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Hospitals Take Next Step in Affiliation

Friday, May 17, 2013

New London ­— After two months of negotiation, officials from Dartmouth-Hitchcock and New London Hospital sent their affiliation agreement to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office Tuesday, marking the next step in what has been a long process in establishing a governance and administrative collaboration between the two health care entities. In early March two public hearings were held in New London and Newport to allow open discussion about the …

Preparing for Prom

Friday, May 17, 2013

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, …

Lebanon Approves Downtown Traffic Changes

Friday, May 17, 2013

Lebanon — The City Council last night gave the green light to a package of traffic calming measures for the busy roads around Colburn Park and cleared the way for the Planning Board to tweak the fees collected on new residential development. Although some city councilors remarked of being inundated with questions and other feedback regarding the restriping of the roads around Colburn …

Lebanon Physician Suspended

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Lebanon — A Lebanon physician who treats people with opiate addictions has been disciplined by Vermont’s Board of Medical Practice for unprofessional conduct and will not be allowed to have his license reinstated until he completes an ethics course. Dr. Michael Schorsch, whose practice is next to City …

Letter: House Mother at Rogers House

Friday, May 17, 2013

To the Editor: I live in the Rogers House, a senior citizens building that is so well located that I can walk (sometimes) to the market, the post office and bank and so many places. It is a splendid facility. This letter is to thank our “house mother” …

Letter: Poor Teaching at Lebanon High

Friday, May 17, 2013

This is a serious letter about educational integrity at Lebanon High School. Let me be fair by saying that the great majority of teachers are fine, and some are excellent. My son will be graduating next month, and I have had four years to closely observe teaching at …

Ladies at Home on the Range: Women Take to West Lebanon for Target Shooting Practice

Monday, May 6, 2013

West Lebanon — Heidi Gouger, of Swanzey, N.H., held the stock of a shotgun against her right shoulder and aimed at an orange clay target as it flew through the sky. Gouger missed the target, which fell to …

Science, and a Pint

Monday, May 6, 2013

For centuries, these have been the eternal questions: Why is the sky blue? What is the nature of time and the universe? Is there life after death? How did the universe begin? But there’s yet another great puzzle, …

Lebanon Mayor Tends to Keep Mum

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Lebanon — When it comes to serving as the mayor, Lebanon’s Georgia Tuttle is no Ed Koch. Nor does she want to be. In January 2012, the City Council approved a media policy that designated the mayor as …

Lebanon Police Train to Handle Mentally Ill in Crisis Situations

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Lebanon — A Lebanon woman used to call police nearly every day to report crimes that never occurred. Sometimes she would insist that someone had broken into her home and stolen her medication. Lebanon police officers, as they are legally bound to do, would respond. After finding nothing …

Letter: Fault Obama, Not Ayotte

Monday, May 6, 2013

To the Editor: There has been a lot of anger directed at U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte as a result of her vote on the expanded background check bill. If anyone deserves castigation, it is the president and his supporters. Instead of doing something meaningful to reduce violence, he …

Letter: The Book Sale Will Be Back

Monday, May 6, 2013

To the Editor: The 52nd annual Five Colleges Book Sale has succeeded again in bringing delight and good deals to book lovers throughout New England, New York and Canada. To the hundreds of people who donated books, the dealers and patrons who attended the sale, and the many …

Where the  Wild Things Are

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Lebanon — Christina Hazelton has always been crazy about reptiles. As a kid growing up in Thetford, she was a self-described “dinosaur nerd” and enjoyed catching the garter snakes that lived in the stone wall behind her family’s …