
Dartmouth doctoral student studies contaminants in maple syrup
HANOVER — While attaining a master’s at Yale during the COVID-19 pandemic, Emily Sigman began tapping the Norway maples in the backyard of her New Haven, Conn., home.

Cat walk
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Jill Horne, of White River Junction, took a walk with her cat, Juniper, 2, through the village on Wednesday.
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Whaleback seeks support to repair and replace ski lift
ENFIELD — Whaleback Mountain is seeking community support to help repair a mechanical failure that halted its chairlift service late last month and could threaten its ability to operate next season.



Opinion

Column: Federal funding for medical research puts America first
When my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the mid-1990s, there were few options for therapies and treatments. As her disease progressed over the next decade, there was little that could be done until she died in 2004. I was still in elementary school when she faced this disease, which has unfortunately left me with few memories of her where she was not ill or bed-ridden.





Your Daily Puzzles

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.

Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.

Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.

Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
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Perfecting her pitch
Eva Langhans, 11, right, of Windsor, plays catch with her dad, Mike, outside her grandparents’ Windsor home earlier this month. Mike Langhans coaches Eva’s recreational softball team, and they were preparing for the first practice of the season.




Arts & Life

Art Notes: We the People’s latest show offers hopeful message
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In the past, We the People Theatre’s founder Perry Allison hasn’t shied away from musicals with a lot of energy.




Obituaries

Thetford Center, VT - Virginia (Ginny) Davenport, 99, formerly of Thetford Center, died in Lebanon, N.H. on March 19th, 2025. She was born Virginia Spaulding in Waterbury, VT on March 12th,1926. She was predeceased by her husband, Geor... remainder of obit for Virginia Davenport

Newport, NH - Louise K. Hastings, 90, beloved wife, mother and Nana, passed on March 19, 2025, in Newport NH. Born March 1, 1935, in Newport at Carrie F. Wright Hospital, the eldest daughter of Richard L. & Grace (Fowler) Kemp. Loui... remainder of obit for Louise K. Hastings

Lyme, NH - Joyce Gray, 92, passed away on Friday March 14, 2025 at the Alice Peck Day Hospital. Born August 16, 1932 in Bradford Vt to Nelson and Dorothy (Sanborn) Greer. Her parents moved from Bradford Vt to Middleboro, Mass when she ... remainder of obit for Joyce Gray

Norwich, VT - Harjit Singh Rakhra, 87, died on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at his home with his family by his side. Harjit was born on April 20, 1937, in Dodoma, Tanzania. As a child, his father's work as a meteorologist took them from Ta... remainder of obit for Harjit Singh Rakhra