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By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — The former head of one of the Upper Valley’s leading charities has pleaded guilty to embezzling donations, acknowledging that he spent the money for personal use and to gamble at a casino in western Massachusetts.In U.S. District Court in...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

FAIRLEE — Residents voted to uphold a new short-term rental ordinance during a special Town Meeting Saturday.The ordinance is now officially in effect. That means short-term rental owners who own properties that they rent out for stays fewer than 32...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — A divided City Council adopted a verbal resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, a return of all hostages and for the allowance of humanitarian aid to the region. An advisory board has been tasked with crafting a written resolution for...

By TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The gamble has worked thus far. Is there a bigger payout to come for the Hartford High boys hockey team?“This program has never played a tougher schedule,” 26th-year Hurricanes coach Todd Bebeau said flatly after Wednesday’s 6-2...

By TRIS WYKES

WOODSTOCK — The referee had changed into street clothes after Monday night’s game and was walking out of Woodstock High’s Dailey Gymnasium when he veered off to shake the hand of Wasps girls basketball coach Timmy MacDonnell.“You’re a saint,” the man...

By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER — On Monday, eight Dartmouth College students announced that they would begin a hunger strike. The move comes in opposition to the charges still standing against two students arrested while protesting in October, as well as what activists...

By TRIS WYKES

WEST LEBANON — The Hanover High and Bishop Guertin girls hockey teams have staged many a memorable NHIAA game during the past decade, battling for standings position or their playoff lives.Saturday night’s clash at Campion Rink was not a dramatic...

By ALEX HANSON

Sometimes, a patron would come into the Polka Dot Restaurant and ask, “How much is coffee and a doughnut.”Mary Shatney knew what that question meant and would point to an open seat. Often, she’d make a plate of food — eggs, toast and home fries, maybe...

By TRIS WYKES

WEST CANAAN - The question flashed through Tyler-Jay Mardin’s mind as he hurriedly scanned the court Friday night at Mascoma High’s Edward P. Kehoe Gymnasium.“How is our best shooter that wide open?”There was no time to ponder. Mardin and the...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HANOVER — Boloco, a longtime destination for burritos and other Mexican fare, changed hands last week. Boloco’s owner and co-founder John Pepper, of Hanover, finalized a sale on Thursday of the restaurant at 35 S. Main St. to new owners — Conicia “CJ”...

By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER — In 1966, trade workers at Dartmouth got fed up with their bosses picking favorites and pitting employees against each other.It was time to get organized.Now, Local 560 of the Service Employees International Union represents more than 500...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — Like most parents, Josh Compton wants to keep his children safe.To do so, however, Compton, who lives in Windsor with his wife, Laura, and their two sons, Henry, 10, and Truman, 8, must factor in Truman’s autism.“It just so happens that one...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST LEBANON — Products containing dry-cured pork that are sold at Upper Valley grocery stores are among those that have been recalled due to a nationwide Salmonella outbreak.The meat, called Coppa, is produced by Fratelli Beretta, and is sold at...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Because of overcrowding, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is warning patients with “less-pressing healthcare concerns” to expect extended wait times in the emergency department.“The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center emergency department...

By TRIS WYKES

Saturday was just one of those nights for the Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge girls hockey team. The on-ice equivalent of experiencing a flat tire, a dead phone or no hot water in the shower.Unfortunately for the Raiders, their dud occurred with Oyster...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Whenever Frances “Fran” Hanchett walked through cemeteries, she’d keep an eye out for neglected stones.“She had a little kit in the back of her trunk all the time,” Hanchett’s daughter, Lisa Wentworth, said in a phone interview. Hanchett...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

BRADFORD, Vt. — Before leading the first Bradford Bringalong Singalong, Mallory Graham was admittedly a little terrified.Graham plays roughly 150 shows a year along with her partner, Scott Tyler, as part of the folk duo The Rough & Tumble. But the...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The U.S. Postal Service is evaluating whether to relocate mail sorting operations for Upper Valley communities from White River Junction to Hartford, Conn., as part of a nationwide restructuring plan aimed at improving cost...

By FRANCES MIZE

MERIDEN — After the blood tests of a child of a Kimball Union Academy faculty member showed elevated levels of lead, subsequent testing of the building that housed the school’s child care center also revealed “trace” levels of the toxic heavy metal,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ROYALTON — A group of women gathered at a table at the South Royalton Area Senior Citizens Center, waiting for lunch to be served.They talked about the weather — cold, but at least the snow was holding off — and exchanged news about the goings on in...