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LEBANON — The City Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday to consider the appropriation of $1.8 million to purchase three adjoining West Lebanon properties that city officials believe could complement the future revitalization of Main...

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WEST LEBANON — Temporary lane closures on the twin bridges spanning the Connecticut River between Hartford and West Lebanon are expected to start Monday, March 20, according to a news release from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.Weather...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Public transit providers including Advance Transit and Sullivan County Transportation are urging New Hampshire to increase its public transportation funding, which is among the lowest state-level contribution in the nation. The Lebanon City...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

Housing supply and how to increase it will be an issue at several Town Meetings as voters consider zoning reforms designed to encourage residential development.Lebanon, Enfield, Hanover, Charlestown and New London all are seeking voter approval of new...

By LAURA KOES

WEST LEBANON — When Black Moon Games opened in downtown Lebanon in May 2014, a business focused on in-person and tabletop gaming might have seemed like a roll of the 20-sided die. But as gaming has gained popularity in mainstream culture, so too has...

WEST LEBANON — Valley News staff writer Benjamin Rosenberg has been named New Hampshire Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Rosenberg, a graduate of Northwestern University, joined the Valley News in October 2021. He is...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WEST LEBANON — Advocates are cheering a federal change that allows those with mild to moderate hearing loss to purchase hearing aids over the counter.The Food and Drug Administration approved hearing aids for over the counter sale to people age 18 or...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WEST LEBANON — Randy Purtteman, an Army veteran, and several of his neighbors received a letter on Veterans Day last month notifying them that the new owner of the apartments at 22 Maple St. would be evicting them on Dec. 12 to allow for...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

On a January morning in 2019, after she got off her 24-hour shift as an in-home care assistant for an elderly woman in Pomfret, Jeannie Ayer got a call from owner of the agency she worked for. Her boss asked to meet at the Dunkin’ Donuts across the...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Energy costs, education and public health are among the top issues identified by New Hampshire Senate candidates in District 5, where state Sen. Sue Prentiss, D-Lebanon, will face Republican challenger John McIntyre, a neuroradiologist from...

By LUCY ROBACK

LYME — Dire labor shortages are being felt across the country and the situation is no different in the Upper Valley. Tami Dowd, owner of Dowd’s Inn and Latham Tavern in Lyme, is down to roughly 60 employees, a third of what her staff was last year,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — More than 12 years after it closed its Route 12A gas station, Irving Oil has submitted an ambitious plan to redevelop the derelict site with a large gas station and convenience store.If completed, the project would rehabilitate a...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — A Boston commercial real estate company that acquired three shopping plazas four years ago has sold them off to different buyers, underscoring the ongoing demand for commercial real estate in the Upper Valley.The Davis Cos. purchased TJ...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — A new child care provider has stepped up to take over the after-school programs in Lebanon’s elementary schools after the previous organization providing the service announced last month it would close its program, according to a news...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WEST LEBANON — A Hanover commercial real estate firm believes — to adapt a misquote from Mark Twain — that reports about the death of bricks-and-mortar retail are greatly exaggerated.In fact, Connecticut River Capital is adamant that retail stores...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

For decades, Walmart had a hokey-but-warm tradition of greeting customers at the front door.The greeters have been phased out. Now the gates are being phased in.In a sign of our insecure times, Walmart’s West Lebanon store wants to install electronic...