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By PATRICK O’GRADY

LACONIA, N.H. -- After defeating Bishop Brady in the semifinals last week, the Tigers' coach John Proper told his team they had the talent to win it all if they didn't beat themselves. But Newport did just that with four lost fumbles, some untimely...

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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MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Hanover High boys cross country team won the NHIAA Division II championship Saturday with four runners finishing in the top 10.The Hanover girls placed second with three runners in the top 10, led by sophomore Lea Perreard, who...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

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...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — Almost seven years after the Planning Board first approved a proposal to convert the former Ruger Mill on Sunapee Street into housing, the project is ready to move forward. Work is expected to begin before the end of the year.“We are ready...

LEBANON — The Lebanon High and Hanover High field hockey teams staged a fabulous battle Friday, never mind that neither side scored in a 0-0 draw. For 70 minutes, the neighboring rivals threw everything they had at the other. The visiting Bears spent...

NEWPORT — A 5-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the hospital where she was taken by emergency personnel after they responded to a report of a child who was unresponsive and not breathing in Newport on Wednesday, according to police.Police and fire...

SHARON — Sharon Academy girls soccer coach Ben Diller worked much of the last year in administration for a Massachusetts club team but found it unpleasant.Sharon’s season thus far hasn’t been pretty, either. The hosts fell, 7-3, to Poultney on...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The new tuition agreement between the Newport and Croydon school districts now requires Croydon students to complete an application to attend Newport schools, which is the same process Croydon must follow with other districts.“That is the...

HANOVER — Hanover High’s Sydney McLaughlin didn’t convert the deciding penalty kick Tuesday during the Bears’ 2-1 girls soccer defeat of NHIAA Division I foe Merrimack. The senior certainly earned an unofficial assist, however, crashing to the...

HANOVER — The Hanover High boys soccer team defeated Windham, 3-2, on Saturday. The Bears beat the Jaguars in an NHIAA Division I semifinal last year and improved to 6-1 this season.Bears Andrew McGuire and Zach Tracy each scored during the first 10...

LEBANON — Lebanon High’s Summer Crowell scored twice and Lindsey Stark, Norah Burns, Abigail Gallagher, Mackenzie Ray and Sophia Salo also tallied Thursday in a 7-1 field hockey defeat of NHIAA Division II foe Sanborn. “We started to see open space...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — The victim’s family and the perpetrator’s family recounted how their lives have been shattered by physical violence Thursday as a Charlestown man was sentenced for negligent homicide in Sullivan County Superior Court.Marcel Boucher, 43, of...

NEWPORT — The Mascoma High girls soccer team is off to a flying start.The Royals improved to 2-0-0 this season with a 4-1 victory over Newport on Wednesday. The decision matched Mascoma’s win total from last year’s 16-match campaign and is one short...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — At Stevens High School, the administration is instituting a complete ban on cell phones during the school day for the upcoming academic year.In Newport, cell phones will be banned during the school day at the middle school and the policy...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

Finding his status as the Republican party’s leading alternative to former president Donald Trump increasingly challenged both nationally and in New Hampshire, Ron DeSantis came to Newport on Saturday night for a town hall that saw the Florida...

GRANBY, Vt. — A 49-year-old Newport, N.H., man died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash in Vermont in late June, Vermont State Police reported over the past weekend.Michael Flanagan, of Newport, succumbed to his injuries at Dartmouth...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The months-long effort to find a parcel for recreation to replace land next to the high school where the school district’s new agricultural center will be built appears to be over.On Monday, the Selectboard approved a Memorandum of...

NEWPORT — A 50-year-old woman who was one of five people involved in dumping the body of a man in the woods who died of a suspected drug overdose has filed notice with the court that she intends to plead guilty to charges related to the crime.Laurel...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — Former Town Manager Hunter Rieseberg will receive a little more than $100,000 in total compensation under a separation agreement with the town as part of his resignation in early July.Interim Town Manager Paul Brown, who is also Newport’s...