Bogus robocall impersonates Biden in an apparent attempt to suppress votes in New Hampshire
A Life: Jack Candon ‘took total joy in being helpful and bringing some joy to others’
NORWICH — Complete with a red suit and hat and with his trademark good humor and a twinkle in his eye, Jack Candon gave many Upper Valley children (including mine) their first Christmas gift each year: a bell.The gift was a token of the Polar Express,...
Upper Valley primary polling places and times
Upper Valley polling places and times for the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday:■Canaan — Fire Station, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.■Charlestown — Charlestown Senior Center, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.■Claremont Ward 1 — Middle School, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.■Claremont Ward 2 —...
Lead waterline replacements keep Upper Valley public works departments busy
Grange hall damaged by fire in East Bethel
Upper Valley Republicans contemplate Tuesday’s primary
Sunapee apartment fire displaces dozens
Over Easy: Give us serious winter
A Life: Linda Wilson ‘always noticed what needed to be done’
Woodstock 3, Hartford 2 (OT): Wasps hand Hurricanes first loss of the season
Hanover 44, Manchester West 30: Bears give Blue Devils first loss of season
HANOVER — The Manchester West High boys basketball team arrived here undefeated but left unhappy Friday, after falling, 44-30, to Hanover during a clash of NHIAA Division II teams.Jaysen Oriol, the Bears’ agile post player, scored a game-high 16...
Practice at last for Lebanon Nordic ski team
Lebanon High’s Nordic skiing team usually has better luck holding snow on its Plainfield Elementary School course, but even the Raiders have been staring at barren land for most of the winter. That was until Sunday’s healthy snowfall, which made...
A jumping off point
With no snow on their home hill on which to practice, Hanover High ski jumping coach Tom Dodds and his Bears have been getting in time on the Blackwater Ski Area jump at Proctor Academy in Andover, N.H., lately.
Dartmouth hockey working to rebuild ‘culture'
HANOVER — The last few seasons have not been kind to the Dartmouth men’s hockey program. After pandemic disruptions and middling results, the Big Green appeared to bottom out last season, winning just 5 of 30 games and finishing in the basement of the...
Hurricanes hold on for win over Mount Anthony
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Flummoxed by an aggressive zone press and struggling to guard Mount Anthony Union High’s Madisyn Moore, the Hartford High girls basketball team nearly let a big lead slip away down the stretch on Wednesday night before coming...
Editorial: New Hampshire voters can deal a blow to Trump by backing Haley
New Hampshire voters have the opportunity later this month to vindicate the extravagant claims made over many years for their political acumen and civic engagement. That is, they have the chance to inflict a grievous political wound on Donald...
Sensibilities: A long Upper Valley trail comes to an end
In the early 1970s, my wife, our baby daughter and I, traveling from our Ohio home, arrived by ferry in Burlington. We were intent on seeing New England and I was considering UVM for graduate school. We drove down I89, marveling at Camel’s Hump,...
Editorial: The GOP still fights the Civil War
On one hand, it is inexplicable that Nikki Haley would fail to cite slavery as the cause of the Civil War in response to a direct question at a town hall event in Berlin, N.H., last month. On the other hand, it is entirely too explicable in the...
Editorial: The complex reality of juvenile justice
Vermont still cannot quite make up its mind what to do with “justice-involved” youth, the catch-all term for those under age 18 who have run afoul of the law. Lock ’em up? Or provide treatment in a secure residential setting? A recently decided...
A Solitary Walker: Winter tracks in snow and mud
Some years ago, while skiing across a nearby snowy hayfield with two little brown dogs leading the way, I noticed beneath my skis, the snow patterns seemed to be leaning the wrong way — the windblown ridges and valleys were not acting like sand dunes...
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Vermont beekeepers rebuke Agency of Agriculture’s assessment that the industry is in good health
On Sunday, the president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association got a call from a friend, a beekeeper in Pennsylvania, who remarked snarkily, “It looks like Vermont has saved the bees!” The Pennsylvania apiarist had seen a report and accompanying...
When El Niño and climate change collide: What it means for a New Hampshire winter
The Granite State may have been pummeled by a good ol’ snowstorm on Sunday, but the 50-degree temperatures, rain, and flooding emergencies that followed a few days later were quick reminders that winters here are changing. This year specifically has a...
Out & About: 20 good things from 2023
The year is coming to a close and that means it’s time for the “20 Good Things” wrap-up. Out & About started the list at the end of 2020 to acknowledge the good moments that happened in an otherwise difficult year. While 2023 was quite different from...
Unwanted wishbone collection serves as a reminder of days past
HARTFORD — This story is about chicken bones. More specifically, it’s about wishbones, a key part of a bird’s skeleton that helps it fly.For some time, Hartford native Jim Dow and his wife, Susan Buckholz, had a CSA share at a farm in Springfield,...
Upper Valley Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah as Gaza war continues
HANOVER — Against the backdrop of ongoing violence in Gaza, the Upper Valley Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah this week with joyful gatherings tinged with somber reflection. Celebrations around the region have included a public menorah lighting on...
Bertha C. Brown
Thetford Center, VT - Bertha C. Brown, 96, died at home, in Thetford Center, on Wednesday January 17, 2024. She was born at home in Norwich, VT on January 21, 1927, a daughter of Comery... Read More
Kathleen E. Benson
Hanover, NH - Kathleen E. Benson, age 88, passed away peacefully in her sleep with her family by her side on January 17, 2024, at Kendal at Hanover, in Hanover NH. She will be deeply missed... Read More
Marilyn J. McMillan
Hartford, VT - Marilyn J. McMillan, 90, died Wednesday evening, January 17, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH surrounded by her family. She was born July 18, 1933, and ra... Read More
Constance Johnson
New London, NH - Constance Erickson Johnson who died in New London, NH, on January 16, 2024, at the age of 95. Ms Johnson was born April 11,1928 and raised in Corona, Queens, NYC. Thoug... Read More
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