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A Life: Henry P. Rodeschin and William M. Rodeschin

NEWPORT, N.H. — Bill Rodeschin was born at the Rodeschin family home which was located across Sunapee Street from where LaValley Building Supply is now, in 1926. His brother, Henry Rodeschin, was born in the same house in Newport... - Read Story

Christmas tree shortage hits Upper Valley fundraisers, but not enough to dampen holiday cheer

Walk-in vaccination clinics this week in Lebanon, Orford

Planning board seeks comments on Lake Sunapee regional plan

Aid will rehab Vermont water pipes

A look at under-the-radar legislation

School resource officer or social worker? Lebanon superintendent opting for both

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Sports

Mellow fellow: Boucher adjusts approach with Lebanon girls basketball

By SETH TOW - Today

LEBANON — Chris Boucher is adapting.One week into practice as Lebanon High’s new girls basketball coach, a position he called a dream job, he...

Championship reflections: Lebanon boys soccer title worth the wait

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG - 12/3/21

LEBANON — For Rob Johnstone, the sixth time was the charm.In his 28th season as the head coach of the Lebanon High boys soccer team and his sixth...

Championship reflections: Windsor field hockey title unexpected, expected

By SETH TOW - 12/2/21

WINDSOR — Windsor High field hockey coach Jody Wood wasn’t expecting this outcome.Coming off two consecutive VPA Division III state championships...

Local roundup: Lebanon, Stevens open HS swim season

Staff Report - 12/4/21

CLAREMONT — Lebanon and Stevens opened their NHIAA high school swimming season on Friday night at a four-team meet at the Claremont Community...

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Features

Over Easy: Throwing shade at the time change

By DAN MACKIE - 12/4/21

Who turned out the light? I’m sure you’ve noticed, as have I, that yet another time change has robbed us of the vigor of the late afternoon sun...

Contests map out holiday light displays in Windsor, Hartford, Lebanon

By LIZ SAUCHELLI - 12/1/21

WINDSOR — Last year, the first holiday season in the Upper Valley marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, people turned to decorating to spread a little...

COVID-19 news in the Upper Valley

Columns

Jim Kenyon: NH, Vt. police still working to collar the dog accused in chicken-killing

By JIM KENYON - 12/5/21

Ruby is still on the lam.In a case ripe for a true crime podcast, a dog named Ruby (a country song in the making) is accused in a quadruple-chicken...

Jim Kenyon: For Hartford’s homeless population, solutions are moving, albeit slowly

By JIM KENYON - 12/1/21

With nighttime temperatures now dipping into the low teens, the effects of Hartford’s crackdown on homeless encampments this fall are about to...

Business

Christmas tree shortage hits Upper Valley fundraisers, but not enough to dampen holiday cheer

By CLAIRE POTTER - 12/5/21

LEBANON — Teams of Scouts held up Christmas trees side by side so customers at Colburn Park could make an informed purchase. After they closed a...

Grafton County’s broadband push faces challenge from incumbent providers

By AMANDA GOKEE - 12/3/21

Editor’s Note: This story was first published on New Hampshire Bulletin.For Heidi Reynolds, not having reliable high-speed internet at her home on...

Letters to the Editor

Forum, Nov. 30: Thanks to city of Lebanon for its model approach to waste management

11/29/21

Forum, Nov. 29: Redistricting plan unfair to towns in Sullivan County

11/28/21

Forum, Nov. 26: Thanks to everyone who supports nonprofits

11/28/21

Forum, Nov. 28: Not buying Sununu’s energy program

11/27/21

Forum, Nov. 27: Opinion column displayed a partisan derangement

11/26/21

Forum, Nov. 25: Happy Thanksgiving from the La Salette community

11/24/21

Opinion

Column: Gratitude for firefighters, then and now

By ELIZABETH RICKETSON - 11/27/21

Column: Inspired by our health caregivers

By WAYNE GERSEN - 11/27/21

Column: A brief return to the 1950s

By JOAN JAFFE - 11/26/21

Column: Trying to navigate pandemic politeness

By PAUL KEANE - 11/25/21

Column: Free school meals help all students thrive

By BETH ROY and GRETCHEN CZAJA - 11/24/21

Valley Visual

Tunnel vision with mural under Lebanon mall

Late season

Blowing up the holidays in Royalton Village

A picture-perfect fall in White River Junction

Scoping out the night sky in Quechee

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Videos

HANOVER — As Montell Jordan’s 1995 hip-hop classic This Is How We Do It reverberated across Memorial Field during the first half of Dartmouth College’s football home opener against Sacred Heart in... - Read Story