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Richards school reopens following bat inspection
NEWPORT — Students returned to Richards Elementary School Tuesday after a wildlife services business thoroughly inspected the building for signs of bats. The school was closed Monday to allow the company to inspect the building, Newport School...
Public opposition to Hartland cell tower mounts
HARTLAND — The Planning Commission indicated at a meeting last week that it would oppose a proposed 160-foot cell tower off Town Farm Hill Road, near Hartland Four Corners.“Our job is to defend the town plan, and the town plan says you don’t build on...
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Alleged Canaan dognappers face charges
The owners of a NH ski area are trying to balance tradition with long-needed investment
Community power program now covers about half of New Hampshire
Hartford police chief to retire in February
Editors Picks
Company seeks variance for Claremont slaughterhouse operation
Over Easy: Investing in garbage futures
Editorial: A president whose star keeps rising
Dry conditions limit early season snowmaking in the Upper Valley
Sports
Girls basketball: Jacks signal readiness for another run
WINDSOR — There are so many championship banners draped on the wall of Windsor High’s gym that the excess ones have begun to spill off the wall and onto the mezzanine that surrounds the court.This year’s girls basketball team may well force them to...
Local Roundup: Lebanon hosts Hanover for Wechsler Cup hoops games
Group wants to create access for biking, walking between Vermont communities
Dartmouth basketball players are ending their attempt to unionize in anticipation of shifting NLRB
Rainy, warm weather delays Storrs Hill ski season opener
Opinion
Column: How should we assess Sununu’s leadership?
Who remembers Mink? A black bear that for years roamed woods and scavenged trash bins in the heart of the Upper Valley, Mink was named for Hanover’s Mink Brook Nature Preserve, where she often made a den and raised cubs for the better part of two...
Editorial: Wanted: A state librarian who’s eager to ban books
Column: We need more people riding bikes, and not just in Hartford
Column: Time to build a better road system for all
Editorial: Hartford bike lanes miss mark

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.
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Valley News photographers talk about their favorite work from the past year
Arts & Life
50 years of counting birds, and eating turkey, in Woodstock
About 20 people gathered in a church in Woodstock in late December as it got dark. They had spent the day walking and driving and looking out kitchen windows searching for birds in a big circle that covers most of Woodstock and Bridgewater, and parts...
A Dartmouth grad student is in Antarctica this winter on a mission to find the world’s oldest ice
A Life: Jill Lord ‘made her work reflect her love of us in a lot of ways’
Out & About: 20 good things in 2024
Upper Valley Filipino-American Christmas Party
Obituaries
Sheldon Boege
North Sutton, NH - Sheldon Edward Boege 1943-2024 Sheldon Boege passed away peacefully at home on December 22, 2024 from pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Sheldon was born in Fullerton, CA on March 17, 1943, the son of Sally and Gerald Boe... remainder of obit for Sheldon Boege
Joyce Harris Milne
Wilder, VT - Joyce embarked on a new adventure during the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2025. She had looked forward to celebrating her 99th birthday on January 12th. She did welcome in the New Year. Joyce was fearless and stron... remainder of obit for Joyce Harris Milne
Harry Warren
Woodstock, VT - Harry Joe Warren, age 86, passed Thursday, November 7, 2024. There will be a memorial service held at First Congregational Church Woodstock on Saturday, January 11th at 1pm. There will be a time of refreshments and f... remainder of obit for Harry Warren
Joyce Harris Milne
Wilder, VT - Joyce Harris Milne, age 98, passed Wednesday, January 1, 2025. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Knight Funeral Home in White River Junction has been entrusted with arrange... remainder of obit for Joyce Harris Milne

Jan. 6 celebrants, hoping for pardons, gather in NH to rewrite narrative
Kearsarge voters overwhelmingly reject proposed school budget cap

