Hanover Selectboard gives $130,000 severance package to departing town manager

07-18-2024 6:01 PM

HANOVER — Departing Town Manager Alex Torpey will receive more than $135,000 in severance from the town, according to a separation agreement between Torpey and the Selectboard. But the reason for the parting of ways remains unclear. Last week, the...


Upper Valley health care providers, businesses disrupted by tech outages

07-19-2024 5:31 PM

LEBANON — Upper Valley emergency service agencies, health care providers and businesses felt the impact of a global internet outage that started early Friday morning.Around 9 a.m., Dartmouth Health reported that its “locations are experiencing a...


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The Prouty begins
07-12-2024 6:31 PM

Volunteer Isabel Bober, right, cheers for rider Jacky Dick, of Andover, Mass., as she nears the finish line for the Prouty Ultimate in Hanover on Friday. Dick has been participating in the Prouty, a fundraiser for the Dartmouth Cancer Center, for 10...

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Editorial: Is ‘neutrality’ another name for failing to lead?
06-14-2024 10:01 PM

Dartmouth president Sian Leah Beilock is considering whether the college “should formally adopt a position of institutional neutrality,” according to Liz Lempres, chairwoman of the college’s board of trustees. If it does, Dartmouth would join Harvard...

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Vermont’s new Catholic bishop faces a litany of challenges
07-17-2024 5:01 PM

When John McDermott was ordained as a priest 35 years ago, both the new cleric and the nearly two-century-old Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese — the state’s largest religious denomination — were awash in historic highs.Standing before then-Bishop John...

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Obit photo for Lorraine A. Prior Lorraine A. Prior

White River Jct., VT - Lorraine A. Prior, 74, died Monday, July 15, 2024, at Lebanon Center Genesis in Lebanon, NH with her family by her side. Lorraine was born February 1, 1950, in Sherburne, VT, a daughter of William and Dorothy ... remainder of obit for Lorraine A. Prior

Obit photo for Russell O. Collins Russell O. Collins

Quechee, VT - Russell O. Collins, 90, died Monday July 15, 2024, at the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor, VT. Russell was born January 15, 1934, in Hanover, NH, a son of Robert and Clara (Hall) Collins. Russell attend... remainder of obit for Russell O. Collins

Obit photo for Melodie Oronte Melodie Oronte

Melodie 'Mel' Oronte Wilder, VT - Melodie 'Mel' Oronte, age 65, died in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 16th, 2024, at her home after a long road of health issues and dialysis. Mel was born October 21, 1958, in Lebanon, NH to M... remainder of obit for Melodie Oronte

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New London, NH - Gwendolyn Place passed away peacefully at her home with family on July 14, 2024. She was born in Saugus, Massachusetts on March 30, 1930 to Kenneth and Esther Larkin. She attended Katharine Gibbs School in Boston where ... remainder of obit for Gwendolyn Place

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