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Fire destroys Windsor home; woman rescued through window

WINDSOR — First responders rescued a 75-year-old Windsor woman through her living room window Friday afternoon after she was trapped by a two-alarm fire that destroyed the single-family home along Route 44. The woman, Suzanne Skuja,... - Read Story

Project removes old, disused dams to make healthier waterways

Hartford roundabout paving scheduled to start Sunday night

3rd lawsuit alleges abuse at New Hampshire youth center

Face masks now required at Newport’s middle school after positive COVID tests

Springfield Hospital forbids visitors

Softball tournament planned in memory of Thetford Academy graduate

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Sports

Local roundup: Windsor girls soccer earns first victory

Today

ORFORD — The Windsor High girls soccer team held on to a one-goal lead for the entire second half to beat host Rivendell, 3-2, on Friday afternoon...

Strength coach Brown gives Dartmouth football a big lift

By SETH TOW - Today

HANOVER — As Dartmouth College football gets set to take on Valparaiso on Saturday and the stress of a new season ramps up for some of the coaching...

Dartmouth roundup: Volleyball win streak ends with split at Hartford Invitational

Today

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — The Dartmouth College women’s volleyball team dropped its first match of the season on Friday night as it split its first...

Cardinals’ comeback comes up short

By PATRICK O’GRADY - Today

CLAREMONT — Down 27-0 late in the third quarter, the Stevens High football team mounted a comeback and was marching toward the winning score when...

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Features

Liz Sauchelli: 9/11 changed the way I looked at my childhood

By LIZ SAUCHELLI - 9/11/21

In the months after 9/11, I slept on my parents’ bedroom floor in a sleeping bag. I was 11 years old, and the world as I knew it — generally safe...

Over Easy: Familiarity breeds in the company of dogs

By DAN MACKIE - 9/10/21

As a retired newsman, I am always sniffing around for trends, and recently my nose for news led me to this one: Dogs are upping their game.As I...

COVID-19 news in the Upper Valley

Columns

Remembering 9/11: His life shattered, a husband picks up the pieces

By JIM KENYON - 9/11/21

Anna Allison, who made frequent business trips to California, often set up her schedule to leave Boston’s Logan International Airport on Mondays...

Remembering 9/11: A fishing trip turns into a tangled mess

By JIM KENYON - 9/11/21

Todd Godfrey was happy to have a window seat on the early-morning flight out of Manchester. Under a bright blue sky and no clouds blocking his view...

Business

At 101, she’s still hauling lobsters with no plans to stop

By PATRICK WHITTLE and ROBERT F. BUKATY - 9/16/21

ROCKLAND, Maine — When Virginia Oliver started trapping lobsters off Maine’s rocky coast, World War II was more than a decade in the future, the...

Abandoned Springfield, Vt., factory the focus of event hailing state brownfields cleanup money

By JOHN LIPPMAN - 9/16/21

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — An abandoned and sprawling machine tool factory at the gateway to downtown, long a ghostly reminder of the region’s economic...

Letters to the Editor

Forum, Sept. 18: Executive Council’s vote jeopardized women’s health

Newer than 48 hours

Forum, Sept. 17: A glorious day turned terrible

Newer than 48 hours

Forum, Sept. 16: Vital to attend Claremont vaccination clinics

9/15/21

Forum, Sept. 15: Highlight other ATV ills

9/14/21

Forum, Sept. 14: Reactionary court should be changed

9/13/21

Forum, Sept. 12: Wilder Dam owners must create an erosion mitigation fund

9/11/21

Opinion

Column: Remember our losses, and recognize the futility of war

By STEVE NELSON - Newer than 48 hours

Column: What NH community behavioral health care looks like

By DAVE CELONE - 9/14/21

Column: The canine-human relationship

By WILLEM LANGE - 9/14/21

Column: Carbon pricing is essential to address climate change

By KATHERINE TUCKER - 9/12/21

Column: Those touched by the disease know that every day is Alzheimer’s Awareness Day

By EDIE THYS MORGAN - 9/11/21

Valley Visual

A new field of work in Lebanon

Head-on crash in Sharon totals two cars

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Farm teams compete in Norwich

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Videos

TUNBRIDGE — When summer vacation rolled around, the four Cilley siblings weren’t quite done with school. Susan, the eldest, made sure of it. “Upstairs in the barn she set up a complete classroom,” her... - Read Story