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By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER — Gab Smith understands both sides of the conversation surrounding legacy students and Black students at the nation’s elite colleges and universities.A senior at Dartmouth College, Smith is a Black legacy student. Her mother, Tracey...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Some kidney dialysis patients in the Claremont area face a one-hour round trip a few times a week on top of their hourslong treatment at the closest clinic in Lebanon. That commute could change soon after the approval of a new clinic that...

By MIKE DONOGHUE

BURLINGTON — A 34-year-old Claremont man known for his child mentoring efforts in the Twin States has been arrested on a felony charge of production of child sexual abuse material, aka child pornography, in Windsor County, according to federal...

By ADAM BOFFEY

MERIDEN — Cory McClure is off to a good start at Kimball Union Academy.The new boys basketball coach has the Wildcats sitting at 15-3 with 10 games left in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class AA regular season. KUA extended its...

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...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Jeff Sessions, the CEO of Claremont-based Red River computer company, was killed along with his wife in a boating accident in Maryland early Wednesday morning.According to the Capital Gazette newspaper, Sessions, 53, and Elizabeth Howle,...

By ROHAN CHAKRAVARTY

HANOVER — New parking rates — and fines — go into effect on Monday as the town of Hanover tries to do more to encourage commuters to park in lots on the outskirts of downtown, freeing up more spaces for shoppers and other short-term visitors.Hanover...

By NICOLA SMITH

Penelope Bennett began making art in circumstances in which art might be the last thing on anyone’s mind.During the German bombardment of London in World War II, Bennett’s mother urged her two young daughters to draw and paint to take their minds off...

By Patrick O’Grady

Claremont — Claremont City Manager Ryan McNutt was dismissed by the City Council in a 7-2 vote on Wednesday night, Mayor Charlene Lovett said following another nonpublic meeting on personnel that lasted about two hours.McNutt, who was hired in...

By Patrick O’Grady

Newport — Two brothers charged with first-degree assault for allegedly firing a gun in two locations on Sunday night in Claremont were ordered held without bail following their arraignment on Monday in Sullivan County Superior Court.A third suspect,...

By Nicola Smith

Le Lieu Browne brings bowls of pho, the national dish of her native Vietnam, to her dining room table. Pronounced “fuh,” it’s a meat broth with transparent rice noodles, onions, thin slices of beef, ginger, fish sauce, whole cloves and the faintly...

By Mike Donoghue

Burlington — Gifford Medical Center has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former employee who asserted that she was fired after reporting sexual harassment in the workplace and improper patient care at the Randolph hospital, according to...

By Nicola Smith

Imagine a crumbly pie crust that tastes a little salty and a little sweet, and has the soft, flaking quality of a phyllo. Is it made from flour, vegetable shortening and butter? Flour and lard? The texture and flavor is subtly different from the usual...

By Nicola Smith

Ten years ago, the Groveton, N.H. paper mill, which had been in existence since 1889, shut its doors for good, devastating the local economy and community.Groveton, in northern Coos County, is just one of many New England towns that, in the early- to...

By Patrick O’Grady

Windsor — Southeast State Correctional Facility closed on Tuesday, putting a quiet end to the town’s 208 years of hosting a state prison, which was the first of its kind in the U.S.“It is sad to walk away from a very unique facility,” Superintendent...

By Patrick O’Grady

Plainfield  — The Zoning Board of Adjustment on Monday night unanimously approved a special exception to the use of the former Home Hill Inn property, the first step toward allowing a residential treatment center for youth to operate out of the River...

By Patrick O’Grady

Claremont — On a warm, sunny morning last week, after days of steady rain, water crashes over a concrete dam on the Sugar River and boils in foaming rapids on its way to the Connecticut River.Next to the dam, along the riverbank off Lafayette Street,...

By Patrick O’Grady

Newport  — Former Hartford Town Manager Hunter Rieseberg, who has served as interim town manager in Newport since October, has been hired for the permanent position by the Selectboard.Rieseberg was officially named town manager in a 5-0 vote by the...

By Patrick O’Grady

High Bidder For Claremont Property Out - Claremont — Plans to restore the historic farmhouse on Route 12A, commonly referred to as the Hunter property, will not be pursued by the nonprofit organization that had the high bid of $82,000 at last month’s auction.Northern Heritage Mills failed to...