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By ULLA -BRITT LIBRE

ORFORD — Hundreds of people flooded the Rivendell Academy gymnasium on Saturday morning to watch the school’s 34 seniors become graduates. The ceremony began with the graduates, who wore green and white robes, as they walked to the stage to the tune...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — The Windsor High School Class of 2024 celebrated its commencement Friday inside Harry Ladue Gymnasium with plenty of thank yous, words of hope and encouragement for the graduates’ future, and a little rock 'n roll.Moved inside because of...

Class of 2024 Cooper James Berube, Southern New Hampshire University; Sophia Abbott Bourque, Roger Williams University; Gabriella Adora Butler, University of Southern Maine; Jenna Audrey Caron, SUNY Binghamton; Caleb Allen Childers, Plymouth State...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — An academic year that opened with the historic ascension of Dartmouth College’s first woman president is closing with the institution having made history of a different sort.Amid vital initiatives such as expanding campus housing, shrinking...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Gov. Phil Scott vetoed the annual property tax bill on Thursday, setting up a veto session showdown on a piece of legislation that must pass for schools to be funded as normal. “We must provide property tax relief now. This can’t wait for another...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Stevens High School graduations frequently include an unusual musical selection and this year was no different as several graduates sang “Homeward Bound” by Marta Keen Thompson. The song encourages listeners to embark on a journey to find...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — As dark clouds threatened rain, Principal Ian Smith announced that graduation would start a few minutes early and proceed at a “business-like” pace. But the forecast didn’t dampen the mood as Lebanon High School’s Class of 2024 was urged...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — Familiar graduation themes of gratitude, memories and a future full of opportunities to seize and challenges to overcome were expressed by speakers at the Newport High School graduation held on the football field Wednesday.The class of 51...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — For Gracie Williams, the River View Chartered Public School offered a new beginning in her educational path that she desperately needed.Stevens High School was not working for her, and Williams was falling behind in credit requirements for...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — Voters approved Rivendell Interstate School District’s $15.3 million budget, 189-142, in paper balloting Saturday morning. By floor vote and in quick succession, voters also allocated $100,000 from an unassigned fund balance to offset tax...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — On Monday night, the Mountain Views School District Board will consider cost estimates on three options for addressing the maintenance needs of the Woodstock Union Middle and High School buildings. The board hopes to bring another bond...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTLAND — Voters defeated a previously approved $11.1 million school budget on Tuesday, 551-537, in Australian balloting.A total of 37% of Hartland’s registered voters cast ballots Tuesday, which was 457 more people than on the first budget vote in...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — On Saturday, June 1, voters in the Rivendell Interstate School District will consider a second, reduced budget of $15.3 million after the decisive defeat of previous budget proposal in April.Following last month’s defeat, the School Board...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A day before a pro-Palestine protest at the University of New Hampshire earlier this month, a staff member in the university’s Office of Student Life passed on to administrators that he got word of a “plan to engage in encampment,” according to an...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ORFORD — In the latest of a series of challenges Rivendell Interstate School District, the superintendent of the small district resigned last week.Superintendent Barrett Williams, who will become the principal of Strafford’s Newton School this summer,...

Secondary accomplishmentsLebanon High School senior Ryle Isuga has been named the Lebanon School District’s May student of the month. Isuga is a musician and athlete at the high school, according to a news release from the school district. He performs...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The University of New Hampshire’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday calling on the university to conduct an investigation of its police response to a May 1 pro-Palestine protest. The resolution came 12 days after UNH police arrested a dozen...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The School Board last week voted 4-1 to make adjustments in the budget for the upcoming year and award nonunion employees of the school district a 2.5% raise.The adjustments, which totaled about $146,800 in salary, Social Security and...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

SHARON — A $9.5 million bond for repairs and upgrades to Sharon Elementary School was rejected by voters Tuesday, 271-220.With 41% of eligible voters participating, residents defeated the ballot measure that would have approved a 20-year loan through...

BRADFORD, Vt. — Voters Monday evening approved a $21 million budget for the Oxbow Unified Union School District, 110-58.The district includes Newbury, Vt. and Bradford elementary schools, Oxbow High School and the River Bend Technical...