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NORTH HAVERHILL — A Canaan man who has been held in detention since last year when he was charged with assaulting the occupants of a Lebanon apartment is scheduled to plead guilty during a plea and sentencing hearing in Grafton Superior Court...

LEBANON — Due to construction delays, the opening of the city’s emergency shelter has been pushed back a couple of weeks. Director of Human Services Lynne Goodwin said the winter shelter at 160 Mechanic Street will open the week of Jan. 22. The...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — City schools are proposing a 7% increase in the operating budget for the next school year to cover the rising costs of special education and employee health insurance.The School Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday to consider a...

NORTH HAVERHILL — A 68-year-old Lebanon man will plead guilty to criminal charges of possessing child pornography and is scheduled to be sentenced to state prison later this month.Michael Collins filed a notice of intent to plead guilty to six counts...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Sometimes when one coffeehouse drive-through window closes, another one opens.On Friday, Lebanon coffee bar Lucky’s opened a second location on Mechanic Street, in the space previously held by Jake’s Coffee Co. — which closed in October to...

LEBANON — Massachusetts-based auto dealer McGee Motorcars has acquired the former Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram property on Route 120 in Lebanon and said it expects to open a new car dealership at the site.McGee acquired the property for $6.5 million from...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — City zoning officials rejected a request this week to allow long-term rental housing in the former Element hotel on Route 120, saying the change would create too many residences in the mixed-use development.The Zoning Board of Adjustment...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — A long-running preschool will close its doors this summer due to the combined challenges of finding staff, a recent building flood and the upcoming retirement of its director.Carter Community Building Association, or CCBA, a nonprofit...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Concerned about the rising rate of homelessness in the Upper Valley, city administrators partnered with the Upper Valley Haven this year to open an emergency winter shelter in Lebanon for people without housing.On Monday, Jan. 8, the city...

By JAMES M. PATTERSON

Barbara Patch credits good air flow at the 1,200 foot elevation of her family’s Lebanon apple orchard with limiting the damage from a May freeze that devastated crops. The Patches saved around 50% of their fruit.The killing frost was just one example...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NORWICH — The Vatican recently issued a declaration that allows Catholic priests to deliver blessings to same-sex couples. It has been a welcome change to some Upper Valley residents.The announcement marks a departure from a 2021 statement on same-sex...

By JIM KENYON

Jesse Keenum, a 67-year-old disabled veteran, is staying home for the holidays — and hopefully well beyond — after his landlord recently backed off from trying to kick him out of the Lebanon apartment he’s lived in for 14 years.While Keenum’s case...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Fitch ratings downgraded Dartmouth Health’s outlook from stable to negative last week.The outlook change was due to weak operating cash flow with operating losses that accelerated in fiscal year 2023, according to the Dec. 13 rating action...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

LEBANON — Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Lebanon Recreation, Arts and Parks Department had steadily been growing its youth rock climbing program.Around four times a week, middle and high school students who took part in the aptly named “Wall...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Listen Community Services is bringing back its Christmas Day meal.This year’s spread will be pickup and takeout only. People are required to reserve one of the 700 meals by calling 603-727-2518. They can either pick up the...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The City Council this week awarded 11 years of property tax abatement to a planned residential complex and a riverwalk at what is known as the Woolen Mill property off Mechanic Street. It is the longest duration of property tax relief the...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health has invested $5 million to help manufactured homeowners purchase the land their homes sit in.This month, the nonprofit health care organization invested an additional $2 million to the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund,...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The city budget for next year includes funding for a new downtown fire station, a seasonal emergency shelter and additional staffing to better assist residents in need of support services. On Wednesday, the City Council voted unanimously to...