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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 …

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 …

Hanover Residents Join Humane Society Board

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Enfield — Betsy McClain and Rosalie Smith Wyman, both of Hanover, have joined the Upper Valley Humane Society Board of Directors. McClain is finance director and deputy town clerk for the town of Hanover and serves on the executive committee for the New Hampshire Government Finance Officers Association. …

At Dartmouth, Eat and Meet

Friday, April 19, 2013

Hanover — A Dartmouth College dining hall this month began offering red plastic cups to students who want to send a green-light signal of sociability. Chris McMillan , a Dartmouth senior, came up with the idea of the …

Professors Awarded Grants

Friday, April 19, 2013

Hanover — When Susannah Heschel saw an email from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation appear in her inbox several weeks ago, she hesitated. “I didn’t want to open it, because I knew it wasn’t going to be good news,” said Heschel, a Dartmouth professor of Jewish studies. …

Runners Reunite in Lebanon

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Lebanon — Toward the back of Salt hill Pub last night, Lori Bliss Hill greeted a woman in a bright blue jacket with yellow stripes. “It is so good to have you home,” Hill said. And they hugged. …

TCE Levels At Richmond Deemed Safe

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Hanover — Even though test results for trichloroethylene inside the Richmond Middle School have shown safe levels of the chemical compound, school officials are adamant that more testing will be done. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received results yesterday of testing it did April 1 to determine …

‘I Looked Back and Saw Two Plumes of Smoke’

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Boston — Twenty minutes before the deadly explosions near the finish of the Boston Marathon, Jim Burnett, of Canaan, was trotting down the Boylston Street homestretch in bright sunshine and a cool breeze, and basking in the glow …

Business Notes: Noodle and Yogurt Restaurant Coming to Hanover

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Hanover — A restaurant combining a noodle bar and frozen yogurt stand is coming to Lebanon Street. If everything goes according to schedule, Noodle Station and The Swirl and Pearl will be open as early as the end of the month in the renovated building that previously housed …

Mentoring Program Aims to Prepare Women for Workplace Challenges

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Hanover — College graduates entering the workforce for the first time can find the experience to be daunting and confusing, and some new employees might find that they’ve made a wrong job choice or that they’ve locked themselves …

Hanover Seeks Bigger Rec Center

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Hanover — Town officials would like to jump on an opportunity to purchase a 0.4 acre property next to the Richard W. Black Recreation & Senior Center in hopes of tearing down a house and building a gymnasium. …

Art Notes: ‘Word and Image in Contemporary Art’; Strong Messages In Hood Exhibit 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

One of the great treats of art and architecture in the Upper Valley is the climb up the stairs to the second-floor galleries of the Hood Museum. I tend to walk in there with a head full of …