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BY TRIS WYKES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — It was little less than a year ago that the Lebanon High girls tennis team had to comb its building’s 70-year-old hallways for enough competitors to keep its upcoming season alive.Tuesday, the Raiders, boasting their largest...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The City Council will consider a new resolution on Wednesday to reaffirm — in writing — the council’s support of ending the ongoing war in Gaza.The proposed written resolution, drafted by the city’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

Sadly, it appears the groundhog lied.   Just when it appeared the Upper Valley’s spring high school teams might get an early start on outdoor workouts, Mother Nature came and dropped a load of snow on the neighborhood. That’s forced programs such as...

A construction crew from Bow, N.H.-based R.S. Audley works to remove the steel superstructure of an Interstate 89 bridge that spans the Connecticut River in West Lebanon on Thursday. The bridge, which previously held southbound traffic, is being...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Upper Valley residents and postal workers voiced objection to a proposal this week by the U.S. Postal Service to move mail sorting operations for the region from White River Junction to Connecticut, saying the plan will create further delays...

By FRANCES MIZE

WEST LEBANON — In a rental market as precarious as the Upper Valley’s, a water leak can have a ripple effect.Last spring, Rosemary, 58, known to most as Rose, was banging a broom handle against the ceiling of her apartment as a “waterfall” from an...

By JIM KENYON

In talking with people while following up on a couple of recent columns, new developments emerged. Some were more surprising than others. With apologies to “Saturday Night Live,” here’s my Weekend Update: Waiting pays offJennifer Kahn’s wage dispute...

By NICOLA SMITH

LEBANON — What if the American medical profession, known for its byzantine bureaucracy and grueling pace, had a mechanism to encourage empathy, listening and better communication? It does, but it comes from an unexpected source — art.Dr. Laura Tafe,...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WEST LEBANON — Mardrey Swenson loved the Upper Valley.She and her husband, Dr. Rand Swenson, first moved to the region in 1990. They raised three children here.“We always knew the area was special, but it became doubly special with the outpouring of...

By JIM KENYON

It’s mud season and Paul Karp is back where he belongs: In the far corner of a basketball gym with his “bible,” watching hundreds of kids play in the end-of-winter recreational tournament that bears his name. After a two-year hiatus due to the...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — Students remained in their classroom, activities room, auditorium and even locker room while police detained a 39-year-old man outside Lebanon High School and Hanover Street School on Friday afternoon.The incident, in which police...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The city’s downtown fire station will be packing up and moving — temporarily — during the construction of a new building to replace its aging facility on South Park Street.On Monday, the Planning Board will hear a plan from the Fire...

By FRANCES MIZE

LEBANON — As staffing shortages and extended wait times continue to hamper operations at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, nurses are attempting to unionize.Last weekend, pro-union fliers were distributed around DHMC, the flagship academic medical...

By FRANCES MIZE

LEBANON — A two-hour lockdown at Lebanon High School and Hanover Street School ended a little before 4:30 p.m. on Friday when police detained a man with four loaded weapons in his pickup truck parked in front of the schools.The 39-year-old Vershire...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — City voters approved all articles on the warrant on Tuesday, including a $55 million school operating budget for the academic year.Lillian Maughan, John D’Entremont and Richard Ford Burley were elected to three-year terms on the School...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

LEBANON — Longtime educator Tom Harkins became interim principal of the Lebanon Middle School earlier this month.Superintendent Amy Allen made the announcement in a recent letter to parents and guardians in which she praised his expertise and passion...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — A 20-year-old West Lebanon woman previously from New Jersey has been charged after a vehicle struck a school crossing guard after failing to stop at a crosswalk near Mount Lebanon Elementary School earlier this week.Atlantis Alpheaus was...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — On March 12, four candidates, including one incumbent and three challengers, will face off for three seats on the School Board. Lilian Maughan, the current School Board chairwoman, is competing against John D’Entremont, Richard Ford Burley...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WEST LEBANON — Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck a school crossing guard after failing to stop at a crosswalk on Highland Avenue on Monday morning. Willie Downing, an 87-year-old crossing guard for Mount Lebanon Elementary...