Dartmouth graduate student union stages walkout as bargaining talks falter
HANOVER — In February, unionized graduate student-workers at Dartmouth decided that if they continued to feel that the college was stalling on contract negotiations, they’d walk off the job.They weren’t bluffing. On Wednesday at noon, more than 150...
Over Easy: Happy enough in the Upper Valley
The World Happiness Report is out, and America’s ranking might make you frown. The USA, where “the pursuit of happiness” is enshrined in the Constitution, just after “the Right to Taylor Swift Concert Tickets” and “Snacks on on Super Bowl Sunday,” has...
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Third-period onslaught ends Big Green’s playoff run
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — “Sweet Caroline” played Friday between the second and third periods of the Dartmouth College men’s hockey team’s ECAC tournament semifinal against Cornell. Many in the seats waved illuminated phones to the iconic Neil Diamond song...
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Column: Robert Frost connects the local to the global
Last June in a White House meeting, President Joe Biden gave India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi an extraordinary gift, an autographed first edition copy of the “Collected Poems of Robert Frost,” one of America’s greatest poets.Modi responded with an...
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2024 eclipse expected to bring traffic jams to Vermont
As the 2024 total solar eclipse draws near, so do the hordes of people expected to visit Vermont to see it. Public safety officials say they’re doing what they can to minimize risk.Although the exact number of people coming to Vermont remains unknown,...
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Enfield, NH - In Loving Memory of Katherine Anne (Hammond) Stark February 7, 1975 - March 21, 2024 Katherine Anne Stark, age 49, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. She ... remainder of obit for Katherine Stark
Windham, NH - Sister Dorothy (formerly Sister M. Borromeo) Lord, 100, and a Sister of Mercy for 82 years, died on March 23, 2024 during a loving vigilance at the Warde Senior Living Center,... remainder of obit for Sister Dorothy M. Lord
West Lebanon, NH - Louella O. Sexsmith, passed peacefully at the age of 94 in the Jack Byrne Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire on March 25th, 2024. She was born in Los Angeles, California in... remainder of obit for Louella O. Sexsmith
Lebanon, NH - James J. Maville Sr., age 85, passed Wednesday, March 27, 2024. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Ricker Funeral Home & Crem... remainder of obit for James Maville Sr.