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Hartford voters to decide $4 million bond for retaining wall
HARTFORD — A section of Gates Street might be reopened to vehicle traffic after years of closure should voters approve a $4 million highway improvement bond to stabilize retaining walls in the area.The project, which involves parts of Fairview Terrace...
Lyme’s Edgell Bridge to close for repairs
LYME — Edgell Bridge, a historic covered bridge on River Road in Lyme, will close next Wednesday, Oct. 23, for repairs that are expected to take about four months to complete.The closure comes as Lyme residents — and commuters — are already contending...
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Youth running program focuses on social-emotional learning and physical fitness
WINDSOR — A dozen students from the Windsor and West Windsor elementary schools recently played a game of tag, but with a twist.The player who was “it” –and had to search for and tag the others — was blindfolded, dependent on the guidance of a helper...
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Editorial: Rebuilding faith in democracy, beyond Trump
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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Dartmouth labs get federal grants for vaccine research
HANOVER — Two Dartmouth research teams are set to receive a combined sum of up to nearly $3.6 million in grant funding to spur innovations in pandemic preparedness and vaccine generation.The two research teams — one led by David Leib, chairman and...
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Guild, NH - Randall Waterman, 72, of Cottage Street, passed away quietly on October 11, 2024 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born at the Carrie F. Wright Hospital in Newport, NH on May 16, 1952 the son of the late Stanley Fred Wat... remainder of obit for Randall Waterman
West Lebanon, NH - Randy Dale Purtteman, age 72, passed Saturday, October 12, 2024. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Knight Funeral Home in White River Jct., VT is assisting with arran... remainder of obit for Randy Dale Purtteman
Tunbridge, VT - Reverend Francis Gordon Waugh Mitchinson left us in body but not in spirit on Saturday, October 12th, 2024 in his home in Tunbridge, Vermont. Born on November 6th, 1937, at the parsonage of Sambro, a small fishing vi... remainder of obit for Rev. Francis Gordon Waugh Mitchinson
Wilder, VT - William Robert Hillard of Wilder, VT., passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at the age of 53 after a lifelong battle of diabetes and heart disease. He was born in Dover, NH to Daniel & Stephanie Hillard. He was ed... remainder of obit for William R. Hillard