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CLAREMONT — Shortly after Jillian Rafter arrived to work as a primary care nurse practitioner at Valley Regional Hospital in the winter of 2022, she noticed that a certain subset of patients was showing up in the examination room.“They told me they...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — At 40 years old, Molly’s has a new parent.The mainstay Hanover brasserie that has made habitués of generations of Dartmouth College students, visitors and townies alike has been acquired by Jennifer Packard, a longtime manager of Molly’s for...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A South Royalton man who pleaded guilty last year to shooting and killing his estranged wife in front of her nephew and brother told a court that he didn’t understand his plea agreement at the time and had lied to the judge...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A South Royalton man who is facing multiple charges of breaking into neighbors’ homes and violating his conditions of release had his bail revoked and is being held in a Massachusetts jail.Jesse Durkee, of Avery Lane in South...

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CHARLESTOWN — Carol Glidden remembers the time she first saw Chris Conant.Glidden was about to enter a friend’s home in Charlestown on a Friday summer evening in 1998 when she caught sight of a guy standing on a sulky behind a lawnmower as he rode the...

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CLAREMONT — Two adult individuals were found deceased inside their Claremont home this week but police termed the deaths not suspicious and said there is no threat to the public.Emergency personnel, including the state fire marshal’s office, responded...

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Six years after a Vermont worker was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was servicing storage tanks at a truck stop in Wells River, the driver of the vehicle apologized to the victim’s family for his actions, while family members rebuked him in...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Seeking to close what they say are “pay inequities” with other county employees, members of the Grafton County Sheriff’s Office have voted to join Teamsters Local 633 in Manchester.In doing so, the office has become the second...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Two Upper Valley families are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging Vermont’s rules on transgender athletes in high school sports, arguing that the state’s inclusive policies violate their religious beliefs and are discriminatory.The lawsuit...

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HARTFORD — A 21-year-old man was shot in the chest during what police called a “confrontation” with another individual inside an apartment early Friday morning. Authorities said the victim was located outside and aided by emergency responders who took...

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BURLINGTON — A woman who was part of a duo who styled themselves as a 21st century “Bonnie and Clyde” while on a crime spree around the Upper Valley in 2021 was handed down a nine-month prison sentence in federal court on Monday after pleading guilty...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — A trio of residential fires in Grafton and Sullivan counties kept firefighters busy over the weekend, with numerous departments providing mutual aid during multi-alarm calls within hours of each other.The first was a two-alarm fire at a...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A South Royalton man who was charged with breaking into a neighbor’s house last month is facing new charges after he allegedly broke into the home of a second neighbor and stole a crossbow before a third neighbor got the man to...

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CLAREMONT — Three Sullivan County residents have been indicted in connection with an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme, the latest in a series of actions the New Hampshire State Attorney General’s Office has brought this year alleging state residents...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — A Guatemalan man who was on the FBI’s most wanted list for allegedly embezzling an estimated $10 million from an Upper Valley investment firm was apprehended and arrested at the airport in Miami on Wednesday.Roberto Montano, who was...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — The homeowner whose property was defaced with racist graffiti said he is overwhelmed with gratitude for the outpouring of support from fellow residents after his multi-racial household was targeted by vandals.“I feel more safer today than...

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LEBANON — In a sign of the challenge police departments face in filling their ranks, the city’s police department has increased its signing bonus to $30,000 for newly hired officers — three times the amount New Hampshire State Police is offering for...

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NEWPORT — A 40-year-old Claremont man has told the court that he intends to plead guilty to robbing a Claremont gas station and convenience store earlier this year and will serve at least two years in prison.James Oberfeldt has agreed to plead guilty...

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A South Royalton man who shot and killed his estranged wife in front of family members is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that he did not understand the terms of the deal and thought he was consenting to a much...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CLAREMONT — A 38-year-old Claremont man faces a reckless conduct with a deadly weapon charge after he was arrested following reports that he fired a weapon inside his home.Joshua Deveney, of Heritage Drive in Claremont, has been also charged with...

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STRAFFORD — Sue Coburn was at home on a recent Saturday when her husband, Melvin, called around 9 a.m. from Coburn’s General Store in South Stafford, which their family has run for 46 years.Saturday is usually Sue’s day off, but Melvin was asking her...