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By JOHN LIPPMAN and NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEWPORT — An Upper Valley orthopedic surgeon who is charged with sexually assaulting a patient was refused bail Wednesday and ordered to remain in jail after the prosecutor told the judge that, since police announced the initial charges Tuesday, three...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The state Attorney General’s office, the Department of Revenue Administration and the Secretary of State’s office have rejected a petition for a ballot question that, if approved, would change the Claremont City Charter and allow for voter...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment is seeking expert testimony on the potential impact of a substance misuse recovery home before it decides on whether to approve a variance.The board continued its review of the application for a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — A proposed Claremont School District budget of $35.86 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 represents an increase of more than $1.1 million, or 3.1%, from the current year.Most of the increase is for the first year of a...

By ALEX HANSON

It isn’t that there aren’t racial justice issues to tackle in Claremont. It’s that, as a member of the city’s School Board, Whitney Skillen is looking at the bigger picture.Elected as a write-in candidate 10 months ago, Skillen campaigned by talking...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Healthcare has hired Steve Gordon as the Claremont hospital’s new interim CEO.Gordon, who retired last year after 11 years as Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital’s CEO, began work in Claremont on Jan. 3. He replaces Dr....

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The City Council did not vote Wednesday on whether to remove Councilor Jim Contois for alleged misconduct but instead voted, 7-2, to hold a hearing at a later date, as was its original intent.The council also defeated a motion by Councilor...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The School Board unanimously approved a new two-year contract for Claremont teachers that includes a special incentive for newer teachers to remain with districtSAU 6 Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Richard Seaman and...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Another solar array is being proposed for the River Road area, the third such project since 2019.On Jan. 16, the Zoning Board of Adjustment will consider a variance request for a 1 megawatt array covering about 4.6 acres on a 12-acre...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

CLAREMONT — Two state representatives from the Upper Valley are hoping this term to increase New Hampshire’s pay for lawmakers, which ranks as the lowest in the country.Since 1889, New Hampshire has paid its 400 state representatives and 24 state...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — With memberships at the city’s community center down about a third from its peak several years ago, the City Council has turned to a professional consultant for a business plan to bring back members and increase revenues.The council voted,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — Three New Hampshire men were ordered held without bail as they face charges in an alleged attempted robbery and shooting of a fourth man in the parking lot of Walmart in Claremont on Wednesday afternoon, according to officials.The three men...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — About once a week since May, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department has assisted area emergency responders using drones for search and rescue operations and other circumstances.The department purchased the drones last December and put them...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital is one of just five hospitals in New Hampshire that are not yet a part of larger health systems, but that may be about to change.Late last month, Claremont’s Valley Regional announced it had signed a letter of...

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CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital and Dartmouth Health have signed a letter of intent to affiliate, the two institutions announced on Wednesday.If the affiliation is approved, Valley Regional would join the ranks of other small Upper Valley...

CLAREMONT — Since Friday, three women have died in separate motor vehicle accidents in or near the Upper Valley.On Friday morning near the Claremont/Cornish town line on the Windsor Road, Kim L. Fontaine, 63, was driving a Chevy Cobalt that collided...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — To paraphrase an overused line from a popular movie: They built it; now will they come?As construction crews put the finishing touches on the nearly $5 million project to rebuild the city center portion of Pleasant Street, businesses that...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — After hearing residents speak for and against privatizing the city’s transfer station, the City Council voted, 5-4, on Wednesday to authorize interim City Manager John Bohenko to begin negotiations with DeCamp Waste Services to operate the...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

It was almost never built and came perilously close to being torn down.Now, after musical and theatrical performances of every kind imaginable, including one featuring an elephant, Claremont Opera House will host a 125th anniversary party with a stage...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Time and light.Those were the themes expressed by Stevens High School 2022 Salutatorian Olivia Churchill and Valedictorian Sarah Wood during Thursday’s commencement ceremony in the school gymnasium.The graduation, Stevens’ 150th, was a...