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A screen grab shows a scene from the winning entry in the Math-O-Vision contest at Dartmouth College.

Math = Film Project

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Hanover — Some kids see math as a maze of pointless numbers, a subject banished to chalkboards and ivory towers. Austin Eng, 17, of Freehold, N.J., sees it differently — and as a result, he and his film partner, Katherine Lin, also of Freehold, have $4,000 in prize money to show for it. Last week, the high school film duo …

Hanover Police Kill Two Raccoons Found to Have Rabies

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Hanover — Two rabid raccoons were found and destroyed last week in Hanover. Police responded to two separate complaints on different days of “strange acting” raccoons 6.5 miles apart — one at Fern Lane and the other at Quail Drive — Hanover Police Capt. Frank Moran said. “It’s pretty disturbing,” Moran said, referring to what it’s like to see a rabid animal. “Generally …

Dartmouth Rape Suspect Posts Bail

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Lebanon — A Dartmouth College student charged with raping a female student after entering her dorm room had his scheduled court appearance yesterday delayed for a month to allow his attorney more time to review evidence in the case. Facing four counts of aggravated sex assault, Parker C. Gilbert, 20, was scheduled to appear in Lebanon Circuit Court yesterday, but his attorney secured …

Kuster Visits CRREL To See Sequester Effects

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Hanover — Employees at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory are still waiting to hear when they’ll have to take furloughs because of the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration. Meanwhile, researchers are also …

Tech Fair Trills at Dartmouth

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Hanover — Dartmouth College students and other Upper Valley residents had a chance to witness the convergence of arts and sciences at the celebration and demonstration of a groundbreaking Serbian-American inventor’s life, work and legacy this week. The Tesla TechFair at the Thayer School of Engineering on Thursday …

Hanover Goes to School on TCE; Waiting On Further Tests

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Hanover — After learning on Friday that trichloroethylene was present in a Dartmouth College owned house, officials were relieved to find out this week that two other vacant homes showed no sign of the chemical compound that can …

Moose Mtn. Resolution No Closer

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Hanover — The town and the Robes brothers are no closer to determining how to divide a 132-acre parcel of land they jointly own atop Moose Mountain than they were last summer, especially now that two abutters have filed a petition to intervene. The town of Hanover and …

Virginia Beauchene

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Hanover, N.H. — Virginia Beauchene, 89, passed away in the comfort of her home following a long illness with cancer on Saturday, March 30, 2013. She was born on Feb. 3, 1924 in Sparta, Wis. to the late Clarence and Maureen (Orndorf) Jones. Virginia was born and raised …

Young Writers Share A Life Lesson

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Each week, Young Writers Project receives several hundred submissions from students in Vermont and New Hampshire in response to writing prompts and selects the best for publication here and in 21 other newspapers and on vpr.net. This week, …

A Lifetime of Achievement: Veteran Dartmouth Equestrian Coach Honored for Work

Monday, April 1, 2013

By Jared Pendak Valley News Staff Writer Etna — For three decades, Sally Batton has been a leader in college equestrian competition and management. Members of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association have finally taken notice. Batton, now in …

Fired Resident Claims DHMC Didn’t Accommodate Disability

Monday, April 1, 2013

Lebanon — A former medical resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is suing the hospital and four physicians over allegations that DHMC did not sufficiently accommodate her disability during her training. The former radiology resident, Christyna Faulkner, is the second resident in the past year to sue the hospital …

Mountain Goat Closing Stores

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Hanover — The Mountain Goat, an outdoor gear, clothing and travel accessory business in the South Block on Main Street, closed yesterday after almost five years of operation. Co-owners Mary Colwell and her husband, A.J. LaFleur, opened the Hanover store in August 2008. Their other Mountain Goat store, …