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LEBANON — One of the longest-running legal battles in the Upper Valley may be drawing to a close. But whether people living near the battlefield will rejoice at the peace is another matter.The nonprofit Carter Community Building Association, operator...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A South Royalton man’s bid to withdraw his guilty plea for shooting and killing his estranged wife in front of her nephew and brother has been nixed by a Vermont state judge.Frank Sanville failed to show “that he did not...

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 JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth College President Sian Leah Beilock was among a group of senior college administrators who huddled together in an effort to determine what to do about two Dartmouth students who refused to leave a tent pitched in front of her...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BRIDGEWATER — A 33-year-old man who was shot in the leg during an early morning encounter at a Tunbridge residence more than two months ago is at home in Plymouth, Vt., and recovering after spending nearly six weeks in the hospital and then a physical...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

ROYALTON — A 37-year-old Tunbridge man died following a two-vehicle crash in which he was at the wheel of one vehicle when it crossed the center line in the road and collided with another vehicle on Route 14 in Royalton on Friday morning.David Allen...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

STRAFFORD — Neighbors, friends, coworkers and anonymous contributors rushed to help a Strafford resident hours after her home burned down early on Thursday morning in a house fire the claimed the life of the resident’s mother. It was the second time...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — A Hanover man is seeking to have his conviction on child pornography charges overturned by the state’s Supreme Court, arguing that he was unaware the sexually explicit images were on his computer and the state lacked sufficient evidence to...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — A 36-year-old Newport man with an extensive New Hampshire criminal record led police on a vehicle chase around Newport and along Interstate 89 on Saturday, according to authorities. The man later crashed his vehicle in Salisbury, N.H., and...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — A New Hampshire man who prosecutors said was the brains behind a plan to heist a high-end car out of a historic barn in Plainfield that went up in flames and burned to the ground shortly after he and his accomplice fled the scene will spend...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORWICH — Hoping to stabilize a department where leadership has been in flux, the town has named its interim police chief to the job permanently and is looking to him to rebuild a law enforcement agency that has been depleted of officers.Matthew...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — A middle-school student was hospitalized in stable condition after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street to board a school bus on Friday morning at an intersection in West Lebanon, where residents have been warning about...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

SOUTH ROYALTON — A 92-year-old grandmother from Massachusetts who apparently lost her way while driving was killed when her vehicle was struck by a train at a railroad crossing in South Royalton early Wednesday, a tragic outcome for worried family...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Newport School Board member who co-hosts a podcast that espouses conservative values is facing criminal charges of having engaged in sex with a minor teenager more than six years ago in Vermont.Tim Beard, who was appointed to...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The medical condition of a 21-year-old Hartford man who was shot in the chest during what police said was a drug-fueled argument remains “quite sensitive,” the state prosecutor said in court on Tuesday.Windsor County State’s...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A vacant lot that was once the site of a dry cleaning business in White River Junction and has been leaching pollutants into the neighborhood will finally begin an environmental cleanup process after more than a decade of legal...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — An 18-year-old Piermont man who brazenly groped women in public last year will plead guilty and faces a 12-month jail sentence under a plea agreement struck between state prosecutors and his defense attorney.William Menard will plead...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A 33-year-old Vermont woman who likened herself to Depression-era outlaw Bonnie Parker has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for her role in a 2021 crime spree across four Vermont counties, including Windsor and Orange.Amanda...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — Preppies will finally have a reason to come to West Lebanon.The collegiate-conscious clothing store chain J.Crew plans to open an outlet store in the Upper Valley Plaza on Route 12A in West Lebanon, a rare new commercial tenant at a...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — In a blow to state prosecutors, a New Hampshire District Court judge has dismissed the stalking charge against a former Lebanon police investigator involving messages to a woman with whom he once had been romantically involved, determining...