A Look Back: The 1992 N.H. Primary

By JOHN P. GREGG

WEST LEBANON — A generation ago, a crowded field of Democrats were running in the 1992 New Hampshire presidential primary, hoping to unseat a Republican incumbent who many voters thought was out-of-touch on the domestic front, especially regarding the...

Dartmouth College campus grapples with scandal fallout

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — While some faculty, alumni and students say Dartmouth College’s ongoing efforts to eliminate sexual harassment are important and should continue, they also say more needs to be done before they can move past a scandal in the Department of...

Victims speak at sentencing of ex-South Royalton principal who secretly recorded them

By ANNA MERRIMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A teenage girl stood at the podium in Windsor Superior Court on Wednesday morning and in a shaky voice recalled the moment she learned a former South Royalton School principal had been secretly recording her at his house.“It’s a...

Lindt Chocolate store in West Lebanon to close

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — The Lindt Chocolate Shop off Route 12A will close on Jan. 29.Sarah Luhmann, property manager at Powerhouse Mall, said Lindt’s closing coincides with the store’s lease expiring at the end of the month.Stratham, N.H.-based Lindt &...

Simon Pearce buys Parker House in Quechee

By JOHN LIPPMAN

QUECHEE — The Parker House has come home again.Simon Pearce — the Vermont glassware and pottery maker and restaurateur — has purchased Parker House inn, the restaurant and bed and breakfast adjacent to its showroom and restaurant on Quechee Main...

NH bill would require licenses for hunting at Corbin Park preserve

By DAVID BROOKS

CROYDON — Corbin Park, the large private hunting preserve with an individual membership fee that runs into the tens of thousands of dollars, is being targeted by proposed legislation that would require its members to buy a new class of hunting...

High stakes for small ears: Seed stewards preserve native varieties of corn, other plants

By AMANDA GOKEE

NEWBURY, Vt. — Dried ears of Koasek corn are only about 4 inches long, much shorter and slimmer than the commercial varieties sold at the grocery store.But Koasek corn, which is native to northern New England, isn’t for sale at the supermarket. Seed...

NH House passes two plastic bag bills

By ETHAN DeWITT

CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed two bills to regulate single-use plastics Thursday, furthering an effort by Democrats to crack down on waste from plastic bags and straws.Members of the House voted largely along party lines to impose a...

Man reaches plea deal, sentenced 11 years after fatal shooting in Chester, Vt.

By ANNA MERRIMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It’s been almost 11½ years since Kyle Bolaski fired the shot that left Vincent Tamburello bleeding to death on a Chester, Vt., softball field in 2008. More than a decade of court appearances, some time in an out-of-state prison,...

Hanover shows signs of accommodating short-term rentals

by JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — In Hanover you can order a ride on Uber, pay the parking meter with a ParkMobile app, and have groceries delivered via Instacart.What you can’t do in Hanover is list your home for rent on Airbnb or related short-term rental websites, an...

Bottom Line: Sharon general store being sold to Vermont convenience chain

By JOHN LIPPMAN

It is, White River Valley residents attest, a small country store. And yet, as an august statesman said of another beloved local institution, there are those who love it.Sharon residents are talking about the Sharon Trading Post, the general store and...

Vermont targets ways to reverse hunting decline

By JUSTIN TROMBLY

Matt Lacey, a bit tongue-in-cheek, referred to himself recently as “just some tree-hugging liberal from central Ohio.”That was until last year, when the 23-year-old moved to the Green Mountain State, enrolled in Vermont Law School and began learning...

2 firefighters recovering after Lebanon hotel explosion

LEBANON — An explosion at a Route 120 hotel injured two firefighters and forced the evacuation of dozens of guests before dawn Tuesday morning.The Lebanon Fire Department responded to an alarm at the Element Hotel, located on Foothill Street...

Events detailed in July killing

By WILSON RING

MONTPELIER — The legal cases are continuing against a mother-son pair from Vermont charged separately in connection with the shooting death of the woman’s husband as part of what court documents describe as a well-planned crime.Separate affidavits...

Scientists work to save seagrass from pollution

By MICHAEL CASEY and ANDREW SELSKY

DURHAM, N.H. — Peering over the side of his skiff anchored in the middle of New Hampshire’s Great Bay, Fred Short liked what he saw. Just below the surface, the 69-year-old marine ecologist noticed beds of bright green seagrass swaying in the...

Bottom Line: White River Hyundai site to become used-car lot

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The nearly empty lot of cars at White River Hyundai on Sykes Mountain Avenue in White River Junction has had people wondering what’s up with the auto dealership.Now we know.Owner Rick MacLeay had been mum on the subject but last week disclosed to me...

Cottage CEO has high profile away from work

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WOODSVILLE — Cottage Hospital CEO Maria Ryan has made headlines due to her friendship with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whom she accompanied to a state dinner at the White House in September.And her appearances with Giuliani, who has become...

Bottom Line: West Lebanon Kmart the one blue light still shining in northern New England

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The Kmart store in West Lebanon might not seem special, but it has a singular status.With the recent announcement about stores slated for closing, the Kmart on Route 12A in West Lebanon will soon be the sole remaining Kmart in New Hampshire, Vermont...

Sunday Seniors: Presentation tackles ageism in language

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — As the Twin States’ senior citizen population continues to grow, experts on aging are focused on changing the negative perceptions many people have about aging and the ageist language that can result from those beliefs.Kelly Laflamme, of the...

Will Mass. change spur NH, Vt. to alter their highway exit signs?

By DAVID BROOKS

Are the days of heading to downtown Lebanon on Exit 18 numbered? Maybe so.The state Department of Transportation has endorsed the idea of changing exit numbers on interstates and turnpikes so that they reflect mileage rather than sequence.New...