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By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — Nick Heyl gives his new digs, a studio apartment on the third floor of the new Summer Park Residences situated between Park, Summer and Lebanon streets, “a rave review.” “I’m close to everything and it’s just absolutely quiet here,” Heyl...

By JIM KENYON

When I saw a construction crew toiling away this summer on the facade of the Black Family Visual Arts Center in Hanover, my spirits soared.Could Dartmouth actually be removing the Black name from one of its leading downtown buildings?No such luck.On...

By ALEX HANSON

HANOVER — Varujan Boghosian, the puckish artist who mined the castoffs of material culture to assemble works both powerful and whimsical, died Monday at his home in Hanover. He was 94.He had suffered a broken hip last week and died of complications...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — Dartmouth College President Phil Hanlon’s compensation totaled $1.5 million in 2018, an increase of 5% over the prior year, according to the college’s most recent tax filing.Hanlon, however, was not the college’s highest-paid employee that...

By JOHN P. GREGG

LEBANON — Mink, the black bear sow who roamed, charmed and at times chewed through neighborhoods in Hanover and Lebanon with several litters of cubs, has died, authorities said on Tuesday.Her body was found Tuesday morning near the Mascoma River in...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — More than 900 members of the Dartmouth College community are calling on the school to “dissociate itself” from The Dartmouth Review and to compel the conservative student newspaper to stop using Dartmouth in its name.In a July 20 letter to...

By TIM CAMERATO

HANOVER — High School Principal Justin Campbell recently announced plans to step down in June, ending a nearly eight-year tenure in Hanover.Campbell, who is in his mid-40s, has accepted the principal’s position at Middlebury (Vt.) Union High School,...

By ANNA MERRIMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — The co-founder of a Hanover nonprofit for military veterans who admitted to stealing nearly $100,000 from the organization will get additional prison time after prosecutors claim she violated the terms of her plea deal. Danielle...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — While some faculty, alumni and students say Dartmouth College’s ongoing efforts to eliminate sexual harassment are important and should continue, they also say more needs to be done before they can move past a scandal in the Department of...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — An 800-pound gorilla has weighed in on Hanover’s property assessment controversy, providing new ammunition to critics who argue the town’s 2018 revaluation was riddled with faulty calculations that confusingly raised some homeowners’...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — A new owner is poised to take ownership of Hanover Terrace, a 100-bed nursing home on Lyme Road, at the end of this week.Bear Mountain Healthcare, based in Thomaston, Conn., is slated to purchase the facility from NSL Holdings, a limited...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Two days after Sean Taylor opened his new barbershop in Hanover, customer appointments for haircuts already were double-booked, thanks to a glitch in the online software program.Taylor has been a barber in the Upper Valley for only four years. But in...

By JIM KENYON

A few years ago, Dartmouth no longer wanted students building a giant snow sculpture on the Green for Winter Carnival.The decision apparently arose out of fear the frozen artwork — a longstanding Dartmouth tradition — might topple over onto an...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

HANOVER — The number of rapes reported at Dartmouth College increased by more than 41% in 2018, according to annual statistics released this week by the college.But officials said the increase does not mean the campus has become less safe. Rather,...

By MATT GOLEC

HANOVER — In 1776, the year the United States declared its independence, the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock wrote a letter to discuss purchasing two items: a wheel of cheese and a human being.“I understand the money must be paid down for the cheese,” wrote the...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

Emily Landecker’s name is not a familiar one in the Upper Valley, and the legacy established in her honor has been shrouded in secrecy.But the Emily Landecker Foundation has had a profound impact in the region as the source of funding for the Upper...

By TIM CAMERATO

WEST LEBANON — Support is building to extend New Hampshire’s statute of limitations for sexual assault after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester this week released a list of priests credibly accused of abusing children. Meanwhile, attorneys...

By ROHAN CHAKRAVARTY

HANOVER — New parking rates — and fines — go into effect on Monday as the town of Hanover tries to do more to encourage commuters to park in lots on the outskirts of downtown, freeing up more spaces for shoppers and other short-term visitors.Hanover...

By JOHN P. GREGG

HANOVER — Dartmouth College has halted work on a new $200 million building for its engineering school after construction workers dug and braced a 70-foot-deep hole that differed from the intended layout.All foundation work on the new Center for...

By JORDAN CUDDEMI

NORTH HAVERHILL — A Chelsea man who was sentenced to 25 years to life for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two Dartmouth College professors has withdrawn his request to get out of prison early following objections from the victims’ family.James...