
First Baptist Church in Lebanon celebrates first service in new building eight years after arson
LEBANON — Dennis Merrihew started coming to First Baptist Church when he was around 11 years old. That’s the better part of a lifetime ago for the 74-year-old Lebanon resident.

Out & About: Teen center finds a new home in Bradford, Vt.
BRADFORD, Vt. — Alivia Patch’s favorite thing about the Bradford Teen Center, known as The Hub, is that she can be around people her own age in a fun and supportive place. “I get to hang out with my friends and cook,” Alivia, 13, said.
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Sports

Local Roundup: Mascoma boys win track and field meet
Mascoma boys win Belmont meet




Opinion

Editorial: Time is running out for American democracy
It’s no secret that public confidence in some of America’s leading institutions — Congress, the federal government, the news media, higher education — has been slipping over the years. What is striking about the early days of the second Trump administration is that some of those same institutions seem to have lost faith in themselves. Which raises the question of why the American people should believe in institutions that no longer believe in their own values.





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.




Arts & Life

Art Notes: JAM exhibit combines cartoons and journalism
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — As a broadcast news outlet and a community hub for burgeoning artists and filmmakers, JAM (Junction Arts & Media) traverses the space between the factual and the fanciful.



Obituaries

Hartland, VT - Wayne L. Morris, age 84, passed Saturday, April 12, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at the Red Door Church in South Royalton, VT. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery in Sha... remainder of obit for Wayne L. Morris

White River Jct., VT - Lois Elaine Sealy, 93, died Sunday, April 13, 2025, in her home with family near - her daughters & granddaughters. She was born on April 15, 1931, in Scranton, PA to Arthur and Thelma (Lloyd) Sealy. She gradua... remainder of obit for Lois Elaine Sealy

Hanover, NH - Raymond "Ray" G. Wilkins, 86 died peacefully on Tuesday April 15, 2025 at the Jack Byrnes Palliative Care and Hospice Center in Lebanon, NH Ray was born on November 9, 1938 in Camden, New Jersey the son of Gilbert and ... remainder of obit for Raymond G. Wilkins

Lebanon, NH - Muriel Ann Maville, 87, died on April 6, 2025, at Dartmouth Medical Center in Lebanon. She was born November 7, 1937, in Enfield, NH, the daughter of Edward and Helen (Wooster) Chouinard and graduated from Hanover High Sch... remainder of obit for Muriel Ann Maville