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By TRIS WYKES Valley News Staff Writer WINDSOR — Perhaps the Hartford High softball program had not hit rock bottom before Danielle Tenney’s 2020 hiring as head coach. However, that depth was at least within shouting distance at the time.The...

LEBANON — A research team at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is recruiting participants for a study of the long-term effects of COVID-19 on thinking skills and auditory processing in adults who developed and continue to have mental fatigue after...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Parents seeking more control over schools and those trying to protect transgender youth converged at the New Hampshire Statehouse on Tuesday as lawmakers again took up what has become a national debate.Both the New Hampshire Senate and the...

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — That’s three wins in a row to open the season for the White River Valley baseball team. The Wildcats used a strong performance by pitcher Robby McShinsky to beat host Springfield, 11-3, on Tuesday.McShinsky went the first 6 ⅔...

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

The Hanover High girls tennis team was supposed to open the home portion of its 2023 schedule with a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s NHIAA Division I quarterfinal against Bedford on last Friday. But because the Bears’ home courts at Storrs...

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Adrienne Shibles has stepped down from her post as Dartmouth College women’s basketball head coach after just two seasons, compiling a 5-49 overall record and a 2-26 mark in Ivy League play.The Big Green finished the 2022-23 season on a 19-game losing...

NORWICH — The Hanover High baseball team exploded for eight runs during the second inning of their season opener Monday, powering to a 12-2 defeat of ConVal in five innings at the Dresden Fields.A two-run double by Jackson McBride put the Bears ahead...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

HANOVER — When it was turned on at the Dartmouth College campus in 1995, it was proudly hailed as “the top end of current technology,” “unbelievably sophisticated and effective.” A new research lab at Thayer School of Engineering? A new testing lab at...

By FRANCES MIZE

WOODSTOCK — As food costs remain high, and federal programs expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic are shrinking, the nonprofit Sustainable Woodstock is offering free seeds and starter plants through its “Grow Your Own Garden” program.The gardening...

CORNISH — The Cornish Police Department is seeking assistance identifying the person responsible for damaging the Cornish Windsor Covered Bridge on Friday, according to a Sunday post on the department’s Facebook page. It may have been a trailer that...

 CLAREMONT — Two Upper Valley elementary schools have been awarded grants from the Children’s Literacy Foundation, known as CLiF.Maple Avenue School in Claremont and Union Street School in Springfield, Vt., are part of a group of 10 schools in the...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WEST LEBANON — For Betty Prime, covering her costs during retirement is a month-to-month exercise.Prime, of Lebanon, retired in 2020 from the Hanover School District, where she worked as a paraeducator for 20 years.Her sole income is her Social...

By JUSTIN CAMPFIELD

HANOVER — After Hanover True Value closes its doors Saturday for good, it’s going to be harder — if not impossible — for downtown Hanover shoppers to pick up that one wood screw needed for a home improvement project, a gas grill for summer cookouts...

EAST THETFORD — The bridge spanning the Connecticut River between East Thetford and Lyme is slated to close for 18 months beginning on Thursday, April 27, according to a news release from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. The $8.94...

​​​NORWICH — A nonprofit organization that assists families with young children is looking for a new executive director.Nancy Bloomfield, who has lead the Norwich-based organization for eight years, is stepping down later this year, according to a...

CLAREMONT — The Water Street office of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services will remain closed through April 28, according to a news release.The office, located at 17 Water Street, Suite 301, first closed in early February due to...

By RAY COUTURE

WINDSOR — Under a pop-up tent on the lawn outside Windsor Public Library Saturday morning, three bicyclists huddled together to get a closer look as Todd Chewning demonstrated how to check if a bike’s chains are wearing out using a tool called a...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

PLAINFIELD — When Plainfield voters at Town Meeting approved a proposal to establish a police department in 1975, resident Steve Taylor, who supported the idea, remembers the words of the first chief, Terry Kelley.“He said, ‘Being police chief in...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

Earlier this year, Montshire Museum of Science staff were discussing ideas for a spring event.“We were spitballing ideas for events that we could do leading into our summer exhibition,” said Honor Hingston-Cox, media and public relations manager at...

By JIM KENYON

On paper, Ben Goodwin doesn’t seem like a safe bet as a new employee. He’s been in and out of jail since he was a teenager. Until about four years ago, he was losing the battle of substance use.And as I wrote in a recent column, Goodwin is also...