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State: No need for no-wake zone on Lyme’s Post Pond
LYME — The New Hampshire Department of Safety has denied a petition to limit the use of motorboats on Post Pond in Lyme.Nearly 40 residents — many of whom are affiliated with Friends of Post Pond — submitted a petition this spring asking the...
A DHMC pilot program wants to make it easier for NH doctors to talk about climate change
Jessica Blasko’s appreciation for the natural world is obvious. Driftwood and hanging pothos plants decorate the walls of her home. Behind her kitchen table, Goliath, the family tortoise, sits in his tank.Blakso grew up in New England’s outdoors,...
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Cows ship out from Royalton farm long owned by Ainsworth family
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Cows ship out from Royalton farm long owned by Ainsworth family
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End may be in sight for longstanding Tunbridge trails dispute
TUNBRIDGE — The Vermont Supreme Court is leaving it up to a lower court judge to decide whether the town of Tunbridge has the “right to maintain and repair legal trails within its borders.” The 5-0 decision released Aug. 2 paves the way for a...
Thetford track coaches earn national recognition
Hanover boys track coach wins national award
Elle Purrier St. Pierre qualifies for 1,500-meter finals in Paris
After a half-century on the sidelines, a Vermont sportswriter finds himself in the spotlightOpinion
Editorial: Is ‘neutrality’ another name for failing to lead?
Dartmouth president Sian Leah Beilock is considering whether the college “should formally adopt a position of institutional neutrality,” according to Liz Lempres, chairwoman of the college’s board of trustees. If it does, Dartmouth would join Harvard...
Perspectives: A relationship built on writing
Editorial: Artificial intelligence poses real risks
Editorial: Response to campus protests only adds fuel to the fire
Editorial: Chris Sununu’s moral vacuum
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Out & About: Beech leaf disease threatens Vermont trees
Vermont officials are seeking the public’s help in tracking a new beech tree disease that’s spreading throughout the state.Beech Leaf Disease was first detected last October in Vernon and Dummerston, said Josh Halman, forest health program manager...
Mountain Lions in NH? Some locals believe the big cats still roam the Granite State
Public phones make a comeback in White River Valley
Art Notes: Joan Osborne to headline Lebanon Opera House’s Nexus festival
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Obituaries
Theodore R. Eck
Orford, NH - Theodore R. Eck, Ph.D., economist and land conservationist, died on Thursday, August 1, 2024, at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care in Lebanon, NH at the age of 91. Ted was the first child of Howard Willi... remainder of obit for Theodore R. Eck
Scott LaFlamme
Windsor, VT - Scott Lee LaFlamme, age 56, passed Wednesday, August 7, 2024. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. The Knight Funeral Home in Windsor, VT is honored to be assisting the LaFla... remainder of obit for Scott LaFlamme
Scott Slayton
Cornish, NH - Scott Slayton, Sr., 86, died at home with his family in Cornish on Friday August 9, 2024. He was born December 27, 1937, in Burlington, VT, a son of Hayden and Bernice (Barup) Slayton. Scott grew up in Plainfield where he... remainder of obit for Scott Slayton
Linda E. Lashua
Canaan, NH - Linda Edith Lashua, age 77, passed Friday, August 9, 2024. Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon, NH is assisting the family. ... remainder of obit for Linda E. Lashua
