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Asher Albrecht, 15, of White River Junction, right, scans a case of bottled water for Kathy Wyle, of Deering, N.H., left, at Dan and Whit’s in Norwich on Saturday. Wyle, who was visiting her mother-in-law in Lyme when the power went out, was picking...

By ALEX HANSON

There is something humbling, and a bit exciting, about seeing one’s work turn into a period piece during one’s lifetime. It’s a reflection not on the work but on the pace of change.Thirty years ago, life was very different for LGBTQ Americans. “Don’t...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORWICH — Dan Fraser, whose warm smile, bright shirts and colorful shoes are familiar to customers of Dan & Whit’s General Store in Norwich, has stepped down from running the family-owned store, his father, George Fraser, confirmed to the Valley News...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

Justin DeSanto had never picked up a tennis racket until halfway through his senior year of high school.Growing up in Pittston, Pa., DeSanto played basketball, football and volleyball and ran track in his youth, but he wanted to try something...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — A Warner, N.H., contractor who was hired to remove asbestos at two Upper Valley locations has been indicted on charges that he operated without a license and falsely claimed to clients that samples taken from the sites had tested positive...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — Several of the Hanover High girls basketball team’s multi-year winning streaks have come to an end this season, but the one constant has remained: the Bears’ dominance at home.That continued in Wednesday evening’s NHIAA Division II playoff...

By JIM KENYON

In an “internal” message sent out to thousands of employees last month, Dartmouth Health declared belt-tightening measures were a must as it tries to close a $120 million budget gap by the end of September.In other words, most workers shouldn’t expect...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

HANOVER — Stella Galanes feared the worst as soon as she hit the floor.Hanover High’s senior point guard, committed to play women’s basketball at Tufts University, had led the Bears to the NHIAA Division II title last winter. Galanes averaged 18.6...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

WOODSTOCK — A 25-year-old Hartland woman is suing Billings Farm & Museum and the foundation that owns and operates it, alleging the nonprofit Woodstock Foundation wrongfully terminated her employment in September 2017.Alayna Perkins, who became the...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

LEBANON — The Lebanon Police Department has filed charges against a fourth man in about a month who allegedly thought he was meeting with a child in the city for sex acts but found officers waiting instead. Police said they engaged in a...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Weathersfield woman who struck and killed an elderly pedestrian with her car in Windsor five months ago has pleaded not guilty in an unrelated incident after police say she pointed a handgun at her mother’s boyfriend.Arden...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Quechee — The days when sightseers could lean over a waist-high railing at the Quechee Gorge Bridge and gaze down at the popular natural tourist attraction are officially over.State officials recently scrapped the idea of putting a net below the...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — A 38-year-old Charlestown man received a suspended jail sentence in connection with a crash on Interstate 91 in June that killed a 36-year-old mother of two from Perkinsville.Joshua Rondeau pleaded guilty on Oct. 23 to a...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — Motorists used to scanning their rear-view mirrors for telltale Ford Crown Victoria Interceptors as they speed down Vermont highways have some adjusting to do.Vermont State Police today are retiring their last in-service Crown...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — Prosecutors have dismissed a sexual assault case against a former mental health and substance abuse counselor who had two offices in the Upper Valley, saying he is unfit to stand trial because he is cognitively impaired.A...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Newport — A Sullivan County jury on Wednesday found a 23-year-old Sharon woman not guilty of causing a head-on crash in September 2017 on Route 10 in Croydon that resulted in the deaths of two Newport residents.Kristin Lake had no visible reaction...

By Jordan Cuddemi

White River Junction — A former worker at an assisted living facility in the Upper Valley who sexually assaulted a resident with dementia will spend at least the next 15 months in prison.Michael Paton Jr., of Thetford, pleaded guilty to a felony count...

By Jordan Cuddemi

North Haverhill — Child pornography charges filed against an 18-year-old Lebanon man were dismissed this week after a judge ruled that city police had improperly seized his cellphone at Kilton Public Library in November and then conducted an...

By John Lippman

Claremont — An era is ending at another Upper Valley auto dealership as the family-owned auto dealership is being sold to a rapidly expanding regional car group.Subaru of Claremont owner Peter Mans, who has operated the dealership for 22 years, is...

By Jordan Cuddemi

North Haverhill — A 29-year-old Lebanon man will spend the next 25 years in prison for a series of crimes in the city, including setting the fire that destroyed First Baptist Church on School Street in December 2016 and then later stabbing a couple he...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Hanover — A second Dartmouth College professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences has been ousted in the wake of a sexual misconduct inquiry.Paul Whalen resigned, effective immediately, following a recommendation by Dean of the...