Amid fraught landscape, school districts react differently to transgender sports ban law

10-05-2024 4:01 PM

In August, the Kearsarge Regional School Board took up a thorny question: How should it comply with a new law barring transgender girls from middle and high school sports?Earlier that summer, Gov. Chris Sununu had signed the law, House Bill 1205,...


High school girls soccer: Raptors extend winning streak, while Phoenix remains winless

10-05-2024 5:01 PM

ORFORD — Rivendell girls soccer coach Jason Knowles doesn’t want the regular season to end. In a perfect world, the first-year coach could prolong it. He could manufacture a little more time to capture every bit of magic this group of 17 girls has to...


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Teevens to be honored with stadium naming as Big Green face Penn
10-03-2024 7:00 PM

How do you honor the legacy of a man whose impact on the field, on the game at-large, on a school, on a community, is so profound and far reaching? That’s the question Dartmouth has been asking itself in the 365 days and counting since longtime coach...

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Editorial: Rebuilding faith in democracy, beyond Trump
08-23-2024 8:00 PM

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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Arsenic exams: Scientists are teaching NH kids how to test wells for water contamination
10-04-2024 3:40 PM

Almost half of New Hampshire households rely on private wells for their water. Many of those wells are contaminated with arsenic, a naturally occurring element that can cause cancer and other diseases.But most people don’t test their water for...

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Claremont, NH - Norman E. MacLeay, 94, of Goyette Avenue in Claremont, NH died Thursday, October 3, 2024, following a period of failing health. He was born in Claremont, NH on May 6, 1930, the son of George Gardiner and Sarah MacLeay, a... remainder of obit for Norman E. MacLeay

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White River Jct., VT - William E. Wilkinson, age 72, passed Monday, September 2, 2024. A Celebration of Bill's life will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 3 until 6pm at Knight Funeral Home in Windsor, VT. ... remainder of obit for William E. Wilkinson

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MERIDEN, NH - Steven Shorey, age 73, passed Monday, July 15, 2024. A Celebration of LIfe for Steven is Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 at 11:30. The celebration will be held under the tent at the 4 Aces. If it rains, we will go inside the diner... remainder of obit for Steven Shorey

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Hanover, NH - Peregrine B. Spiegel, age 88, passed Thursday, October 3, 2024. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Rand-Wilson Funeral Home in Hanover, NH is assisting the family with arra... remainder of obit for Peregrine B. Spiegel

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