every year, as the busy season approaches, the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team takes to the classroom and the woods to teach search-and-rescue techniques to new members. “The ‘search season’ is the warmer months, when more …

Nonprofit Leadership Summit Set for Wednesday in Hanover

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Hanover — A free nonprofit leadership summit is set for for Wednesday from 7:45 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Hanover Inn at Dartmouth College. The event will include networking opportunities and facilitated discussions about issues facing charities. Dicussion topics will include managing endowments and investments in turbulent times, new …

Mark E. Splaine (Dartmouth Institute photograph)

Former DHMC Doctor Loses License

Friday, May 10, 2013

Lebanon — A Dartmouth College professor who oversaw two master’s degree programs has lost his license to practice medicine in New Hampshire, part of a settlement with the state medical board over allegations of professional misconduct while working …

Hanover Finance Committee Worries Over Budget Increase

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Voting for Hanover officers and four zoning amendments will take place by ballot from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14 at the Hanover High School gym. The remainder of the articles, including the budget, will be discussed and voted on at 7 p.m. that evening …

Marguerite H. Trachier

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Hanover, N.H. — Marguerite H. Trachier, 100, of Hanover, died Tuesday morning May 7, 2013, at Brookside Nursing Home in White River Jct., Vt. She was born Nov. 22, 1912, in Ellenburg, N.Y. the eighth of 15 children of John and Cora (Exware) LaBarre. When she was a …

Charlie Madonia, 5, flings excess sand as he works to create a canalwith his classmates Braydon Thebodo, 4, far left, and Darius Faudie, 5, at Hampshire Cooperative Nursery School in Hanover recently. It was the first day of introducing water into the sandbox and the children were testing objects to see if they floated and creating bridges and canals. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Shaking Sand

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Charlie Madonia, 5, flings excess sand as he works to create a canalwith his classmates Braydon Thebodo, 4, far left, and Darius Faudie, 5, at Hampshire Cooperative Nursery School in Hanover recently. It was the first day of …

Letter: A Particularly Malicious Column

Friday, May 17, 2013

To the Editor: I’ve come to expect a healthy dose of self-loathing in Jim Kenyon’s columns. After all, living in one of Vermont’s most affluent towns and sending his kids to well-funded schools is obviously something that he needs to atone for. And what better way to demonstrate …

Garlic mustard in bloom. (Barbara McIlroy photograph)

Hartford Targets Invasive Garlic Mustard Plant

Sunday, May 5, 2013

White River Junction — Jon Bouton took a little piece of leaf in his hand, and angled it in front of the nose of Gavin Farnsworth. “What’s it smell like?” Bouton asked, rubbing the plant between his fingers. …

Hanover Football Team To Help With Recycling

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Hanover — The Hanover High School football team will shoulder some of the heavy lifting at an upcoming recycling event in Hanover. WinCycle will accept electronic devices for a fee next Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hanover Public Works Garage, 194 Lebanon St. (Route 120). …

Hanover High School 3rd Quarter Honors

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

12th Grade High Honors Rachel Alibozek, Dashiell Andrews, Aidan Bardos, Sophia Bartels, Brendan Barth, Monica Bedford, Katherine Bradley, Chloe Brisson, Katherine Chen, Morgan Danna, Bethany Denton, Eloise Dietz, John Gehlbach, Elizabeth Haas, Allison Hanley, Paul Hurford, Siddhartha Jayanti, Matthew Jin, Alyssa Kittredge, Niels Kuehlert, Carter LaCrosse, John Little, …

Hanover

Hanover Approves All-Day Kindergarten for Fall 2014

In Plainfield, Unease Over Easement: Landowner, Town and Hikers Clash Over Trail Access

River Valley Community College Celebrates: More Than 250 Earn Degrees

Stepping Up

Ex-Thetford Star Leaps High at UConn

Editorial: Hassan’s Pitch; N.H. Seeks Connecticut’s Help