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Community supports Tunbridge couple who lost home to fire
TUNBRIDGE — Community members have rallied around two longtime residents who lost their home of nearly 30 years in an early-morning fire last week.As of Monday afternoon, more than $56,000 had been raised to rebuild the Monarch Hill Road house of Lisa...
Bethel Fire Department leaders resign
BETHEL — Interim Fire Chief Geary Coogler, who “managed to pull off the miracle” of leading the department during a tumultuous period has resigned, along with Assistant Fire Chief Greg Timmins.The resignations went into effect Sunday. The Selectboard...
Sports
Managing to make a mark: Lebanon grad Felix rewarded with minutes for college soccer team
Alex Felix was a bit nervous but mostly filled with excited anticipation as he waited to substitute into the St. Olaf (Minn.) College men’s soccer game against visiting Concordia-Moorhead on Nov. 2.The 2021 Lebanon High graduate’s emotions were...
Opinion
Editorial: Rebuilding faith in democracy, beyond Trump
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
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...
Obituaries
Lebanon, NH - John Thomas Leonard, 71, passed suddenly November 26, 2024, in New York City, of an acute myocardial infarction. Born October 19, 1953, in Lebanon, John was the seventh child of Blanche (Bassett) and Lawrence Leonard Sr. ... remainder of obit for John Leonard
Hanover, NH - Marilyn Sargent Babineau, age 94, passed Sunday, December 1, 2024. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of the Valley News. Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon is assisting the family. ... remainder of obit for Marilyn Sargent Babineau
Plainfield, NH - Rosa Guzman of Plainfield, NH peacefully passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at the age of 85 family and friends by her side at Jack Byrne Center in Lebanon, NH. Rosa was born in 1939 in Ecuador to Brigido and ... remainder of obit for Rosa Guzman
New London, NH - Joanna Helen Fanos, 79, of New London, NH, died November 15, 2024. She was born March 3, 1945 in Port Jefferson, New York, to Anastos and Doris Mahan Fanos. She grew up in Pittsfield, MA, graduating from Pittsfield High... remainder of obit for Joanna Helen Fanos