
‘A bit Kafkaesque’: Federal judge spars with government lawyer over status of Dartmouth international student
A federal judge characterized a Trump administration lawyer’s refusal to confirm basic information about the legal status of a Dartmouth College international student as “a bit Kafkaesque” during a lengthy court hearing Tuesday.

Activist with Upper Valley ties remains detained in Vermont with a hearing set for next week
BURLINGTON — A large crowd of supporters and advocates gathered outside a Vermont courthouse Wednesday to support a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.
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Sports

Local Roundup: Lebanon hosts four-team track and field meet
Lebanon hosts four-team meet




Opinion

Editorial: New Hampshire budget shortfall is a crisis of Republican design
Who says manufacturing is dead in the United States? The budget crisis that Republican lawmakers in Concord are now purporting to solve through draconian reductions in state spending is at least partially, and perhaps mainly, the result of unwise and unwarranted tax cuts they enacted over the past decade. If that’s not manufacturing a crisis, what is?





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

Sandra Oh to speak at Dartmouth graduation
HANOVER — Golden Globe Award-winning actor Sandra Oh will deliver the commencement address at Dartmouth College’s 2025 graduation ceremony on June 15. Oh will also receive an honorary doctorate of the arts at the ceremony.




Obituaries

Claremont, NH - Patricia A. Jache, 91, passed away at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon on Wednesday April 16, 2025. She was born to the late Kenneth & Helen (Alger) Hoyt in Lyndon, VT on January 28, 1934. She worked for Smi... remainder of obit for Patricia A. Jache

Meriden, NH - Barry Jay Larrabee, 75, died Saturday, April 19, 2025, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born April 19, 1950, in Hardwick, VT one of eleven children of Charles and Lelia (Hodgdon) Larrabee. Barr... remainder of obit for Barry Jay Larrabee

Plainfield, NH - Albert Norwalk, 84, a devoted husband, loving father, grandfather and respected member of the Plainfield, NH, community, passed away peacefully on April 17, 2025. Born in Cleveland, OH, on February 9, 1941, to Albert C... remainder of obit for Albert Norwalk

Chelsea, VT - Visiting hours for Rufus and Nancy Royce will take place on Friday, May 30, 2025 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home, 300 VT Route 110, Chelsea, VT 05038. A funeral service for the two will be held o... remainder of obit for Rufus and Nancy Royce