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By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — The former head of one of the Upper Valley’s leading charities has pleaded guilty to embezzling donations, acknowledging that he spent the money for personal use and to gamble at a casino in western Massachusetts.In U.S. District Court in...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Southeastern Vermont Community Action, the community action agency serving Windsor and Windham counties in Vermont, has a new director. The Westminster, Vt.-based anti-poverty organization’s board selected Josh Davis, of...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HANOVER — Housing, transportation and downtown vibrancy rank high among community priorities in a new town master plan — the first update to Hanover’s planning and development goals since 2003.Over 20 Hanover residents attended an open house on...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — Over the past seven years, the Mascoma Community Health Center has relied on donations to help support its operations.About $2.7 million from individuals, charities and foundations has gone to help balance the difference between the revenue...

By JIM KENYON

When I stopped by the Carter Community Building in downtown Lebanon unannounced Friday, Jim Vanier had just finished sweeping the linoleum floor and tidying up before 25 kids were due to arrive for the free after-school program that he’s served for 50...

RANDOLPH — Gifford Health Care is scheduled to hold listening sessions in four communities in its service area this month.The listening tour is being held in collaboration with Capstone Community Action, Clara Martin Center and Tri-Valley Transit, and...

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By JIM KENYON

When the nonprofit Carter Community Building Association, or CCBA as it’s known, launched a fundraising drive last October, the good name of Jim Vanier and his half-century of service to Lebanon kids was used as a major selling point. “Following in...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — A count conducted last week by Lebanon’s regional Housing First committee and volunteers found 50 people without permanent homes.Of those, 41 are unsheltered, camping or living in vehicles, and 33 of those who are unsheltered are living in...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Charitable Trusts Unit issued a report last month that green lights a path forward for the Mascoma Community Health Center to stabilize the center’s finances.Under the plan, the clinic on Roberts Road near...

LEBANON — A film about child care is scheduled to be screened in an auditorium at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The free screening of “Clarissa's Battle,” a documentary that follows a woman's journey to build a...

By FRANCES MIZE

H ANOVER — New statistics indicate that few customers are straying from community power initiatives, which allow participating New Hampshire municipalities to source electricity for themselves instead of relying on one the state’s utilities.Community...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WILDER — Kevin McGreal first enrolled in classes at Community College of Vermont’s Wilder campus in 2017, following Donald Trump’s election to the presidency.Trump’s election the previous year “was kind of a big deal for me,” McGreal, now 31, and...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — The former executive director of Listen Community Services has pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzling more than $230,000 from the social services nonprofit.Kyle Fisher, who federal prosecutors say is now residing in Holly Springs, N.C.,...

LYME — CommunityCare of Lyme is scheduled to host a community discussion of mental health and suicide on Sunday in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month.The event speakers include: Angie Raymond Leduc, manager of the Injury Prevention Center...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Despite membership declining for several years at the 10-year-old community center, the City Council supports raising rates with an eye toward increasing revenue and lowering the center’s annual tax subsidy, which is projected at $570,000...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

CONCORD — Kyle Fisher, the former executive director of nonprofit Listen Community Services, has been indicted and charged with stealing nearly a quarter-million dollars from the Lebanon-based social services organization and using much of the money...

By RAY COUTURE

LYME — A tattered American flag hanging on a dented metal pole, its frayed red and white stripes wiggling unevenly in the constant breeze, was the sign to Inger Imset and Amanda Bushor that they’d finally found the house they were looking for on...

By RAY COUTURE

NEWPORT — Leanna Roberts followed along closely as her 5-year-old granddaughter, Layla, bounced from the sand-art table to the face-painting station inside the Newport Rec Center Saturday morning. The two were there to enjoy a variety of free...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CLAREMONT — In the first two weeks after New Hampshire launched a new Medicaid dental benefit for adults, 75 Medicaid patients called Community Dental Care of Claremont, according to the executive director of the nonprofit that operates the clinic on...