Theater Review: Shaker Bridge’s ‘The Minutes’ illustrates value of unvarnished truth
Having spent untold hours in selectboard and city council meeting rooms around the Upper Valley, I’ve often joked that it would be more fun to write about the meetings held in them as if they were theater, rather than just the mostly humdrum work of...
Association seeks support for trooper in ‘critical’ condition following crash
LEBANON — The Vermont state trooper who sustained serious injuries when his vehicle collided into the back end of a fire truck near the Bethel exit on Interstate 89 last week remains hospitalized and the next several days “will be critical in...
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Association seeks support for trooper in ‘critical’ condition following crash
Lebanon hires interim middle school principal
New owners of Sharon’s Midway Station seek to create community hub
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Town Meeting 2024: Previews and results of Upper Valley meetings and votes
A Life: Craig ‘CJ’ John Lanzim ‘was always upbeat and positive’
Upcoming Easter egg hunts in the Upper Valley
Editorial: How Vermont can simplify its school funding system
Sports
Hanover boys basketball turnaround ends with runner-up finish
DURHAM, N.H. — One of the greatest turnarounds in Upper Valley sports history came up short of a fairy-tale ending Sunday when the Hanover High boys basketball team fell to Pelham, 51-41, in the NHIAA Division II final at UNH’s Lundholm Gymnasium.The...
Bears author storybook ending in NHIAA D-I title game
Hazen’s second-half surge denies Windsor girls in D-III final
White River Valley loses in semi-finals
Nonprofit community ski hill sees one of the worst seasons in memory
Opinion
Editorial: The history behind Vermont’s education funding mess
This year’s school budgeting chaos in Vermont has been justly attributed to well-intentioned legislative bungling. But revisiting the creation story of the state’s school funding system may provide useful context.In the beginning was Brigham. In 1997,...
Editorial: How many school superintendents does Hartford need?
Column: The history behind New Hampshire education freedom accounts
Editorial: Sununu squanders money at the border
Editorial: Dartmouth’s reinstatement of standardized tests shows promise

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Puzzle challenge in Bradford, Vt.
Booking a ride
Getting a handle on it
Warm respite in Lebanon
Up on a roof
Arts & Life
Hartford culinary arts students ready for Jr. Iron Chef competition
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — On a gray morning this week, a team of young cooks from the Culinary Arts program at the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center gathered around a countertop and stared intently at a plate, as if it were a work of art going...
Out & About: Parks Service trains volunteers to identify hemlock pest
A Life: Bertha Brown ‘was a quiet backbone in so many areas’
Obituaries
Joyce Piper
Hartland, VT - Joyce W. Piper, age 92, passed Sunday, March 10, 2024. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. The Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock i... remainder of obit for Joyce Piper
Edmond P. Gaudette
Enfield, NH - Edmond P. Gaudette, 86, died Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in White River Jct., VT. He was born December 3, 1937, in Hanover, NH, a son of ... remainder of obit for Edmond P. Gaudette
Priscilla Mary Coutermarsh
Priscilla "Pat" Mary Coutermarsh West Topsham, VT - Priscilla "Pat" Coutermarsh, 100, died Monday March 11, 2024, at the Valley View Home in Bradford. She was born December 21, 1923, in Woo... remainder of obit for Priscilla Mary Coutermarsh
Rev. Lloyd Sanborn VanNorden
Rev. Lloyd Sanborn "Sandy" Van Norden Grantham, NH - Rev. Lloyd Sanborn "Sandy" Van Norden, 84, went to be with his Lord in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 6, 2024. He was born A... remainder of obit for Rev. Lloyd Sanborn VanNorden


Cliff tops in Vershire and Fairlee closed for falcon nesting season
Dick McCormack to retire after 3-decade Senate career
NH judge rules missing 5-year-old girl legally dead weeks after father convicted of killing her

New Dartmouth research shows how permafrost shapes Arctic rivers and what that means for climate change
Out & About: In honor of Day of Remembrance, woman shares late husband’s story of internment