Brew pub coming in for a landing at Lebanon airport

By TIM CAMERATO

WEST LEBANON — A Grantham contractor hopes to revive a long-vacant restaurant space at Lebanon Municipal Airport, as well as the city’s former status as a craft beer destination.David Albright is in talks with the city to lease about 2,000 square feet...

Shooting suspect enters plea

By MICHAEL CASEY

NASHUA, N.H. — A man accused of storming into a New Hampshire church over the weekend and shooting a clergyman and a bride during a wedding pleaded not guilty Tuesday.Dale Holloway, 37, of Manchester, is accused of attempted murder, assault and other...

Vermont physician sues D-H, alleging breach of contract

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

BURLINGTON — A Vermont physician alleges that Dartmouth-Hitchcock rescinded an employment offer after he had taken steps to close his private practice and move to the Upper Valley, causing damage to his business and reputation.In a lawsuit filed in...

Route 120 reopens after crash in Hanover

By TRIS WYKES

HANOVER — Dartmouth College football coach Buddy Teevens usually spots his wife, Kirsten, during the latter stages of his team’s practices on Memorial Field.Kirsten Teevens often arrives to chat and bring her husband dinner in a small bag. Often it’s...

Jim Kenyon: Remembering an unmatched critic of Dartmouth

By JIM KENYON

A few years ago, Dartmouth no longer wanted students building a giant snow sculpture on the Green for Winter Carnival.The decision apparently arose out of fear the frozen artwork — a longstanding Dartmouth tradition — might topple over onto an...

Sexual assault reports increase at Dartmouth College

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

HANOVER — The number of rapes reported at Dartmouth College increased by more than 41% in 2018, according to annual statistics released this week by the college.But officials said the increase does not mean the campus has become less safe. Rather,...

Ill will in the mill: Tenant infighting, money woes put Bridgewater Mill building on the block

By JOHN LIPPMAN

The Bridgewater Mill has survived fire, the collapse of New England’s manufacturing economy, at least two devastating floods, insolvency and a misguided attempt to turn it into a shopping mall.Now it faces a new existential threat: warring tenants who...

Research helps Dartmouth confront the ties to slavery in its past

By MATT GOLEC

HANOVER — In 1776, the year the United States declared its independence, the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock wrote a letter to discuss purchasing two items: a wheel of cheese and a human being.“I understand the money must be paid down for the cheese,” wrote the...

Bottom Line: Massive Quechee Lakes parcel going on the market

By JOHN LIPPMAN

In the market for a condo at Quechee Lakes? Well, we’ve got a place for you: 640 acres of pristine, forested land. And it can be all yours for $4.5 million.Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston real estate company, is exiting its investment in Quechee...

Man who killed 5 teens in I-89 wrong-way crash in Vt. gets 30 years to life

By ALAN J. KEAYSBURLINGTON — Steven Bourgoin was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison Monday on five counts of murder and other charges in a wrong-way crash that killed five teenagers nearly three years ago on Interstate 89 in Williston.Judge Kevin...

People in Business for Sunday, Aug. 25

Gayle Schafer has joined the team of independent school and college guidance counselors at Matlack Educational Consulting as an admissions specialist.Schafer, an Eastman resident, previously worked in the admissions and financial aid office at...

Vermont releases list of 40 priests accused of abuse; 10 had ties to Upper Valley

By WILSON RING

SOUTH BURLINGTON — A report released Thursday by Vermont’s Roman Catholic Church found there were “credible and substantiated” allegations of the sexual abuse of minors against 40 priests in the state between 1950 and today, including 10 who had ties...

Police: Claremont suspect in custody following hours of negotiations

By TIM CAMERATO and DAVID CORRIVEAU

CLAREMONT — Police took a 55-year-old Claremont man into custody on Thursday afternoon after a day-long standoff during which the suspect fired “hundreds” of rounds in a residential area.Michael Burns, of Hanover Street, was taken into custody on...

Hartford bridge replacement to start in 2023; structure may be closed for a year

By TIM CAMERATO

HARTFORD VILLAGE — Transportation officials say the VA Cutoff Bridge that connects routes 4 and 14 in Hartford Village could be closed for a year beginning in the summer of 2023 as crews replace the 96-year-old structure.Construction is expected to...

The Bottom Line: Reckoning in Germany sheds light on Upper Valley foundation

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Emily Landecker’s name is not a familiar one in the Upper Valley, and the legacy established in her honor has been shrouded in secrecy.But the Emily Landecker Foundation has had a profound impact in the region as the source of funding for the Upper...

Study: Vermont is No. 2 nationwide for second home ownership

By ANNE WALLACE ALLEN

Vermont and New Hampshire hold the No. 2 and 3 spots in the country for the number of vacation homes per capita.Maine is ranked No. 1, according to a study by a Chicago-based company called Digital Third Coast. The study’s authors said they researched...

Calls for more action, change in N.H. law after priests sexual abuse list released

By TIM CAMERATO

WEST LEBANON — Support is building to extend New Hampshire’s statute of limitations for sexual assault after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester this week released a list of priests credibly accused of abusing children. Meanwhile, attorneys...

Former Panera employee pleads guilty to stealing nearly $11,000

NORTH HAVERHILL — A former Panera Bread employee has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $11,000 from the West Lebanon eatery.Sean A. Moote, 42, of Lebanon, changed his plea in Grafton Superior Court last month. He received a suspended 12-month jail...

Former Woodstock businessman accused of not paying restitution

By MIKE DONOGHUE

BURLINGTON — A former Woodstock business executive who was jailed and also ordered to make more than $550,000 in restitution for a series of fraud cases is back in trouble with federal authorities who say he failed to follow his supervised conditions...

Advocates petition ABC to cancel airing of Owen Labrie interview

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Victim advocacy organizations in New Hampshire and nationally are calling for ABC’s Good Morning America to cancel its interview with convicted sex offender Owen Labrie, less than a month after his release from jail.The New Hampshire Coalition Against...