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Big Green ready for a Penn air raid

HANOVER — For the second straight week, the Dartmouth College football team will be facing an offense that is struggling to score. After letting Sacred Heart wake up to the tune of 38 points last Saturday, the Big Green are eager to avoid... - Read Story

Sharon woman hikes Long Trail as fundraiser for Alzheimer’s research

White River Junction VA hosts PACT Act town hall

Brownsville tiny home development hits regulatory roadblock

Hiker rescued at Cardigan Mountain, dies later at DHMC

Man pleads guilty in downtown Claremont shooting

Solar project receives green light

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Sports

Local roundup: Woodstock field hockey stays unbeaten, unscored upon

Today

WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock High field hockey team just keeps rolling.Junior Hannah Gubbins had two goals and an assist and senior Lily Gubbins added...

Dartmouth roundup: Women’s volleyball dumps Harvard in Ivy lidlifter

9/27/22

CAM — The Dartmouth College women’s volleyball team enjoyed a successful Ivy League opener, taking down archrival Harvard on the road in four sets...

A big piece of the pie

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG - 9/28/22

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — This year’s Hartford High field hockey team may be young, but the Hurricanes are growing up fast.Heather Scudder, in her...

Local roundup: Thetford boys soccer back in win column

9/28/22

HYDE PARK, Vt. — The Thetford Academy boys soccer team picked up its first win since the season opener in a 6-0 romp over host Lamoille on...

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Features

Sharon woman hikes Long Trail as fundraiser for Alzheimer’s research

By LIZ SAUCHELLI - 9/28/22

SHARON — Two days before leaving to hike Vermont’s Long Trail, Karen McNall decided she needed some extra motivation to finish the 272-mile trek...

Over Easy: Thoughts for your Penney

By DAN MACKIE - 9/17/22

The great question of our time isn’t whether the Russian army will slink home by Halloween, COVID will fade by Christmas or Donald Trump will wear...

COVID-19 news in the Upper Valley

Columns

Jim Kenyon: Leveling the field

By JIM KENYON - 9/24/22

A 196-unit apartment complex in downtown Lebanon, a “farm outlet store” near Interstate 91 in Hartland and a cluster of “tiny homes” for tourists...

Jim Kenyon: Appropriate response for mental health crises

By JIM KENYON - 9/17/22

As a small-town New Hampshire cop in his early 20s, Zack Brock responded to a 911 call about a man who was threatening suicide by jumping into rush...

Business

Hiker rescued at Cardigan Mountain, dies later at DHMC

Today

ORANGE — A 62-year old man who was rescued after suffering a medical incident while hiking on Cardigan Mountain on Sunday died at Dartmouth...

New Vermont program provides electric cars incentives

By EMMA COTTON - 9/26/22

An increasing number of incentives are coming online for low- and middle-income Vermonters who want to switch from gas-powered cars to new and used...

Letters to the Editor

Forum, Sept. 18: Reelect Ruth Ward

9/18/22

Forum, Sept. 13: Presidential projection

9/16/22

Forum, Sept. 8: Support for Jason Bourne

9/16/22

Forum, Sept. 11: Republican Party built on a fallacy

9/16/22

Forum, Sept. 9: Beware of experts

9/16/22

Forum, Sept. 7: Reproductive rights on N.H. ballot

9/16/22

Opinion

Column: Keep reproductive health care private

By DR. HARRY CHEN - Newer than 48 hours

Column: Navigating the city and its nerve-like streets

By WILLEM LANGE - Newer than 48 hours

Editorial: Vermont taxpayers need clarity on tuition

9/24/22

Column: The little gifts of September

By MICKI COLBECK - 9/24/22

Editorial: Republicans in NH must choose path

9/19/22

Valley Visual

Sign of the times

Woods wheeling

Grieving together at Dartmouth College

Barn burner in Claremont

A pheasant surprise in Newport

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For those old enough to remember, the vision of the dark, grainy figure seen tumbling through the air 52 years ago will last forever. “The agony of defeat,” said ABC’s Wide World of Sports voice Jim... - Read Story