A Look Back: The Upper Valley fight over NH’s ‘Live Free or Die’ motto

12-01-2024 12:25 PM

Half a century ago the Upper Valley was ground zero for a battle between state power to compel citizens to display a message they disagreed with and determined dissenters willing to resist, even to the point of going to jail for their beliefs.Over a...


VINS sets records for number of birds in its care

11-29-2024 5:00 PM

QUECHEE — For around a decade, Pat Tivnan has been volunteering at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science to help care for baby birds.During her four-hour shifts, she’d feed the tiniest patients at the Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation and...


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Big Green denied in NIRA D-I women’s rugby final
11-24-2024 5:16 PM

HANOVER — Only 10 seconds after Harvard fullback Chloe Headland had kicked the ball out of play, the confetti cannons began firing. As specks of red filled the air and slowly fell to the grass at Burnham Field, the Dartmouth women’s rugby team...

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Editorial: Rebuilding faith in democracy, beyond Trump
08-23-2024 8:00 PM

In announcing this past week that he would be voting for Kamala Harris in this fall’s presidential election, retired federal appeals court judge J. Michael Luttig denounced Donald Trump as a threat to the very existence of American democracy. As...

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Upper Valley Guernseys earn ribbons at World Dairy Expo
11-25-2024 6:31 PM

MERIDEN — To owner Angela Toms, Mill Bridge Farm is a “4-H project gone right.”Toms, a physician, and her husband, Chris Forman, a software engineer, built the barn that houses 11 Guernsey cows in 2018, after their four children joined 4-H and got...

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Obit photo for Martin Berchtold Witschi Martin Berchtold Witschi

Hanover, NH - Martin Berchtold Witschi, 95, of Hanover, New Hampshire passed away peacefully on October 2, 2024. A devoted husband, brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather, Martin lived an extraordinary and happy life. He wil... remainder of obit for Martin Berchtold Witschi

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Casa Grande, AZ - Marvin Lawrence Cole passed away peacefully at his home in Casa Grande, Arizona, on November 19, 2024 surrounded by family. Marvin was born on February 2, 1943, in Rutland, Vermont, to Elbert and Hilda (Parker) Col... remainder of obit for Marvin Lawrence Cole

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Durango, CO - Matt was born in Norwalk, CT on September 16, 1961 to Nancie Gardiner and Robert Allen Lucas, passed away peacefully on November 17, 2024 at the age of 63. He attended schools in Westport, CT and Hanover, NH. Matt enjoyed ... remainder of obit for Matthew Robert Lucas

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Grantham, NH - Thomas E. Vogel at the age of 82 passed away on November 25, 2024 at Jack Byrne Hospice Care Center after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. He is survived by Claire, his loving wife of 64 years, their daughter Al... remainder of obit for Thomas E. Vogel

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