Amid fraught landscape, school districts react differently to transgender sports ban law

10-05-2024 4:01 PM

In August, the Kearsarge Regional School Board took up a thorny question: How should it comply with a new law barring transgender girls from middle and high school sports?Earlier that summer, Gov. Chris Sununu had signed the law, House Bill 1205,...


Parking meters coming to downtown White River Junction

10-04-2024 5:01 PM

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For the first time since the spring of 1975, parking meters are set to cast shadows over downtown streets after the Hartford Selectboard voted to bring them back, albeit in a more modern form.In a unanimous vote Tuesday night,...


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Teevens to be honored with stadium naming as Big Green face Penn
10-03-2024 7:00 PM

How do you honor the legacy of a man whose impact on the field, on the game at-large, on a school, on a community, is so profound and far reaching? That’s the question Dartmouth has been asking itself in the 365 days and counting since longtime coach...

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Editorial: Rebuilding faith in democracy, beyond Trump
08-23-2024 8:00 PM

In announcing this past week that he would be voting for Kamala Harris in this fall’s presidential election, retired federal appeals court judge J. Michael Luttig denounced Donald Trump as a threat to the very existence of American democracy. As...

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Theater Review: ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ looks at holiday’s origin
10-02-2024 5:01 PM

Thanksgiving has always seemed to me the greatest of our holidays. The idea of a harvest festival, where families or tribes gather to celebrate their agricultural labors with a generous feast, might be outdated in the era of factory farming, but the...

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Claremont, NH - Norman E. MacLeay, 94, of Goyette Avenue in Claremont, NH died Thursday, October 3, 2024, following a period of failing health. He was born in Claremont, NH on May 6, 1930, the son of George Gardiner and Sarah MacLeay, a... remainder of obit for Norman E. MacLeay

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White River Jct., VT - William E. Wilkinson, age 72, passed Monday, September 2, 2024. A Celebration of Bill's life will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 3 until 6pm at Knight Funeral Home in Windsor, VT. ... remainder of obit for William E. Wilkinson

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MERIDEN, NH - Steven Shorey, age 73, passed Monday, July 15, 2024. A Celebration of LIfe for Steven is Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 at 11:30. The celebration will be held under the tent at the 4 Aces. If it rains, we will go inside the diner... remainder of obit for Steven Shorey

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Hanover, NH - Peregrine B. Spiegel, age 88, passed Thursday, October 3, 2024. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Rand-Wilson Funeral Home in Hanover, NH is assisting the family with arra... remainder of obit for Peregrine B. Spiegel

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