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. …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Norwich — Residents wanting to take a refreshing dip on a hot day in the town’s swimming hole are likely out of luck for a second consecutive summer. Town Manager Neil Fulton said this week the project to …
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 …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Like any poet, Partridge Boswell is a collector: of words, images and overheard conversations that the universe throws to him. Camped out at a table in the back of a Woodstock coffee house, Boswell bends over a notebook …
Sunday, April 7, 2013
With Earth Day approaching, organizers of a local “eco-challenge” are asking people to “change one habit for Earth.” Teams or individuals choose sustainability-related goals to work on between tomorrow and 22. Participants can share their stories at a potluck dinner on April 22 (Earth Day) at 6 p.m. …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Lyndell Perry, owner of Lyndell’s Gardens in White River Junction, trims the hedges in front of River Road Veterinary Clinic in Norwich this week. This was Perry’s second day of trimming the hedges, and she said it’s …
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 …
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, …
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Hanover — A chemical compound known to cause cancer has been detected in a vacant home owned by Dartmouth College adjacent to the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. Dartmouth College conducted its own test on three residences …
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Norwich — Several instances of anti-Semitic and racially charged graffiti showed up along two of the town’s main roads between Friday night and yesterday morning, police said. Police were alerted yesterday morning to the graffiti, which appeared in two instances on the roadway about half a mile on …