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Mascoma runner to race in the Boston Marathon days after turning 18
From blue jeans and Crocs to the starting line of the 129th running of the Boston Marathon on Monday.

ECFiber and operating company trade legal blows as contract renewal talks break down
Amid a growing legal dispute, ECFiber is preparing to part ways with the Maine-based internet service provider that oversees its operations.
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High school baseball: Hanover blanks Lebanon on chilly opener
NORWICH— Temperatures in the low 40s. Jarring bursts of wind. Sleet falling with a pitter-patter on spectators’ jackets and the aluminum bleachers before turning to rain.




Opinion

Editorial: Time is running out for American democracy
It’s no secret that public confidence in some of America’s leading institutions — Congress, the federal government, the news media, higher education — has been slipping over the years. What is striking about the early days of the second Trump administration is that some of those same institutions seem to have lost faith in themselves. Which raises the question of why the American people should believe in institutions that no longer believe in their own values.





Your Daily Puzzles

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.

Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.

Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.

Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Photos

A little off the top
Joel Luis and Danny Sanchez of Olsen Roofing remove shingles on a large barn last week in Orford. Built in the 1800s, the barn is getting a new roof to help preserve the building.




Arts & Life

First Baptist Church in Lebanon celebrates first service in new building eight years after arson
LEBANON — Dennis Merrihew started coming to First Baptist Church when he was around 11 years old. That’s the better part of a lifetime ago for the 74-year-old Lebanon resident.



Obituaries

Ascutney, VT - Victor R. Hayward, age 84, passed Friday, March 7, 2025. A public graveside interment service will be held on Saturday, April 26th at Ascutneyville Cemetery at 11am. Knight Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrange... remainder of obit for Victor R. Hayward

Thetford Center, VT - Belford A. Belles, age 87, passed Saturday, January 25, 2025. A celebration of life will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, April 26, at St.Paul's Church in White River. A committal will take place at the VT Veterans... remainder of obit for Belford A. Belles

Lebanon, NH - Albert A. Edson, age 69, passed Monday, December 23, 2024. Family and friends are invited to Albert's graveside service on Saturday April 26th at 1 PM at the Wells Cemetery in Canaan, NH. Arrangements are with the Rick... remainder of obit for Albert Edson

Santa Fe, NM - Merry Eleanor Converse (December 20, 1933 March 14, 2025) Merry Eleanor (Rhys) Converse passed away on March 14th, 2025, at 91, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Merry was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, on December 20, 1933, to Glyn... remainder of obit for Merry Eleanor Converse