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Bridge work in West Lebanon
A construction crew from Bow, N.H.-based R.S. Audley works to remove the steel superstructure of an Interstate 89 bridge that spans the Connecticut River in West Lebanon on Thursday. The bridge, which previously held southbound traffic, is being...
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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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Sports
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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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Opinion
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A Yankee Notebook: Among the crowds on vacation out West
Our cab arrived at 4:40 a.m. on the dot and deposited us at the entrance to United Airlines about 5:30. Check-in was amazingly easy, and the trek to our gate likewise. We took off from Logan also on the dot — it seems to be true that the earlier in...
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Game time in Thetford
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Arts & Life
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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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Obituaries
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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
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Quechee, VT - Norman H. Boynton, age 99, passed Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. The Cabot Funeral Home in Woods... remainder of obit for Norman Boynton
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Palo Alto, CA - Joan Hobstetter passed away peacefully at home in the early hours of February 12, 2024, beside her beloved husband, Gary, her little dog Peet, and with her four children in ... remainder of obit for Joan Hobstetter
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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