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Winds fuel Hartford brush fires
On the trail: Gov. Ayotte says she delivered on her promises in her 100 days in office. Not everyone agrees
Upper Valley Earth Day events 2025
Investigation details past sexual misconduct by faculty at Proctor Academy
School Notes: Red Sox honor longtime Thetford Academy educator Ted Peters
After more than 45 years, Upper Valley guitar shop closes
WEST LEBANON — After more than 45 years in business, financial troubles and a falling out between business partners led music shop Blue Mountain Guitar to take a final bow last weekend.
Roman Catholics mourn Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner, sinking to his hands and knees to implore South Sudan’s rival leaders to make peace.
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Newbury,Vt., man who killed daughter ruled to be ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’
Fill ’er up: New Hampshire considers allowing patrons to pour their own alcohol
After more than 45 years, Upper Valley guitar shop closes
Protesters rally in Lebanon and elsewhere across the country
Windsor snow globe business fears Trump tariffs
A Life: Kelly Kangas ‘just always had that spirit’
Editors Picks
First Baptist Church in Lebanon celebrates first service in new building eight years after arson
A Life: Kelly Kangas ‘just always had that spirit’
Editorial: Free speech detentions reach into Upper Valley
Out & About: Teen center finds a new home in Bradford, Vt.
Sports
As spring skiing season winds down, one NH ski area plans to spin its lift until May
The Red Sox season was already a dozen games deep when, on April 9, a small ski area in New Hampshire fired up its snowmaking guns to add to the snow base on its main slope.
Mascoma runner to race in the Boston Marathon days after turning 18
High school baseball: Hanover blanks Lebanon on chilly opener
Local Roundup: Mascoma boys win track and field meet
Top shelf in the NHL
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?
Editorial: Time is running out for American democracy
Editorial: Jeanne Shaheen blazed a trail in politics
Column: Federal funding for medical research puts America first
Editorial: MLB resumes all-American pursuit of new billions
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.
Winding up a project
Capping a class trip
Spring into action
Spring cleanup
e-Edition
Arts & Life
A timeline of events in the rebuilding of Lebanon’s Baptist church
This timeline of the construction of the new First Baptist Church of Lebanon is taken from accounts in the Valley News and recent interviews with church leaders.
Art Notes: JAM exhibit combines cartoons and journalism
How to catch a glimpse of the northern lights this week
Cafes and a fine dining spot joining Woodstock restaurant scene
A Life: Len Veilleux ‘just loved cars’
Obituaries
Diana Piotrow
New London, NH - Diana Rives Piotrow, Architect and Star Tennis Player Diana R. Piotrow of New London, NH passed away peacefully April 15, 2025 at the age of 65 surrounded by family. She was born in Washington, DC on a snowy day in Ma... remainder of obit for Diana Piotrow
Robert Scott
Exeter, NH - Robert T. Scott, of Exeter, NH, and formerly of Lake Sunapee, NH, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 15. He was 95. Bob, as he was known to his friends and family, was born in Brooklyn, New York on Aug 1, 1929. As a young m... remainder of obit for Robert Scott
Barbara Lucas
Newport, NH - Barbara J. Lucas, 85, passed away at Woodlawn Care Center on April 18, 2025 after a period of declining health. She was born on February 14, 1940 in Rome, NY to the late Barton and Teresa (Depasquale) Burlison. Barbara... remainder of obit for Barbara Lucas
Barbara Taylor Perkins
South Royalton, VT - Barbara Taylor Perkins, 84 lost her battle with cancer on Thursday, April 17th, 2025. She passed peacefully in her sleep. She was born on January 21, 1941. She was a strong, spitfire of a woman who loved her family... remainder of obit for Barbara Taylor Perkins
